Clean changelogs, but not too often

[vlc] / doc / release-howto.txt

diff --git a/doc/release-howto.txt b/doc/release-howto.txt
index ba9a9696b0c63ddf434ff4fd3756b8646232a50a..0fbfcb05512493f4cc1f0d2d54304e490c7c0f89 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/release-howto.txt
+++ b/doc/release-howto.txt
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
 
     First make sure you git-commit-ed the ChangeLog all the version release related changes, then:
 
-    git tag -a -m "VLC Release RELEASE_VERSION" <RELEASE_VERSION>
+    git tag -a -m "VLC Release VERSION" <VERSION>
     (Create an annotated tag, you can skip -a if you used -m)
-    git push origin <RELEASE_VERSION>
+    git push origin <VERSION>
 
     (You are advised to play with it on the sandrox.git if you feel unconfortable)
 
@@ -108,5 +108,8 @@
  * Announce email
   - 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 '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