[16148],[16177]-[16179],[16181],[16184],[16188],[16189],[16191],[16206],[16222],[16227],[16228],[16230],[16231],[16234],[16236],[16241]-[16245],[16250],[16251],[16253],[16258],[16260]-[16262],[16264],[16268]-[16271],[16273],[16274],[16276]-[16280],[16284]-[16288],[16290],[16293],[16297],[16299],[16300],[16301]

  Things demanding attention/testing:
  - status of mozilla/activeX plugin
  - bindings
  - skins2
 

recode output in rc interface to current locale,
write comments in config file in user locale

* backported: [16030],[16033],[16049],[16050],[16051],[16067],[16068],[16070],[16075],[16078]-[16080],[16088],[16089],[16099],[16102],[16109],[16110],[16114],[16118],[16120],[16127],[16133],[16134],[16137],[16049],[16152],[16164]-[16167],[16176]

NOT backported: vfilter -> vfilter2, direct3D

    in the configure script (from [16613]).

    (Refs Debian #385008)

    files, backported from [16424].

backported: [15963](partial),[15973],[15974],[15975],[15977],[15978],[15981],[15982],[15983](edited),[15984],[15988],[16003],[16006],[16008]-[16011],[16018],[16019],[16021],[16023],[16025],[16026]

skipped: pid writing, qtl, motion, restart flag, RTSP rewind/ffw

* backported: [15891]-[15893],[15895],[15908],[15910],[15911],[15914],[15922],[15924],[15928],[15929],[15935],[15939],[15942],[15952],[15953],[15960]-[15962],

skipped: bindings, sfilter, xspf, new stats, probe and ASX.

* backported: [15803]-[15815],[15817],[15819],[15821],[15822],[15824],[15826],[15829],[15831],[15832],[15834],[15836]-[15838],[15841],[15844],[15846],[15848]-[15853],[15859],[15861]-[15867],[15869]-[15871],[15874],[15878]-[15880],[15883],[15884]

* skipped java bindings, new cdda (too many playlist conflicts)

backport: [15701],[15702],[15704],[15705],[15707]-[15711],[15733],[15734],[15736],[15741],[15744],[15745],[15753]-[15757],[15762],[15763],[15767],[15774]-[15778],[15781]-[15783],[15785]-[15787],[15790],[15791]

skipped: RTE code and BeOS fixes (if someone could look at [15735] and commit that which does not concern the new playlist, i would be thankful.) 

* backported: [15596]-[15603],[15605]-[15608],[15611],[15615],[15616],[15626]-[15628], [15631],[15636],[15637],[15639],[15643],[15647]-[15651],[15654],[15658],[15662],[15668],[15669],[15673]-[15675],[15678],[15680]-[15682],[15684],[15689]-[15700]
as well as the intf.m part of [15638]

The interaction framework updates and playlist changes were left out