-
- * Announce on www.gnome.org
- - click on "Get more software"
- - click on "Edit an existing map entry"
- - look for the 'vlc' package
- - update the version number and other info and submit
- - the change is instantaneaous
-
- * Announce on www.freshmeat.net (let sam do it)
- - you need a freshmeat account
- - go to http://www.freshmeat.net/projects/vlc/
- - click on the release's branch (ie Stable)
- - chose "add release" in the dropdown menu
- - fill out all the info and submit
- - the update can take several hours
-
- * Announce on VersionTracker
- - ask Meuuh
-
- * Announce email
- - write something along the lines of previous releases
- - post in videolan-announce (moderated), vlc et vlc-devel
- - add a sticky thread in the "General VLC media player discussion" forum
+ - update the front page OS dependant screenshots if the interface changed.
+ - update the md5
+
+ * "Check for updates" functionality
+ - edit update.videolan.org/vlc/status
+ - gpg -u VideoLAN\ Release -t --sign --detach --armor
+ - for i in *asc;do gpg --verify $i || echo $i;done
+
+ * 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
+
+ * Announce on www.freecode.com (let jb or sam do it, if you lack the account)
+ - go to https://freecode.com/projects/vlc/
+ - chose "Submit a release" in the right menu, in "Administration"
+ - Do the steps and wait (the update can take several hours)
+
+ * Announce on Twitter, Facebook and G+
+ Unfortunately, those are more followed than the all other mediums combined
+
+ * Announce email and forum topic
+ - Write something along the lines of previous releases
+ - Post in videolan-announce (moderated), vlc et vlc-devel
+ You are advised to add the author list for this version using
+ 'git shortlog -s PREVIOUS_VERSION..VERSION'
+ And to add git diff --stat PREVIOUS_VERSION..VERSION if it's relevant.
+ You can play a bit with git to show the piece of information that may be
+ interesting.
+ - Add a sticky thread in the "General VLC media player discussion" forum