[MPlayer-dev-eng] release alongside FFmpeg

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 11:22:17AM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> It's high time for a release, so why not release alongside FFmpeg,
> i.e. on the very same day?
> 
> Distros will love us for it, it will allow them to combine MPlayer
> with the FFmpeg release package without ill effects.
> 
> Here is the timeline:
> 
> weekend 2009-02-07/08 freeze
> weekend 2009-02-14/15 bug squashing
> weekend 2009-02-21/22 release
> 
> I think we could also join the FFmpeg bug squashing weekend on IRC.

What I forgot to say: This is not the time for bikeshed discussions
and rants.  Please let's focus our energies on releasing.

The version number of the next release will be 1.0rc3, the codename
shall be "BikeshedCounter".

Diego