[vlc-commits] release-howto: update the mirrors part

[Ludovic Fauvet]

vlc | branch: master | Ludovic Fauvet <etix at videolan.org> | Fri May  9 15:42:39 2014 +0200| [1036ebd40f2bf8e65948af548c8fff022128a00d] | committer: Ludovic Fauvet

release-howto: update the mirrors part

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=1036ebd40f2bf8e65948af548c8fff022128a00d
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 doc/release-howto.txt |   16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/release-howto.txt b/doc/release-howto.txt
index d51f571..c72c548 100644
--- a/doc/release-howto.txt
+++ b/doc/release-howto.txt
@@ -63,12 +63,16 @@ Release HOWTO
   - gpg -u VideoLAN\ Release -t --sign --detach --armor
   - for i in *asc;do gpg --verify $i || echo $i;done
 
- * Mirrors (if necessary)
-  - Forwarn the mirror admins
-  - Update the list of files for the mirror check
-     (/var/www/local/mirrors.v.o/files)
-  - Disable mirrors which haven't synced yet and possibly ganesh if there are
-    enough other mirrors (see http://mirrors.videolan.org/release.html)
+ * Mirrors
+  - Forwarn the mirror admins (optional for any minor release)
+  - Go to https://get.videolan.org/<path-to-the-file>?mirrorlist
+  - Ensures there is enough mirrors able to serve the file in each region
+    or just wait few more hours before doing the release.
+    Suggested number of mirrors:
+        - > 70% for a minor release
+        - > 80% for a major release
+        - > 80% for any auto-update
+  - Keep an eye on https://get.videolan.org/?mirrorstats during the release
 
  * Update the wiki
   - edit http://wiki.videolan.org/Template:VLC:latest_version