release candidate PR for 25.12 with Shahana's Makefile update

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Author: madelinevibes

.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-25.12rc1
+v25.12rc1

contrib/pyln-client/pyln/client/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from .gossmapstats import GossmapStats
 from .version import NodeVersion
 
-__version__ = "25.12rc1"
+__version__ = "v25.12rc1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "LightningRpc",

contrib/pyln-client/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-client"
-version = "25.12rc1"
+version = "v25.12rc1"
 description = "Client library and plugin library for Core Lightning"
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com" }]
 license = { text = "BSD-MIT" }

contrib/pyln-proto/pyln/proto/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from .onion import OnionPayload, TlvPayload, LegacyOnionPayload
 from .wire import LightningConnection, LightningServerSocket
 
-__version__ = "25.12rc1"
+__version__ = "v25.12rc1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "Invoice",

contrib/pyln-proto/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-proto"
-version = "25.12rc1"
+version = "v25.12rc1"
 description = "This package implements some of the Lightning Network protocol in pure python. It is intended for protocol testing and some minor tooling only. It is not deemed secure enough to handle any amount of real funds (you have been warned!)."
 authors = [
     {name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com"}

contrib/pyln-testing/pyln/testing/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "25.12rc1"
+__version__ = "v25.12rc1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",

contrib/pyln-testing/pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pyln-testing"
-version = "25.12rc1"
+version = "v25.12rc1"
 description = "Test your Core Lightning integration, plugins or whatever you want"
 authors = [{ name = "Christian Decker", email = "decker.christian@gmail.com" }]
 license = { text = "BSD-MIT" }

tools/reckless

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from urllib.error import HTTPError
 import venv
 
 
-__VERSION__ = '25.12rc1'
+__VERSION__ = 'v25.12rc1'
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,