Merge #17022: doc: move-only: Steps for "before major release branch-off"

faca1c2 doc: move-only: Steps for "before major release branch-off" (MarcoFalke)

Pull request description:

  The chainparams are updated before branch-off, so that the master branch has the bumped values as well

ACKs for top commit:
  laanwj:
    ACK faca1c2

Tree-SHA512: ffc3ea49f0f6dc64dd9bea958e12ebc058496291c1c06d02994b3bf1751602e7c5000fd5eda166fcdbf9ba6d593e19731e93342dd8f2fe410f656a798bef459c

Author: laanwj

doc/release-process.md

@@ -14,19 +14,9 @@ Release Process
 * Update [bips.md](bips.md) to account for changes since the last release (don't forget to bump the version number on the first line).
 * Update version in `configure.ac` (don't forget to set `CLIENT_VERSION_RC` to `0`).
 * Write release notes (see "Write the release notes" below).
-* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` nMinimumChainWork with information from the getblockchaininfo rpc.
-* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` defaultAssumeValid with information from the getblockhash rpc.
-  - The selected value must not be orphaned so it may be useful to set the value two blocks back from the tip.
-  - Testnet should be set some tens of thousands back from the tip due to reorgs there.
-  - This update should be reviewed with a reindex-chainstate with assumevalid=0 to catch any defect
-     that causes rejection of blocks in the past history.
 
 ### Before every major release
 
-* Update hardcoded [seeds](/contrib/seeds/README.md), see [this pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7415) for an example.
-* Update [`src/chainparams.cpp`](/src/chainparams.cpp) m_assumed_blockchain_size and m_assumed_chain_state_size with the current size plus some overhead (see [this](#how-to-calculate-m_assumed_blockchain_size-and-m_assumed_chain_state_size) for information on how to calculate them).
-* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` chainTxData with statistics about the transaction count and rate. Use the output of the RPC `getchaintxstats`, see
-  [this pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/17002) for an example. Reviewers can verify the results by running `getchaintxstats <window_block_count> <window_last_block_hash>` with the `window_block_count` and `window_last_block_hash` from your output.
 * On both the master branch and the new release branch:
   - update `CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR` in [`configure.ac`](../configure.ac)
   - update `CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR`, `PACKAGE_VERSION`, and `PACKAGE_STRING` in [`build_msvc/bitcoin_config.h`](/build_msvc/bitcoin_config.h)
@@ -36,6 +26,16 @@ Release Process
 
 #### Before branch-off
 
+* Update hardcoded [seeds](/contrib/seeds/README.md), see [this pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7415) for an example.
+* Update [`src/chainparams.cpp`](/src/chainparams.cpp) m_assumed_blockchain_size and m_assumed_chain_state_size with the current size plus some overhead (see [this](#how-to-calculate-m_assumed_blockchain_size-and-m_assumed_chain_state_size) for information on how to calculate them).
+* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` chainTxData with statistics about the transaction count and rate. Use the output of the RPC `getchaintxstats`, see
+  [this pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/17002) for an example. Reviewers can verify the results by running `getchaintxstats <window_block_count> <window_last_block_hash>` with the `window_block_count` and `window_last_block_hash` from your output.
+* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` nMinimumChainWork with information from the getblockchaininfo rpc.
+* Update `src/chainparams.cpp` defaultAssumeValid with information from the getblockhash rpc.
+  - The selected value must not be orphaned so it may be useful to set the value two blocks back from the tip.
+  - Testnet should be set some tens of thousands back from the tip due to reorgs there.
+  - This update should be reviewed with a reindex-chainstate with assumevalid=0 to catch any defect
+     that causes rejection of blocks in the past history.
 - Clear the release notes and move them to the wiki (see "Write the release notes" below).
 
 #### After branch-off (on master)