doc: document the addition of the AVProbeData.mime_type field and it's implications

[ffmpeg] / RELEASE_NOTES

diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
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@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@
  │ ⚠  Behaviour changes       │
  └────────────────────────────┘
 
+  • IMPORTANT: The new field mime_type was added to AVProbeData.
+    To avoid crashes, make sure to always initialize AVProbeData, e.g. use
+    'AVProbeData pd = { 0 };' instead of 'AVProbeData pd;'.
   • dctdnoiz filter now uses a block size of 8x8 instead of 16x16 by default
   • -vismv option is deprecated in favor of the codecview filter
   • libmodplug is now detected through pkg-config
   • HTML documentation generation through texi2html is deprecated in
     favor of makeinfo/texi2any
-  • ffplay now exits by default at the end of playback