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Two Major Debian Releases In One Day

Posted by kdawson on from the busy-busy dept.

AndyCater writes "If all goes according to plan, Debian should release both an update to Debian Sarge (3.1r6, henceforth to be oldstable) and a new stable release (Debian 4.0, which was codenamed Etch) — and announce the results of the election for Debian Project Leader — all within 12 hours. Sarge was updated late on April 7th UTC, Sam Hocevar was announced as DPL at about 00:30 UTC, and preparations for the release of Debian Etch are ongoing and look good for later on the 8th."

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  1. TWO! in one day? by utexas+delirium · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know if the Universe can withstand that.

    1. Re:TWO! in one day? by cyphercell · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey if you were using FF 1.0 you'd be happy too.

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    2. Re:TWO! in one day? by mgv · · Score: 1, Funny

      I don't know if the Universe can withstand that.

      Definitely a sign of the upcoming apocalypse..

      Michael

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    3. Re:TWO! in one day? by arivanov · · Score: 1, Funny

      I had to check the calendar twice if it is not the 1st of April...

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    4. Re:TWO! in one day? by ajlitt · · Score: 4, Funny

      If Duke Nukem Forever is announced as going gold on Monday, the Universe will suddenly cease to exist.

    5. Re:TWO! in one day? by SeaFox · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm tagging this "pigsflying" which will group it with the story about Vista being released to manufacturing.

    6. Re:TWO! in one day? by Loconut1389 · · Score: 2, Funny

      watching too much ghostbusters?

      Careful the staypuffed penguin man might appear.

    7. Re:TWO! in one day? by martin-boundary · · Score: 3, Funny

      If Duke Nukem Forever is announced as going gold on Monday, the Universe will suddenly cease to exist.
      Oh no! How will we know?
    8. Re:TWO! in one day? by marcosdumay · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now Debian also delays april fools jokes?

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    9. Re:TWO! in one day? by logic+hack · · Score: 1, Funny

      I know Linus isn't exactly thin, but that was just hurtful.

    10. Re:TWO! in one day? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

      You will wake up with a massive hangover and a traffic cone in your bed.

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    11. Re:TWO! in one day? by ajlitt · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's not a good night unless you get a traffic cone!

    12. Re:TWO! in one day? by matt+me · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's now 1700 UTC, and Debian Etch has officially been released. I've performed experiments and Planck's constant is constant. I think spacetime is safe from a resonance cascadAODF~@AFAL:VXCV SCV END CARRIER.

    13. Re:TWO! in one day? by Toby_Tyke · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wonder what form the other three horsemen will take?

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    14. Re:TWO! in one day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Let's face it: when the headline says "Two Major Debian Releases In One Day", it doesn't matter what day of the year it is. You assume it's a joke.

  2. the devs must be observing passover : ) by plasmacutter · · Score: 5, Funny

    western nations base their entire diet around bread, so passover takes a huge chunk out of nerd diets (i know first hand), so to compensate for the scarcity of kosher food, they must have guzzled more caffeinated beverages.. thus resulting in the warp speed rush to 4.0 ..

    well that's at least my theory : D

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  3. Re:The Wow Starts Now! by Seumas · · Score: 3, Funny

    over a year more quickly Ouch. You hurt my brain, you bastard.
  4. Article? by gringer · · Score: 4, Funny

    How can I not read the article if there's no article avaliable to not read?

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  5. In tribute of this momentous occasion by mushadv · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hell and winged pigs have collaborated in an effort to simultaneously freeze over and fly. Unfortunately, Satan's poor planning concerning the sequence of these events has rendered the high temperature conditions of the pig launchers devastatingly unsuitable for the hopeful swine. Meteorologists the world over predict a torrential rain of bacon.

  6. Re:woohoo!!! by cortana · · Score: 2, Funny

    Left the upgrade from woody a little late don't you think? ;)

  7. OK, ok. Grandma is still a bit confused by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Grandma said, ay? sonny? I told her

    It depends on your /etc/apt/sources.list.
    Each line will either end with the word "Etch" or "Testing".
    If it ends with Etch, then you will stay with Etch (Stable).
    If it ends with Testing, then you will start getting the new Testing packages.
    Probably the best thing to do is to stay with Etch for a couple of months while the new Testing settles down, then dist-upgrade back to Testing.

    and she shit her chair, I kid you not! Then I said, OK. ok. You're going back to XP. She died. I whispered "Linus", "GPL", "RMS", "free as in beer", and she has arisen. Still confused, though. I hate to strart with Grandpa. He shits his chair just sneezing.

  8. You have got to be fucking kidding me by ZakuSage · · Score: 3, Funny

    I literally spent the bulk of yesterday installing Sarge to a new server I set up. Son of a fucking bitch.

  9. Re:Kinda OT by that+this+is+not+und · · Score: 2, Funny

    I still think of it as 'Little Debian Snack Cakes.' If they wanted to do it right, the releases would have nicknames like 'Nutty Bar.'

  10. Re:PARENT IS NOT A TROLL by Sam+H · · Score: 2, Funny

    I admit, Bill Clinton is my pot dealer. Who is yours?

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