[Cin] ffmpeg 6.1 probably delayed ?

[Phyllis Smith]

Thanks - waiting for download site, https://ffmpeg.org/download.html , to
update tar ball to 6.1.

On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 9:40 AM Andrew Randrianasulu <
randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> вс, 29 окт. 2023 г., 18:38 Andrew Randrianasulu <randrianasulu at gmail.com>:
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>> вс, 29 окт. 2023 г., 18:27 Phyllis Smith <phylsmith2017 at gmail.com>:
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>>> Oh wow.  I guess I learned a lesson here -- don't wait for the point 1
>>> (.1) release.  But still I am a little confused because I always thought
>>> that the point 1 release was to fix flaws in the main release and not to
>>> add new features.
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>> I think ffmpeg uses x.x.1 and x.x.2 and so on as stable release .... so
>> 5.0.1 or something will be stable, but without new features ....
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>> also, there is whole idea of LTS (long term support ) - depend on
>> software it can be year (firefox, lol) to 3 years (blender) to some more
>> years. FFmpeg tried to switch some releases to LTS model but .... :)
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>> actually, even 2.8 branch still get some fixes as far as I can see
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>> https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/refs/heads/release/2.8
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>> but we usually want something a bit newer :)
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>> Not really your fault, it was sort of announced to be in summer, but
>> slipped away ....
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> oh, it was just branched few minutes ago!
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> https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/refs/heads/release/6.1
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>>> On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 8:58 AM Andrew Randrianasulu <
>>> randrianasulu at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2023-October/316264.html
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