[theora-dev] Time for a new theora release

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Thanks to good help from Timothy B. Terriberry, most of the proposed
patches for libtheora are now in the master branch.  The only major
obstacle is the proper fix for CVE-2024-56431 discussed in
<URL: https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/theora/-/merge_requests/28 >.  Once a
good solution for this is found, I believe it is time to wrap up a new
release.

I assume the underwelming response on my earlier emails on this list
indicate the level of interest from others in making such release
happen.  Not to worry, I am able to move forward independent of this.

As for version number, I am currently more leaning towards 1.2.0beta1,
to indicate that there might still be some issues that would be nice to
have fixed before 1.2.0 release, but it is a lot better than the alpha
version.  Feel free to provide your input on
<URL: https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/theora/-/merge_requests/30 >
regarding the release number and the release process if you have input
or opinions.

I still hope to see more people on IRC, #theora on irc.libera.chat. :)

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen