[FFmpeg-devel] Re: FFmpeg 8.1 and 9.0

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

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Hi James

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 08:01:11PM -0300, James Almer via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> On 11/26/2025 7:44 PM, Michael Niedermayer via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> > Hi all
> > 
> > I plan to branch and make 8.1 in February
> > and 9.0 in May
> 
> Is 8.1 meant to be LTS?

yes, iam kind of trying to maintain the last of each major version
but sometimes distros ship others and i maintain these then too


> I forgot how the plan was in regards to that.

same here, i cant remember either.
I do need an assistent who enjoys keeping track of these things and reminding me


> I
> recall 5.1 and 7.1 are considered LTS (Probably because of Debian).
> Ubuntu will probably feature freeze 26.04, their LTS, around February. It
> would be best if we align with them (They will most likely use either 8.0 or
> 8.1 if done in time, and I'd prefer them using the latter).

Do you know till when we need to make 8.1 then so its in ubuntu LTS ?

thx

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