* Tarballs (Use a clean tree !!!)
- Use 'make distcheck' to make sure all files are exported correctly
- copy the tar.xz file on ganesh.videolan.org
- - generate SHA, MD5 hashes and OpenPGP signature of these files
- (use sha*sum --binary, md5sum --binary, gpg --sign --detach --armor)
- Use the sumandsign.sh script
+ - generate SHA, MD5 hashes and OpenPGP signature of these files :
+ for file in vlc*; do
+ for sum in md5 sha1 sha256; do
+ ${sum}sum --binary $file > $file.$sum
+ done
+ gpg -sb -u VideoLAN\ Release --armor --force-v3-sigs $file
+ done
* Contribs
- Put a copy of the libraries or git snapshot in ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/contrib/
* Mac OS X packages
- configure using the extras/package/macosx/configure.sh script
- - compile the source on both a PowerPC and an Intel-based Mac.
- - use extras/package/macosx/ub.sh to create a Universal Binary.
- - use extras/package/macosx/codesign.sh to sign it.
- - copy the packages files on ganesh.videolan.org
+ - use extras/package/macosx/codesign.sh with options and key to sign it.
+ - copy the package to ganesh.videolan.org
* Sign all the files and move the signed files on /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/vlc/X.X.X
- At first block access to this directory by http or ftp. Only authorize rsync.
* "Check for updates" functionality
- edit update.videolan.org/vlc/status
- - gpg -t --sign --detach --armor
+ - gpg -u VideoLAN\ Release -t --sign --detach --armor
- for i in *asc;do gpg --verify $i || echo $i;done
- * Mirrors (if necessary)
- - Forwarn the mirror admins
- - Update the list of files for the mirror check
- (/var/www/local/mirrors.v.o/files)
- - Disable mirrors which haven't synced yet and possibly ganesh if there are
- enough other mirrors (see http://mirrors.videolan.org/release.html)
+ * Mirrors
+ - Forwarn the mirror admins (optional for any minor release)
+ - Go to https://get.videolan.org/<path-to-the-file>?mirrorlist
+ - Ensures there is enough mirrors able to serve the file in each region
+ or just wait few more hours before doing the release.
+ Suggested number of mirrors:
+ - > 70% for a minor release
+ - > 80% for a major release
+ - > 80% for any auto-update
+ - Keep an eye on https://get.videolan.org/?mirrorstats during the release
* Update the wiki
- edit http://wiki.videolan.org/Template:VLC:latest_version