Re: MPlayer 1.2.1 release
Roberto Togni <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.video.mplayer.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:10:24 +0100 Roberto Togni <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > I plan to release 1.2.1 in a few days. > 1.2.1 will be made from the 1.2 branch, and will include FFmpeg 2.8.4 > > In addition to what is already backported, I'd like to include also > these changes, even if they are not really bug fixes > > - r37545 compile with external FFmpeg without requiring x86/asm.h > This should make life easier for distributions > > - r37549 creation of docs without requiring FFmpeg > Also useful for distributions, already included in Debian > > - r37546 silence warning from FFmpeg about network initialization > I'm undecided about this, but should be harmless > > Opinions? > > > If you have anything else that you think is relevant for inclusion in > 1.2.1 please commit it, or replay this message. > > If nothing happens I'm releasing 1.2.1 this weekend. Attached a proposed newsentry. Ciao, Roberto _______________________________________________ MPlayer-dev-eng mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng
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Index: news.en =================================================================== --- news.en (revisione 3685) +++ news.en (copia locale) @@ -8,6 +8,59 @@ <div class="newsentry"> <h2> + <a name="mplayer121">2016-01-xx, Saturday :: MPlayer 1.2.1 released</a> + <br><span class="poster">posted by the <a href="mailto:[email protected]">release team</a></span> +</h2> + +<p> +Hey! A new release!<br> +</p> + +<p> +MPlayer 1.2.1 is a bugfix release from the 1.2 branch. If you're using MPlayer +1.2 you are encouraged to upgrade. +</p> + +<p> +MPlayer 1.2.1 fixes many crashes with fuzzed files, squashes many bugs and +includes some compatibility enhancements. Many bugs are fixed also in FFmpeg, +you can check ther changelog for details.<br> +It's also easier to build this release with a system-wide version of FFmpeg, +since you don't need to copy internal FFmpeg headers anymore. +</p> + +<p> +Mplayer 1.2.1 is compatible with the FFmpeg 2.8.x releases. +The tarball includes a copy of FFmpeg 2.8.5 (the latest at this date), so you +don't need to fetch it separately.<br> +Just like 1.2, this version will not work with new FFmpeg master branch, nor +with the upcoming FFmpeg 2.9 (or 3.0, or whatever name will be chosen).<br> +If you need to work with the latest FFmpeg, please use svn version. +</p> + +<p> +If you're following the development from svn HEAD you can ignore this; all the +bug fixes are also included in the development version. +</p> + +<p> +MPlayer 1.2.1 can be downloaded by +<a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.2.1.tar.xz">HTTP (xz, 13 MB)</a>, +<a href="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.2.1.tar.xz">FTP (xz, 13 MB)</a>, +<a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.2.1.tar.gz">HTTP (gzip, 19 MB)</a> or +<a href="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.2.1.tar.gz">FTP (gzip, 19 MB)</a> +</p> + +<p> +xz MD5SUM: <b>qqq</b><br> +xz SHA1SUM: <b>qqq</b><br> +gz MD5SUM: <b>qqq</b><br> +gz SHA1SUM: <b>qqq</b> +</p> + +<div class="newsentry"> + +<h2> <a name="mplayer12">2015-10-03, Saturday :: MPlayer 1.2 released</a> <br><span class="poster">posted by the <a href="mailto:[email protected]">release team</a></span> </h2>