[FFmpeg-cvslog] RELEASE_NOTES: Based on the version from 5.1

[Michael Niedermayer]

ffmpeg | branch: release/7.1 | Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> | Fri Nov  2 01:36:21 2018 +0100| [b08d7969c550a804a59511c7b83f2dd8cc0499b8] | committer: Michael Niedermayer

RELEASE_NOTES: Based on the version from 5.1

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

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+            ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
+            │ RELEASE NOTES for FFmpeg 7.1 "Péter" │
+            └──────────────────────────────────────┘
+
+   The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 7.1 "Péter", about 6
+   months after the release of FFmpeg 7.0.
+
+   A complete Changelog is available at the root of the project, and the
+   complete Git history on https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git
+
+   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.libera.chat) or ask
+   on the mailing-lists.