[FFmpeg-cvslog] release notes (based on release/3.0)

[Michael Niedermayer]

ffmpeg | branch: release/3.1 | Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> | Sun Jun 26 03:57:55 2016 +0200| [182cfe4832d8a88d1d213efa6792c23489992fdd] | committer: Michael Niedermayer

release notes (based on release/3.0)

Better release notes are welcome
write better ones or do not complain later!

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>

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+              ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐
+              │ RELEASE NOTES for FFmpeg 3.1 "Laplace" │
+              └────────────────────────────────────────┘
+
+   The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 3.1 "Laplace", about 4
+   months after the release of FFmpeg 3.0.
+
+   A complete Changelog is available at the root of the project, and the
+   complete Git history on http://source.ffmpeg.org.
+
+   We hope you will like this release as much as we enjoyed working on it, and
+   as usual, if you have any questions about it, or any FFmpeg related topic,
+   feel free to join us on the #ffmpeg IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net) or ask
+   on the mailing-lists.