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Sarge is Now Frozen

Posted by timothy on from the chill-yo dept.

JoeBuck writes "Steve Langasek has announced that Debian Sarge is now frozen. He produced a schedule that would lead to a Debian release at the end of May, though I would expect it to slip somewhat. I'm glad that the long wait for a Debian release will soon be over."

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  1. cryogenics? by mfh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    By frozen, I'm guessing you mean poor Sarge was cryogenically frozen, right? What's the prognosis?

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  2. HuH? by spiderworm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    April Fools was a month ago. A month and a day ago, actually. This really isn't funny anymore.

  3. Re:Not the only one... by EverDense · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Something else froze today too!

    Oh Hell, you just had to say it, didn't you!

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  4. Very late by Devil · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Great! Now it's only, what, TWO years behind?

    A six- to twelve-month release cycle is what Debian needs. (I've heard comparisons of Sarge taking almost as long as Longhorn, and that's a bad sign.) If you can't get the feature in for the release, drop it for the next. The "it'll be out when it's done" attitude is fine for John Carmack, but not for an operating system. Woody is almost THREE YEARS OLD, for crying out loud!

    Other distros like Ubuntu and Fedora have it right: timely releases make users happy and ensure that a distro is kept up-to-date.