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@@ -123,20 +123,23 @@ of both FFmpeg and Libav. But FFmpeg is preferred, and some mpv features work with FFmpeg only (subtitle formats in particular). -## Release cycle +## Preferred FFmpeg version + +Using the latest FFmpeg release (or FFmpeg git master) is strongly recommended. +Older versions are unsupported, even if the build system still happens to +accept them. The main reason mpv still builds with older FFmpeg versions is to +evade arguing with people (users, distros) who insist on using older FFmpeg +versions for no rational reason. -Every few months, a new release is cut off of the master branch and is assigned -a 0.X.0 version number. +## Release cycle -As part of the maintenance process, minor releases are made, which are assigned -0.X.Y version numbers. Minor releases contain bug fixes only. They never merge -the master branch, and no features are added to it. Only the latest release is -maintained. +Every other month, an arbitrary git snapshot is made, and is assigned +a 0.X.0 version number. No further maintenance is done. -The goal of releases is to provide stability and an unchanged base for the sake -of Linux distributions. If you want the newest features, just use the master -branch, which is stable most of the time, except sometimes, when it's not. +The goal of releases is to make Linux distributions happy. Linux distributions +are also expected to apply their own patches in case of bugs and security +issues. Releases other than the latest release are unsupported and unmaintained. |