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diff --git a/DOCS/tech/release-howto.txt b/DOCS/tech/release-howto.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 403370b125..0000000000 --- a/DOCS/tech/release-howto.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ -How to make an MPlayer release -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -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. -- Find a codename for the release - -create the release tree: -- tag Subversion with release name -- Add a VERSION file with the release version to the root of the source tree. -- update release.sh script with version number -***the following steps are done automatically by release.sh script*** -- checkout the mplayer src tree -- check out FFmpeg subdirs -- remove obsolete DOCS translations, help files - -- build the HTML docs from XML sources, then clean up: - make html-chunked; make releaseclean - -release the tree: - cd .. - mv main MPlayer-0.90rc5 - tar -cf MPlayer-0.90rc5.tar MPlayer-0.90rc5 - bzip2 -9 MPlayer-0.90rc5.tar -***end of part done by release.sh** - -test it (download to your local machine, extract, compile, run) - - compilers: gcc 4.x, gcc 3.x, gcc 2.95, MinGW, Cygwin - - architectures: PPC, AMD64, x86 with MMX[2], SSE[2], 3DNow - - OS: Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac OS X - -copy to FTP: - cp MPlayer-0.90rc5.tar.bz2 /home/ftp/MPlayer/releases/ - 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 - -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. - -Add the new release version to bugzilla page. - -Update release version in #mplayer topic - -Update project page on Freshmeat - -Done. |