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diff --git a/doc/internal/HOWTO.release b/doc/internal/HOWTO.release index 2128ca391..2e2adff94 100644 --- a/doc/internal/HOWTO.release +++ b/doc/internal/HOWTO.release @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Currently, best practice to get a release out looks like this: which the subminor releases like 1.0.1, 1.0.2,... are made and an unstable branch in CVS head, which is going to become the next minor (1.1) or major (2.0) xine-lib version. - + Make sure you know - what the new release should be called (the "marketing version" part of the tarball name, for example) @@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ Currently, best practice to get a release out looks like this: - does it have the right name? - does it unpack, compile and install correctly? note: make sure to build with as many features as possible - on a Debian box, "apt-get build-dep xine-lib" and + on a Debian box, "apt-get build-dep xine-lib" and "dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot" are a good way to do that - test the candidate (and make sure you are running exactly the new version!) This should at least cover the [standard test parcours] - + If you find any errors: fix them (get help on xine-devel or #xine) and go back to step 4) @@ -127,15 +127,19 @@ hands. (also make sure it gets immediately approved by the xine-announce moderator!) -12) write the announcement for xinehq: - You need to login on xinehq and use your admin privileges to create a - news article in the "New Releases" section. Include a link to the - SourceForge Release notes/Changelog page and one to the download page. +12) write the announcement for xine-project.org: + You need to have an account on alioth.debian.org and a checked-out copy + of ssh://hg.debian.org//hg/xine-lib/xine-project-www/ (using Mercurial). + Add the new news item near the top of pages/news/items.xml (use the + provided template), run update.sh (requires xsltproc; if this fails, + re-edit), check that it looks fine in a convenient browser, then commit + and push the change. At present, you will need to request a web site + update via #xine on irc.oftc.net or by contacting a site admin. + + You should include a link to the SourceForge Release notes/Changelog + page and one to the download page. - Warning: triple-check that you get the HTML correct! If you have - unmatched quotes, you might break the whole website so that it - can only be repaired by manually fiddling with mysql to get the - HTML right! + Warning: triple-check that you get the XML correct! 13) write the Freshmeat announcement: use your freshmeat account to log into their website, if you aren't |