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Debian Aims For September Release Date

Posted by michael on from the slow-and-steady-wins-the-race dept.

An anonymous submitter writes "Debian Planet has a good discussion of the most recent release update from the new Debian release managers. The most interesting point is the current hard freeze of base+standard and an optimistic but doable release date in September."

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  1. is this the one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that features the new 2.0 kernel?

  2. WHAT? Sarge might be RELEASED? by JessLeah · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't that one of the signs of the Apocalypse?

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  3. ode to 503 by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    five oh three
    we've seen thee a lot two odd numbers sandwiching naught

    seeing a good olde friend
    such a grand time
    a prime, a zero, another prime

    we hope slashdot
    doesn't fix their site
    so we may enjoy you every night

    grub

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  4. Let's try to be orderly by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay, this is a Debian thread, you all know the drill. Everybody who wants to make a crack about Debian packages being at least twenty years old by the time they are released form a line to the right.

    Zealotous supporters of other Linux distributions over by the wall. If you have no clue how apt works but still want to say that rpm/emerge/tar is far superior, just raise your hand when we call on you.

    If you think you're being pretty darn rebelious by railing against the use of "GNU/Linux", then stand over by the wading pool. We'll get to you once the grown-ups have had their say.

    BSD supporters can congregate near the exit. We've heard some rumours about you and I want to make sure you have a clear path to the ambulance in case anything happens.

    Everyone who thinks Yggdrasil is the one and only true distribution, there's a special thread for you over in the cafeteria.

  5. September? by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did they specify the year?

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  6. One possible reason for slow releases by moberry · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are ony SOO many toy story characters, after this there going to have to start naming them after the etch-a-sketch, piggy bank, etc. on the other hand.. there have been 2 sequals since woody was released.

  7. Let's see... by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny
    Doom III released... Check

    Sarge released... Check

    Slashdot works better with Internet Explorer than with Firefox... Check

    Walls bleeding...Check.

    Yup, it's the End Times.

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    1. Re:Let's see... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Firefox keeps a name for half a year... Check.

  8. The name fix by Phillup · · Score: 5, Funny

    To recap its stable then testing and finally unstable.

    I think they could solve their name problems if they would rename everything like this:

    Stable => Debian Server
    Testing => Debian Desktop
    Unstable => Debian Windows

    Each name clearly denoting the level of stability for that branch.

    (Let the flame wars begin ;-))

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