[Ffmpeg-devel] next stable release

[Diego Biurrun]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 01:48:07AM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 09:37:07PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 09:06:16PM +0200, Rostislav Krasny wrote:
> > > 
> > > I've read the latest ffmpeg/Changelog on your CVSweb site and found
> > > there many interesting things about the next stable version of FFmpeg.
> > > When that version is planed to be released?
> > 
> > never, but thats just whats planned, it might be later then that due
> > to various delays ...
> > 
> > btw, someone please add this to the FAQ
> 
> That's not easy without stepping on a massive amount of toes.  Mike has
> a talent for expressing this kind of thing in an eloquent and diplomatic
> fashion.  I'll give it a try nevertheless:
> 
> Q: When will the next FFmpeg version be released? / Why are FFmpeg
>    releases so few and far between?
> 
> A: Like most open source projects FFmpeg suffers from a certain lack of
>    manpower.  For this reason the developers have to prioritize the work
>    they do and putting out releases is not at the top of the list,
>    fixing bugs and reviewing patches takes precedence.
>    Please don't complain or request more timely and/or frequent releases
>    unless you are willing to help out creating them.

Committed.

Diego