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[vlc] / doc / release-howto.txt

diff --git a/doc/release-howto.txt b/doc/release-howto.txt
index d3f03099e30998a7075b95a7fa2cbd9d4cb38157..74344840c7ea2939dd41a0e51fae82e06ba8ef05 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/release-howto.txt
+++ b/doc/release-howto.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
   Release HOWTO
   -------------
 
- * 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
@@ -23,8 +20,7 @@
 
  * Tarballs (Use a clean tree !!!)
   - Use 'make distcheck' to make sure all files are exported
-    correctly (currently fails)
-  - make the VLC tar.gz and tar.bz2 files with `make dist'.
+    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
@@ -41,6 +37,8 @@
 
  * Win32 Packages
     make the packages using the nightly builds configure/options/...
+    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/
 
  * OS X packages
@@ -55,6 +53,7 @@
     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
+  - Update the "latest" symlink
 
  * Update the website
   - edit the /index.php /vlc/*.php pages