[FFmpeg-devel] 0.7 / 0.8 Releases

Michael Niedermayer michaelni at gmx.at
Fri Jun 24 02:08:04 CEST 2011


On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:25:40AM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Wednesday 2011-06-22 18:24:36 +0200, Michael Niedermayer encoded:
> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:19:34PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > the 0.7 / 0.8 Releases are up
> > > please check them
> > > * match git master/oldabi
> > > * gpg sigs ok
> > > * fate passes
> > > * whatever you can think of to test it
> > > * that 0.7 works with old programs
> > > 
> > > minor issues will be fixed in 0.7.1 / 0.8.1
> > > if major issues are found i will redo the release before making it
> > > public on the download page
> > > 
> > > if i see no major issue reported within 3-4h then ill put them on the
> > > download page
> > 
> > I will link the existing 0.7 unchanged from the download page today
> > if i see no further comments
> 
> BTW, I just looked at the Changelogs listed for 0.7/0.8 and they are a
> several MBs file with the git log. I don't think it is a good idea to
> leave that,

its what other do too. see kernel.org for example


> we may link the Changelog and a summary description of the
> releases, I can compile them and post a patch on FFmpeg-devel for
> that.

If you want to maintain changelogs manually thats fine with me.



> 
> Also we should add an entry on the News section of the website, and we
> can consider the release job done.

yes, absolutely


> 
> Also I'd appreciate to keep the link to the old releases, re-add 0.6
> as I want to maintain it at least for some more time, and possibly add


> a link to a "Deprecated and Unmaintained releases" page
> (alternatively: boldly mark the releases as such).

ill send a patch in a moment

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