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 for seekable HTTP and an exploitable bug in the FLIC decoder
 (cf. CVE-2010-3429 for details). Distributors and system integrators are
 encouraged to update and share their patches against this branch.
+
+
+
+* 0.5.4 Feb 20, 2011
+
+General notes
+-------------
+
+This is the first release that we cut after git migration. It is another
+maintenance only release that addresses several security issue that have
+brought to our attention. In detail, fixes for RV30/40, WMV, Vorbis and
+VC1 have been backported for trunk. Distributors and system integrators
+are encouraged to update and share their patches against this branch.