Comment 3 for bug 270404

This is a major new release that requires packaging changes due to the
new frontend rewrite. We are past feature freeze but due to the
significance of this new release I would like to try gettingit into
intrepid. We can fall back to backports if this becomes prohitively
impossible to do within our release schedule.
On 9/15/08, Daniel Miles <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: vlc
>
> VLC 0.9.2 has just been released. This is a major update to the current
> version of VLC in the repositories.
>
> The website is currently a little flaky, but the changes include:
>
>
> What's new in this version:
> The 0.9 version of VLC media player adds a new interface module for
> Linux, Unix and Windows, a media library and an improved playlist, many new
> inputs and codecs support and many new audio and video filters.
> For video playback, new protocols, new codecs, new demuxers and many
> bug-fixes have been added to support more formats.
> For audio playback, cover art and metadata support (and editing) have
> been vastly enhanced. It can play audio when the playback speed is changed.
> For the developers, libVLC has been simplified and improved, many
> bindings for many languages were added and there is a new Mac OS X
> Framework.
> Scripts written in lua can expand VLC media player's capabilities (read
> Youtube, Dailymotion URLs, fetch meta-data...)
> See http://wiki.videolan.org/What_is_cool_in_0.9 for more information.
>
> I believe that this justifies a freeze exception for Intrepid...
>
> ** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> --
> Please update VLC to 0.9.2
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270404
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