Re: Feedback

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 11:39:39 -0500 (EST), Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On 25.12.2012 15:55, Stephen Powell wrote:
>> (1) Official Debian version numbers are not normally assigned until 
>> the release becomes the stable release.
> 
> I haven't checked when previous release numbers were announced, but 
> wheezy's assigned version was public information some time ago - see 
> <URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/09/msg00000.html>.

Evidently the historical practice has changed recently.  I stand corrected.
Thanks.  The /etc/debian_version file, however, does not give a release
number, and probably won't, until wheezy becomes the stable release.  It
currently simply says, "wheezy/sid".

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