On Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:18:24 -0400, Reinhard Tartler <siret...@tauware.de> wrote: > --- > src/download | 22 ++++++++++++++++ > src/news | 82 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 104 insertions(+) > > This is my first shot at the news site entry. Please revise and push at your > will. > > Reinhard > > diff --git a/src/download b/src/download > index 0e88eaa..9039cbd 100644 > --- a/src/download > +++ b/src/download > @@ -203,6 +203,28 @@ selected changes from the development branch, which > therefore receives much more > and much faster bug fixes such as additional features and security patches. > </p> > > +<a name="release_9"></a><h2>Libav 9 "plain 9"</h2> > +<p> > +While <b>9 is not released yet</b>, we already provide you with a > +preview beta release. Please accept this opportunity to test and provide > +us with feedback about your impressions with this release and use our > +new Bugzilla for filing bugs: > +<a href="https://bugzilla.libav.org";>https://bugzilla.libav.org/</a> > +</p> > + > +<p> > +<a href="releases/libav-9_beta1.tar.xz">Download bzip2 > tarball</a> > +<a href="releases/libav-9_beta1.tar.xz.md5">MD5</a> > +<a href="releases/libav-9_beta1.tar.xz.sha1">SHA1</a> > +<a href="releases/libav-9_beta1.tar.xz.asc">PGP signature</a><br /> > +<a href="releases/libav-9_beta1.tar.gz">Download gzip tarball</a> > +<a href="releases/libav-9_beta1.tar.gz.md5">MD5</a> > +<a href="releases/libav-9_beta1.tar.gz.sha1">SHA1</a> > +<a href="releases/libav-9_beta1.tar.gz.asc">PGP signature</a><br /> > +<a href="releases/libav-9_beta1.changelog">Changelog</a><br /> > +<a href="releases/libav-9_beta1.release">Release Notes</a> > +</p> > + > <a name="release_0.8"></a><h2>Libav 0.8.3 "Forbidden Fruit"</h2> > <p> > 0.8.3 was released on 2012-06-09. It is the latest point release from > diff --git a/src/news b/src/news > index 673672a..e532057 100644 > --- a/src/news > +++ b/src/news > @@ -1,5 +1,87 @@ > <h1>News</h1> > > +<a name="9beta1"></a><h3>October 11, 2012</h3> > +<p> > +With the next upcoming release, we change our versioning scheme to > +follow our workflow better. This means that major releases will update > +the major component of the version number, stable releases the minor > +component. With this in mind, we are happy to provide a first preview of > +our next release <b>version 9</b>. > +</p> > +
I don't quite like the wording here, it dances around the issue, but never quite mentions what we actually did -- drop the leading zero. I'd rewrite the second sentence as: This means that the leading zero, present in our previous version numbers, is dropped. Version numbers from now on will be in <i>major.minor</i> form, with major releases updating the major component and stable releases the minor component. > +<p> > +A new library arrived in Libav during this development cycle -- its name is > +<b>libavresample</b> and it handles audio conversion and mixing. All > +users are encouraged to use it instead of the old, now deprecated, audio > +conversion API in libavcodec. > +</p> > + > +<p> > +The <b>libpostproc</b> library now resides in a separate tree. It was fully > +independent of the other Libav libraries, not used by any of the tools > +and saw very little development. For these reasons we decided that it > +has no place in Libav. A standalone Git tree is available > +at <a href="http://git.videolan.org/?p=libpostproc.git";>videolan</a> for > +people wishing to use libpostproc. > +</p> > + > +<p> > +The major versions of the <b>libavcodec</b>, <b>libavformat</b> > +and <b>libavfilter</b> libraries have been bumped, so they are not API > +or ABI compatible with the 0.8 release. The ffmpeg transcoding tool, > +kept for compatibility in 0.8, has also been dropped. > +</p> > + > +<p> > +This release brings a number of significant changes in > +the <b>libavfilter</b> library. Firstly, all the API dealing with > +filter internals is no longer public. The result is that creating > +user-side filters will not be supported until libavfilter is more > +mature. Secondly, full audio filtering support is now available along > +with a set of basic audio filters. We hope that their number will soon > +grow significantly. The avconv transcoding tool has of course been > +extended to handle audio filtering as well. There were a number of > +other API changes, most importantly the addition of the buffer sink > +public API. > +</p> > + > +<p> > +In the <b>libavcodec</b> library, one of the most notable changes is > +added support for planar audio (i.e. not interleaved). Many decoders and > +encoders, that previously did inefficient (de)interleaving internally, > +now only work with planar audio formats. Libavresample can be used for > +optimized conversion between interleaved and planar formats. > +</p> > + > +<p> > +As usual, this release also contains support for some new formats, many > +smaller new features and countless bug fixes. We can highlight Opus > +decoding / encoding through libopus, encoders for Apple ProRes and Ut > +Video, WMA Lossless and RealAudio Lossless decoders, fragmented MOV/MP4 > +and ISMV (Smooth Streaming) muxers, a large number of RTMP improvements > +and support for cover art in ID3v2, WMA, MP4 and FLAC. > +</p> > + > +<p> > +See > +the <a > href="http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob_plain;f=Changelog;h=b4b5294755d7f67f0bf3b091112f688ae8df886d;hb=e578f8f4680f7ad290de64270dc152fb1adb6e6a";>Changelog</a> > +file for a list of significant changes. > +</p> > + > +<p> > +Please note that our policy on bug reports has not changed. We still > +only accept bug reports against <b>HEAD</b> of the Libav trunk > +repository. If you are experiencing issues with any formally released > +version of Libav, 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. > +</p> > + > +<p> > +You can download the new release, as usual, > +from <a href="download.html#release9">our download page</a> > +</p> > + > <a name="lavr_stable"></a><h3>October 05, 2012</h3> > <p> > The <b>libavresample</b> library is now declared stable. There will be no > more > -- > 1.7.9.5 We should also mention MSVC support, which I forgot to add to the release notes. I'll send a patch for that shortly. -- Anton Khirnov _______________________________________________ libav-devel mailing list libav-devel@libav.org https://lists.libav.org/mailman/listinfo/libav-devel
