[theora-dev] Time for a new theora release

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Now almost everything on my plate is included in the master branch on
gitlab (and the sync to github is back in operation), and I believe the
code base is ready for wider testing.  I hope you can help here.

If you want a tarball, it can be picked up from the CI run on gitlab, as
an artifact for the autotools-gcc build.  At the moment the latest
edition is available from
<URL: https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/theora/-/jobs/30699/artifacts/browse >.

The only remaining fix I am working on is adjusting
examples/player_example.c to be able to play video on Linux systems
without /dev/dsp.  The quick and easy way was to just disable audio
playout, and this is what the current patch in
<URL: https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/theora/-/merge_requests/36 > have
been partially successful at doing.  I needed it to quickly be able to
test video playout using the new code.  I am contemplating to rewrite it
to actually work with current Linux audio systems like pulseaudio, but
have not yet mustered the motivation and spare time required to do so.
I do not consider the patch vital for the release, so no need to wait
for its perfection before wrapping up the release.

Unless some fatal flaw is discovered, I plan to wrap up a new release
saturday 2025-03-15.  If there is anything to consider when making a
theora release, plesae mention it in
<URL: https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/theora/-/merge_requests/30 >.  My
message to <URL: https://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/theora > did
not get through, so I suspect someone else should post about a new
version there.  I have no idea how to update <URL: https://theora.org/ >,
given that its content do not match
<URL: https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/theora-website >.  Perhaps some of
you know how to do it? (Note, given the lack of response so far on this
mailing list, I assume there are no readers here and mostly post status
updates for the record. :)

I plan to announce the new version on <URL: https://xiph.org/theora/ >
and my own blog.

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen