[vlc] VLC 0.8.6 end of support

[hannes_b at gmx.at]

Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> 	Hello everyone,
> 
> Following up on the early August notice, I am sorry to inform or remind you 
> that the VLC version 0.8.6 revision releases process is now to its end, after 
> over a year and a half.
> 
> It has become increasingly difficult and time consuming to maintain VLC 0.8.6, 
> and we anyway need to refocus our scarce and variable resources on 
> maintaining VLC 0.9.x and further developping VLC 1.0. At this point in time, 
> there are no plans for VLC 0.8.6j and further formal revision releases. We 
> will continue to accept and apply critical fixes to the 0.8.6 tree for the 
> benefit of "downstream" integrators and distributors, as source code only.
> 
> Note that there are widely published security issues with VLC 0.8.6i. If not 
> already done, please upgrade to VLC 0.9.x or apply the fixes from the 0.8.6 
> source tree.
> 
> 
> Sorry for the inconvenience, thanks for your interest,
> Best regards,

great but please release 0.9.x also on the website so people can download it and upgrade as you recommend. ;)

kind regards