[FFmpeg-devel] release

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 10:43:45PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> OK, how hard can it be..
> 
> Just think about it, we throw out a tarball and then we can go wild
> with API and ABI, after all, a release is out and people can use that
> and wild changes after a release are only to be expected.
> 
> I say we make a list of things that need to be done before releasing.
> This has to be a short list.  We fix those issues, hold off on committing
> non-bugfix changes for a few days, test what we can and then we make a
> release.
> 
> I bet it's even easier than it sounds.

Let's get the two biggest bikeshed topics out of the way right now:

- release date: weekend 2009-02-21/22
- release name: 0.5

There, progress, it feels so great...

Diego