[FFmpeg-devel] Re: FFmpeg 8.1 and 9.0

[Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

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On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 01:57:50PM +0100, Lynne via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> On 01/12/2025 13:42, Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> > Hi Lynne
> > 
> > On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 08:58:02AM +0100, Lynne via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> > > On 28/11/2025 02:19, Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> > > > Hi Lynne
> > > > 
> > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 01:28:10PM +0100, Lynne via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> > > > > On 27/11/2025 04:01, Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Lynne
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 03:17:34AM +0100, Lynne via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> > > > > > > On 26/11/2025 23:44, Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi all
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > I plan to branch and make 8.1 in February
> > > > > > > > and 9.0 in May
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I'd like 8.1 in late December, and an 8.2 in late March.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > STF will possibly fund some of the work and that will not happen in december
> > > > > 
> > > > > I don't get it? How is that related to a release?
> > > > 
> > > > STF will possibly fund fixing fuzzer/security issues for a few months
> > > > in 2026. So it makes sense to make releases when these issues are fewest
> > 
> > > We can simply release a snapshot of what we have, it's just a tag after all.
> > 
> > we already have snapshots, anyone who wants to treat them as releases, can.
> > https://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2
> 
> Distributions don't.

Distributions want maintained releases, not snapshots with a tag

thx

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