1 [ Note: this howto is probably useful to core vlc developers only ]
6 * Have an ECP guy send a mail to ingesys at cti dot ecp dot fr warning them of
7 the forecoming traffic (should ideally be done at least a few hours before release)
9 * Tests : compilation, regression tests ...
11 * Changes on the svn repository
12 - update the version number everywhere it's needed
14 · extras/MacOSX/vlc.pbprj/project.pbxproj
15 · extras/MacOSX/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.string
16 - update the ChangeLog and NEWS files, as well as the Trac database
17 · LANG=C svn log -v -r '{YYYY-12-31}:{YYYY-01-01}' >! ChangeLog
18 · read all the commits and add important things to the NEWS file
19 · update the milestones info on https://trac.videolan.org/vlc
20 - Add a note about the matching contrib package in INSTALL.win32
24 * Tarballs (Use a clean tree !!!)
25 - Use 'make distcheck' to make sure all files are exported
27 - copy the tar.gz and tar.bz2 file on ftp.videolan.org in
28 /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/
29 - generate md5 hashes of these files
32 - Put a copy of the libraries or svn snapshot in vlc-X.X.X/contrib
33 - Put the relevant win32 contrib package
34 - Update developers.v.o/vlc and www.v.o/vlc/download-sources.html
37 Information on building: http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/beos-compile.html
38 Build in the "buildbeos" chroot on altair.
39 # add the .zip files to /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/beos/
42 make the packages using the nightly builds configure/options/...
43 don't forget to test the installer and uninstaller (the first 0.8.4 uninstaller was broken ...
45 add the .zip and .exe files to /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/win32/
48 At the moment, only FK can do them (so they can be compatible with OS X 10.2)
51 * Commit changes ... it never works the first time
54 svn cp svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/trunk svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/tag/X.X.X
56 svn mv svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/branches/X.X.X svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/tag/X.X.X
58 * Move /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X to /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/vlc/X.X.X
59 - Update the "latest" symlink
62 - edit the /index.php /vlc/*.php pages
63 - add a news item to news.msg
65 * Announce on www.gnome.org
66 - click on "Get more software"
67 - click on "Edit an existing map entry"
68 - look for the 'vlc' package
69 - update the version number and other info and submit
70 - the change is instantaneaous
72 * Announce on www.freshmeat.net (let sam do it)
73 - you need a freshmeat account
74 - go to http://www.freshmeat.net/projects/vlc/
75 - click on the release's branch (ie Stable)
76 - chose "add release" in the dropdown menu
77 - fill out all the info and submit
78 - the update can take several hours
80 * Announce on VersionTracker
84 - write something along the lines of previous releases
85 - post in videolan-announce (moderated), vlc et vlc-devel
86 - add a sticky thread in the "General VLC media player discussion" forum