Next stable release?

[HEIC-to-JPEG-Dev]

The last release was in 2023, is there a plan to release a newer version with all the commits ?

[drewnoakes]

Just released 2.9.0-rc3. Please try it out and let me know if it's working well for you. If so, we can promote a stable release.

[Numpsy]

fwiw 2.9.0-rc3 is working for me reading XMP from various image types (not the most comprehensive test, but that's all i'm using it for at the moment)