[theora-dev] last call for beta 1

[Arc Riley]

On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 10:19:22PM -0700, Ralph Giles wrote:
> Everyone,
> 
> It's looking like we're not going to get a draft of the spec done by the 
> end of the month as I'd hoped. However, I'm unwilling to let the 
> schedule slip yet again. We're going to freeze the bitstream as whatever 
> the reference implementation does and just live with any choices that 
> turn out unfortunate in the future. One has to draw the line somewhere. 
> This way people can get on with tools and adoption even if the 
> documentation is incomplete.

Recommend we put it out as Alpha-4, not Beta-1.  Have Beta-1 closely 
follow with docs/etc.  Remember the idea before that there'd be no 
change in bitstream between the last Alpha and Beta-1.

This way Beta-1 can be released with docs and sample videos, etc.
Also, if Monty hits his date for OggFile then Beta-1 could ship with 
OggFile support, and we'd have pleanty of time to get the tools sorted 
out/etc.

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