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- Release Notes
- =============
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- * 0.5 "Bike Shed" March 3, 2009
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- 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 HEAD of the 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. All notes on API changes
- should appear in doc/APIchanges.
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