Document the future plan to make CRAM3.1 the default version

jkbonfield · Sep 4, 2024 · 38a3943 · 38a3943
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@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ The primary user-visible changes in this release are updates to the
 annot-tsv tool and some speed improvements.  Full details of other
 changes and bugs fixed are below.
 
+Notice: this is the last SAMtools / HTSlib release where CRAM 3.0 will be
+the default CRAM version.  From the next we will change to CRAM 3.1
+unless the version is explicitly specified, for example using
+"samtools view -O cram,version=3.0".
+
 
 Updates
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