Release HOWTO
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- * Have an ECP guy send a mail to ingesys at cti dot ecp dot fr warning them of
- the forecoming traffic (should ideally be done at least a few hours before release)
-
* Tests : compilation, regression tests ...
* Changes on the svn repository
- update the version number everywhere it's needed
- · configure.ac
- · extras/MacOSX/vlc.pbprj/project.pbxproj
- · extras/MacOSX/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.string
+ · configure.ac
+ · extras/MacOSX/vlc.pbprj/project.pbxproj
+ · extras/MacOSX/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.string
- update the ChangeLog and NEWS files, as well as the Trac database
- · LANG=C svn log -v -r '{YYYY-12-31}:{YYYY-01-01}' >! ChangeLog
- · read all the commits and add important things to the NEWS file
- · update the milestones info on https://trac.videolan.org/vlc
+ · LANG=C svn log -v -r '{YYYY-12-31}:{YYYY-01-01}' >! ChangeLog
+ · read all the commits and add important things to the NEWS file
+ · update the milestones info on https://trac.videolan.org/vlc
- Add a note about the matching contrib package in INSTALL.win32
+ - Make sure that the gpg key embedded in include/vlc_update.h is the last one
* Commit
correctly
- copy the tar.gz and tar.bz2 file on ftp.videolan.org in
/opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/
- - generate md5 hashes of these files
+ - generate md5 hashes and gpg signature of these files
+ (use gpg --sign --detach --armor --force-v3-sigs)
* Contribs
- Put a copy of the libraries or svn snapshot in vlc-X.X.X/contrib
* BeOS Packages
Information on building: http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/beos-compile.html
+ Configure with --enable-update-check
Build in the "buildbeos" chroot on altair.
# add the .zip files to /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/beos/
+ generate md5 hashes and gpg signature of these files
+ (use gpg --sign --detach --armor --force-v3-sigs)
* Win32 Packages
- make the packages using the nightly builds configure/options/...
+ make the packages using the nightly builds configure/options/... , don't forget --enable-update-check
don't forget to test the installer and uninstaller (the first 0.8.4 uninstaller was broken ...
kind of suxxs)
add the .zip and .exe files to /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/win32/
+ generate md5 hashes and gpg signature of these files
+ (use gpg --sign --detach --armor --force-v3-sigs)
* OS X packages
- At the moment, only FK can do them (so they can be compatible with OS X 10.2)
- Later: on the G5
+ configure with --enable-update-check
+ generate md5 hashes and gpg signature of these files
+ (use gpg --sign --detach --armor --force-v3-sigs)
* Commit changes ... it never works the first time
svn mv svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/branches/X.X.X svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/tag/X.X.X
* Move /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X to /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/vlc/X.X.X
+ - At first block access to this directory by http or ftp. Only authorize rsync.
+ This is to avoid leak as some journalist and forum seems to watch the ftp.
- Update the "latest" symlink
* Update the website
- edit the /index.php /vlc/*.php pages
- add a news item to news.msg
+ * "Check for updates" functionality
+ - add /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/vlc/X.X.X/vlc-X.X.X-announce
+ - edit update.videolan.org/vlc/status.xml
+
+ * Mirrors
+ - 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 replicated yet and possibly ganesh if enough
+ other mirrors
+
+ * Update wiki
+ - edit http://wiki.videolan.org/Template:VLC:latest_version
+
* Announce on www.gnome.org
- click on "Get more software"
- click on "Edit an existing map entry"
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