Release Process

1. No warnings emitted when built
2. ./utl/clang-format fix
3. Run test suite and unit tests with Valgrind to check for leaks and other memory issues
   • ./RunTests -d -fe -E 0.001 -V
   • valgrind --track-origins=yes --leak-check=full ./build/test/unit_test/vw-unit-test.out
4. Update version.txt with new version number
5. Commit and push the version number update and PR to master branch
6. Use GitHub UI to draft a new release
   • Input the version number in version.txt into the Tag version field
   • Doing it this way ensures there is a single linear history of releases
   • To generate the All Changes list: git log --pretty=%s <last_release_tag>..HEAD