[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Website release notes for 5.0

[James Almer]

On 1/15/2022 2:01 AM, Lynne wrote:
> 15 Jan 2022, 05:08 by ffmpeg at gyani.pro:
> 
>>
>>
>> On 2022-01-15 06:18 am, Lynne wrote:
>>
>>> 14 Jan 2022, 20:39 by dev at lynne.ee:
>>>
>>>> 14 Jan 2022, 20:32 by michael at niedermayer.cc:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 08:02:35PM +0100, Lynne wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 14 Jan 2022, 18:48 by michael at niedermayer.cc:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 04:08:49PM +0100, Lynne wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Since I couldn't find a codename preference, I went with "Desitter"
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just counted and i see
>>>>>>> 2 for Desitter (the initial from the past and you)
>>>>>>> 3 for Lorentz  (the initial from the past, jb and reto )
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Changed the name locally to Lorentz.
>>>>>>
>>>>> ive just tagged the release and am uploading the tar.* files
>>>>> so you can push this
>>>>>
>>>> 🎉 <https://emojipedia.org/party-popper/>
>>>> I've pinged j-b, since he wanted the announcement to wait
>>>> on something.
>>>>
>>> Okay, the release will be officially out on 16:00 UTC+1 (CET) on Monday, the 17th,
>>> so I'll push the update to the webpage then.
>>> Until then, go and test, or don't look back and hope a ninja 5.1 release won't be necessary :)
>>>
>>
>> Michael has tagged, so it's already 'out' , no?
>>
> 
> No. It's just a freeze, and if something really bad is found,
> we can still redo it.

The 5.0 release is tagged, that's not going to change. You can however 
sneakily tag a 5.0.1 point release if you think 5.0 has severe problems 
and then upload the tarballs for that version instead as the first 
available one.

> You generally shouldn't do releases on a Friday night, or
> weekends, for obvious reasons.
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