I Guess Lenny Will Release
Submitted by ajt on Fri 25 Jul 2008
| In September |
   11% | 117 votes |
| In October |
10% | 104 votes |
| In November |
7% | 74 votes |
| In December |
5% | 59 votes |
| In January (2009) |
8% | 90 votes |
| Later Still |
6% | 63 votes |
| Whenever It Is Ready |
49% | 495 votes |
| Total 1002 votes |
Debian ``lenny'' Release Information.
The code name for the next major Debian release after etch is "lenny".
This release started as a copy of etch, and is currently in a state called "testing". That means that things should not break as badly as in unstable or experimental distributions, because packages are allowed to enter this distribution only after a certain period of time has passed, and when they don't have any release-critical bugs filed against them.
Please note that security updates for "testing" distribution are not managed by the security team. Hence, "testing" does not get security updates in a timely manner. For more information please see the Security Team's FAQ.
For installation images and documentation about how to install "testing", see the Debian-Installer page.
To find out more about how the "testing" distribution works, check the developers' information about it.
People often ask if there is a single release "progress meter". Unfortunately there isn't one, but we can refer you to several places that describe things needed to be dealt with for the release to happen:
- Generic release status page
- Release-critical bugs
- Base system bugs
- Bugs in standard and task packages
In addition, general status reports are posted by the release manager to the debian-devel-announce mailing list.
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"It's Not Magic, It's Work"
Adam
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