From dff27203a4b66c999fbf3e2f00b4b79cdbb24c12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrien Beraud <adrien.beraud@savoirfairelinux.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 22:48:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] build: prepare 4.5.0 release candidate 1

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.nply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release-package.yml | 1 +
 CMakeLists.txt                        | 8 ++++----
 meson.build                           | 9 +++++++--
 vcpkg.json                            | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-package.yml b/.github/workflows/release-package.yml
index c4035ea9..17c41014 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-package.yml
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
         with:
           draft: true
+          prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}
           files: |
             downloaded_artifacts/windows_msi/*.msi
             downloaded_artifacts/static_dhtnode/**/*dhtnode.exe
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e58058c4..fed4130e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ if(POLICY CMP0167)
 endif()
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 4)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.99)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 5.0)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
-set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
-set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
+set (PACKAGE_VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}-rc.1")
+set (VERSION "${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 project (opendht
     VERSION ${opendht_VERSION}
     DESCRIPTION "OpenDHT: A lightweight C++17 Distributed Hash Table library."
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ else ()
 endif ()
 set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DMSGPACK_NO_BOOST -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_NIL -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_CONVERT")
 
-add_definitions(-DPACKAGE_VERSION="${opendht_VERSION}")
+add_definitions(-DPACKAGE_VERSION="${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 
 if (ASIO_INCLUDE_DIR)
     include_directories (SYSTEM "${ASIO_INCLUDE_DIR}")
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 443006a7..3f037f2b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project(
     'cython',
     license: 'MIT',
     license_files: 'LICENSE',
-    version: '4.4.99',
+    version: '4.5.0-rc.1',
     meson_version: '>=1.1.0',
     default_options: ['cpp_std=c++20', 'warning_level=3'],
 )
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'linux' and io_uring.found()
 endif
 conf_data = configuration_data()
 
-add_project_arguments('-DMSGPACK_NO_BOOST', '-DASIO_STANDALONE', language: 'cpp')
+add_project_arguments(
+    '-DMSGPACK_NO_BOOST',
+    '-DASIO_STANDALONE',
+    '-DPACKAGE_VERSION="' + meson.project_version() + '"',
+    language: 'cpp',
+)
 if io_uring.found()
     add_project_arguments('-DASIO_HAS_IO_URING', '-DASIO_DISABLE_EPOLL', language: 'cpp')
     conf_data.set('iouring_lib', ', liburing')
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index a1d63339..fe82232a 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "opendht",
-  "version-string": "4.4.99",
+  "version-string": "4.5.0-rc.1",
   "port-version": 1,
   "description": "OpenDHT: A lightweight C++17 Distributed Hash Table library.",
   "homepage": "https://opendht.net",