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README: declare that we do not respect FFmpeg ABI rules
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@ -137,6 +137,17 @@ most likely the best maintenance out of all stable releases. Older releases
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are for distros, and at best receive basic changes like fixing critical security
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issues or build fixes, and at worst are completely abandoned.
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## FFmpeg ABI compatibility
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mpv does not support linking against FFmpeg versions it was not built with, even
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if the linked version is supposedly ABI-compatible with the version it was
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compiled against. Expect malfunctions, crashes, and security issues if you
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do it anyway.
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The reason for not supporting this is because it creates far too much complexity
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with little to no benefit, coupled with absurd and unusable FFmpeg API
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artifacts.
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## Release cycle
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Every other month, an arbitrary git snapshot is made, and is assigned
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