RELEASE_NOTES: Based on the version from 4.3
Name suggested by Lynne, Gyan, Reto, Zane, Jan, Derek
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
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+ ┌────────────────────────────────────┐
+ │ RELEASE NOTES for FFmpeg 4.4 "Rao" │
+ └────────────────────────────────────┘
+
+ The FFmpeg Project proudly presents FFmpeg 4.4 "Rao", about 10
+ months after the release of FFmpeg 4.3.
+
+ A complete Changelog is available at the root of the project, and the
+ complete Git history on https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git
+
+ We hope you will like this release as much as we enjoyed working on it, and
+ as usual, if you have any questions about it, or any FFmpeg related topic,
+ feel free to join us on the #ffmpeg IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net) or ask
+ on the mailing-lists.
