Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 32473:e3247c8716f8
Update release instructions to be more in line with current practice.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:29:02 +0000 |
| parents | 5d1d67cf8718 |
| children | 6d06be50007f |
| files | DOCS/tech/release-howto.txt |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/tech/release-howto.txt Wed Oct 27 19:04:04 2010 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/tech/release-howto.txt Thu Oct 28 07:29:02 2010 +0000 @@ -2,15 +2,11 @@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ preparations: -- Announce release target date on dev-eng and #mplayerdev -- Ask the DOCS maintainers to commit their final changes, check if - all docs are up to date, etc. -- Verify man page, remove obsolete options, mention new ones. -- Ask translation maintainers to update their help_mp*.h file. -- Update the ChangeLog file (according to Subversion log), ask other developers - to verify their parts, etc. Ask Diego to spellcheck it. -- Consult at -dev-eng about unstable parts of the code which should be - disabled for the release. +- Announce the intent to create a release branch on mailing lists and IRC. +- Ask translators to get their languages synchronized. +- Update the Changelog. +- Identify regressions or other serious issues, fix or revert (on the branch) + as needed so the release is of good quality. - Find a codename for the release create the release tree: @@ -39,21 +35,17 @@ copy to FTP: cp MPlayer-0.90rc5.tar.bz2 /home/ftp/MPlayer/releases/ - cp ChangeLog-0.90rc5 and update ChangeLog symlink + cp Changelog-0.90rc5 and update Changelog symlink md5sum MPlayer-0.90rc5.tar.bz2 > MPlayer-0.90rc5.tar.bz2.md5 -move the older (pre)release(s) (except the last one before the current one) -to ../OLD_stuff/ dir +Write a news entry for the release, update the links in dload.html. Test it, +sometimes links are broken. Do not forget the translations. -Somehow get Diego to write a news entry for the release, and update the -source file of dload.html and commit it. Test it, it's sometimes buggy -(broken links etc). Also, update translated versions of dload.html. - -Send a message to mplayer-announce mailing list. +Send the release notes as a mail to the mplayer-announce mailing list. Add the new release version to bugzilla page. -Update release version in #mplayer topic +Update release version in #mplayer and #mplayerdev topics. Update project page on Freshmeat