From 58af0caf04485bb43cba18183aaf8ed2e7e7003c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Swain Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 23:04:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add some release notes for this 0.5 release branch Originally committed as revision 17787 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/branches/0.5 --- RELEASE | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 RELEASE diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..96a0b0c92e --- /dev/null +++ b/RELEASE @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Release Notes +============= + +* 0.5 "Bike Shed" March 3, 2009 + +General notes +------------- + +It has been so long since the last release that this should be considered the +first FFmpeg release of recent times. Because of the way things have unfolded to +date, the notes for this version cannot be entirely conventional. + +See the Changelog file for a list of significant changes. + +Please note that our policy on bug reports has not changed. We still only accept +bug reports against the HEAD of FFmpeg trunk repository. If you are experiencing +any issues with any formally released version of FFmpeg, please try a current +version of the development code to check if the issue still exists. If it does, +make your report against the development code following the usual bug reporting +guidelines. + +API notes +--------- + +In the next release, it is intended to remove a number of deprecated APIs. We +decided to put out a release that includes said APIs for the benefit of third +party software. + +As such, this release: +- provides a sync point for said APIs +- increases awareness of API changes +- allows the next release to detail how to transition from the old to the new + +The deprecated APIs to be removed are: +- imgconvert (to be replaced by libswscale) +- vhook (to be replaced by libavfilter) + +If at all possible, do not use the deprecated APIs.