[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Update sample upload instructions

[Marvin Scholz]

On 17 May 2022, at 12:43, Marvin Scholz wrote:

> The previous instructions do not work, there is no FTP server
> running at upload.ffmpeg.org
> (which is an alias for streams.videolan.org)
>
> Signed-off-by: Marvin Scholz <epirat07 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  src/bugreports | 16 +++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/bugreports b/src/bugreports
> index ac9216c..f8c2581 100644
> --- a/src/bugreports
> +++ b/src/bugreports
> @@ -144,16 +144,14 @@ info all-registers</pre>
>      <code>block_artifacts_after_seeking.mkv</code>. We already have plenty of <code>bug.rm</code>
>      and <code>sample.avi</code>.<br><br></li>
>
> -  <li>Upload the sample to the FTP server. Note that our FTP server
> -    is write-only. Even though you cannot see the files that you upload,
> -    it will be there and the FFmpeg developers will have access.<br><br>
> +  <li>Upload the sample with the VideoLAN file uploader.<br><br>
>      <ul>
> -      <li>Log into upload.ffmpeg.org with an anonymous FTP login.</li>
> -      <li>cd -> incoming</li>
> -      <li>Upload a brief text file describing the sample and what is wrong.
> -        <b>This is important!</b> If you leave out the text file, your
> -        sample will most likely be deleted without further examination.</li>
> -      <li>Upload the sample.</li>
> +      <li>Go to <a href="https://streams.videolan.org/upload/">streams.videolan.org/upload/</a></li>
> +      <li>Select the FFmpeg Project.</li>
> +      <li>Fill in the FFmpeg version in the VLC version field.</li>
> +      <li>Put the corresponding Trac ticket number in the GitLab ticket field, if a ticket exists.</li>
> +      <li>Write a brief describing of the sample and what is wrong.</li>
> +      <li>Upload the sample. Note that the file size limit is 1024M, file exceeding that are discarded.</li>
>      </ul>
>      <br><br></li>
>    <li>Email the ffmpeg mailing list and indicate the filename of the sample.<br><br></li>
> -- 
> 2.32.0 (Apple Git-132)


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