Bits from the Release Team: What should go into squeeze?

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 14:48:30 (CET), Fabian Greffrath wrote:

> Am 17.03.2010 14:42, schrieb Reinhard Tartler:
>> What is our status regarding squeeze?
>
> For the packages that I have my hands in, I'd recommend to upload a52dec
> ASAP to get rid of two minor but annoying bugs (#566385 and
> #570508). Also, I have prepared packages for the new upstream version of
> libquicktime, which I consider ready for upload.
>
> Both don't bring transitions, it's just meant as a reminder.

I'll make a note to upload them soon.

>> AFAIUI ffmpeg is done, and I'm not aware of similar pending library
>> transitions, read: no ffmpeg 0.6 for squeeze.
>
> Are there any concrete plans on upstream's side to release 0.6 in some
> time anyway? If not, I agree we should stay with the latest stable
> release.

we are waiting on some remaining vorbis improvements and will be
creating the 0.6 branch soon.

Still, I don't think we should try to switch. E.g. I know that current
mplayer rc3 will not work with ffmpeg 0.6, and I have no idea what else
might break.

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