* Changes on the git repository
- update the version number everywhere it's needed
· configure.ac
- · extras/package/macosx/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
- · extras/package/macosx/Info.plist
- · extras/package/macosx/plugin/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
- · extras/package/macosx/plugin/Info.plist
- · extras/package/macosx/plugin/InstallerInfo.plist
- · extras/package/macosx/vlc.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
- - update the ChangeLog and NEWS files, as well as the Trac database:
- LANG=C git log --since="01-01" --until="12-31" >! ChangeLog
- - read all the commits and add important things to the NEWS file
+ - update the NEWS files, as well as the Trac database.
+ 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
- Update OpenGPG key embedded in include/vlc_update.h if needed
* Tarballs (Use a clean tree !!!)
- Use 'make distcheck' to make sure all files are exported
correctly
- - copy the tar.bz2 file on ftp.videolan.org in
+ - copy the tar.xz file on ftp.videolan.org in
/opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/
- - generate SHA1 plus md5 hashes and gpg signature of these files
- (use gpg --sign --detach --armor)
+ - generate SHA, MD5 hashes and OpenPGP signature of these files
+ (use sha*sum --binary, md5sum --binary, gpg --sign --detach --armor)
* Contribs
- Put a copy of the libraries or git snapshot in vlc-X.X.X/contrib
Build in the "buildbeos" chroot on altair.
# add the .zip files to /opt/ftp/pub/videolan/testing/vlc-X.X.X/beos/
generate md5 plus SHA1 hashes and gpg signature of these files
- (use gpg --sign --detach --armor)
+ (c.f. Tarballs)
* Win32 Packages
make the packages using the nightly builds configure/options/... , don't
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 plus SHA1 hashes and gpg signature of these files
- (use gpg --sign --detach --armor)
+ (c.f. Tarballs)
* OS X packages
Information on compilation: wiki.videolan.org/OSXCompile
vlc-plugin-X.X.X-$(PLATFORM).dmg and vlckit-X.X.X-$(PLATFORM).dmg.
Don't put any platform for the UB package.
generate md5 plus SHA1 hashes and gpg signature of these files
- (use gpg --sign --detach --armor)
+ (c.f. gpg --sign --detach --armor)
* Commit changes ... it never works the first time
* "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
+ - edit update.videolan.org/vlc/status
* Mirrors
- Forwarn the mirror admins