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Debian 2.2r4 (Potato) Released

Posted by Hemos on from the not-potatoe dept.

codazzo writes "Debian 2.2r4 is out. As their website states, "The fourth revision of Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (codename `potato') has been released. This point release, revision 2.2r4, mostly includes security updates, along with a few corrections of serious bugs in the stable distribution." " You can see the press release - or get it from the FTP list.

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  1. Re:Where's 3.0 by HoserHead · · Score: 5, Informative
    Firstly, Debian 3.0 will be released when it's ready - which means sometime in 2002.

    Woody wasn't frozen in July, Policy was. The base base system was frozen later, in August. Everything else remains unfrozen, though those packages in 'standard' and many tasks (such as GNOME and KDE) should be on the block to be frozen pretty soon.

    We're going about it in a different way this time; different parts of Debian are being frozen at different times. Because base and standard packages are more important than Priority: extra packages, they're being frozen first so all bugs can be shaken out and fixed.

    For more information, search the debian-devel-announce archives or see the most recent mail from one of the release coordinators, Anthony Towns.

    Basically, be patient. The reason that Anthony whipped together Debian 2.2r4 is simply because 3.0 won't be ready for a while.