1 [ Note: this howto is probably useful to core vlc developers only ]
6 * Tests : compilation, regression tests ...
8 * Changes on the svn repository
9 - update the version number everywhere it's needed
11 · extras/MacOSX/vlc.pbprj/project.pbxproj
12 · extras/MacOSX/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.string
13 - update the ChangeLog and NEWS files, as well as the Trac database
14 · LANG=C svn log -v -r '{YYYY-12-31}:{YYYY-01-01}' >! ChangeLog
15 · read all the commits and add important things to the NEWS file
16 · update the milestones info on https://trac.videolan.org/vlc
17 - Add a note about the matching contrib package in INSTALL.win32
21 * Tarballs (Use a clean tree !!!)
22 - Use 'make distcheck' to make sure all files are exported
24 - copy the tar.gz and tar.bz2 file on ftp.videolan.org in
25 /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/
26 - generate md5 hashes and gpg signature of these files
29 - Put a copy of the libraries or svn snapshot in vlc-X.X.X/contrib
30 - Put the relevant win32 contrib package
31 - Update developers.v.o/vlc and www.v.o/vlc/download-sources.html
34 Information on building: http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/beos-compile.html
35 Build in the "buildbeos" chroot on altair.
36 # add the .zip files to /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/beos/
39 make the packages using the nightly builds configure/options/...
40 don't forget to test the installer and uninstaller (the first 0.8.4 uninstaller was broken ...
42 add the .zip and .exe files to /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/win32/
43 generate md5 hashes and gpg signature of these files
46 At the moment, only FK can do them (so they can be compatible with OS X 10.2)
48 generate md5 hashes and gpg signature of these files
50 * Commit changes ... it never works the first time
53 svn cp svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/trunk svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/tag/X.X.X
55 svn mv svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/branches/X.X.X svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/tag/X.X.X
57 * Move /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X to /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/vlc/X.X.X
58 - At first block access to this directory by http or ftp. Only authorize rsync.
59 This is to avoid leak as some journalist and forum seems to watch the ftp.
60 - Update the "latest" symlink
63 - edit the /index.php /vlc/*.php pages
64 - add a news item to news.msg
66 * "Check for updates" functionality
67 - add /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/vlc/X.X.X/vlc-X.X.X-announce
68 - edit update.videolan.org/vlc/status.xml
71 - Forwarn the mirror admins
72 - Update the list of files for the mirror check (/var/www/local/mirrors.v.o/files)
73 - Disable mirrors which haven't replicated yet and possibly ganesh if enough
77 - edit http://wiki.videolan.org/Template:VLC:latest_version
79 * Announce on www.gnome.org
80 - click on "Get more software"
81 - click on "Edit an existing map entry"
82 - look for the 'vlc' package
83 - update the version number and other info and submit
84 - the change is instantaneaous
86 * Announce on www.freshmeat.net (let sam do it)
87 - you need a freshmeat account
88 - go to http://www.freshmeat.net/projects/vlc/
89 - click on the release's branch (ie Stable)
90 - chose "add release" in the dropdown menu
91 - fill out all the info and submit
92 - the update can take several hours
94 * Announce on VersionTracker
98 - write something along the lines of previous releases
99 - post in videolan-announce (moderated), vlc et vlc-devel
100 - add a sticky thread in the "General VLC media player discussion" forum