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Added project status update for February 2026 regarding VLC 4.x release and its impact on vlcj.

Author: caprica

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+__February 2026__ Project status update:
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+Another year goes by, we're still here, still waiting for VLC 4.x to be released, or waiting for further changes to
+LibVLC 4.x. Recently not much is changing in the LibVLC API, although some significant changes are expected. It is
+still unknown when VLC 4.0.0 will be finished and released, this leaves vlcj in a bit of a limbo situation. Right
+now vlcj 5.x can reliably be used with VLC 4.x nightly builds, but obviously there are risks to using pre-release
+software.
+
 __February 2025__ 5.0.0-M4 milestone release:
 
 >A new development milestone release has been created. You will need an up-to-date nightly build of VLC 4.x to use this.