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 \section*{Preface}
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 \label{preface}
 
+After the publishing of version 0.79.5, the project has been dormant for another half decade. As time has passed by, it is foreseeable that optical media will become extinct just like floppy discs did long ago. Still, it is important to preserve the contents of already existing optical media. Towards this end, we will maintain dvdisaster to keep it usable on current hardware and OS versions.
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+We do not plan for a rapid release cycle. Neither will many new features be introduduced like it was at the beginning of the project. Instead, we will strive to fill in the missing gaps left over from the still open RS03 release cycle. Afterwards, dvdisaster shall be kept sound and complete as long as optical media are still in use.
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+{\em -- -- The dvdisaster development team, Spring 2021}
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+\newpage
+\section*{Preface for version 0.79.5}
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 Since the release of dvdisaster 0.79.3\footnote{Version 0.79.4 was never finished
 and released.}, nearly five years have passed.
 This was partly due to changed circumstances in its