Re: when does debian 8.1 come?
On Fri, May 29, 2015, at 09:05, mudongliang wrote:
> First , when does debian8.1 come?
It is planned for June 6th 2015.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2015/05/msg00605.html
> Second, I know the development of debian big version (for Debian 7 -> 8).
>
> oldstable -> stable -> testing -> unstable
> wheezy Jessie stretch sid
>
> I'm using testing version now!
Using 'testing' in the start of a release cycle can be even more
troublesome than using unstable. I hope you know what you're doing.
> How is the development about small version (like debian 8.1)?
Time between stable point releases ("small versions") varies.
Developers do contiuous backporting of fixes to stable through uploads
to the 'stable-proposed-updates' and 'stable-updates' archives, as well
as the 'security' archive.
When the time is near to freeze and prepare the next point release, we
get a warning from the stable release managers in the development
mailing lists, like the one I linked above. The freeze is fast, usually
just one week.
You could activate 'stable-proposed-updates' in the apt sources lists,
and you will get early access to packages being considered for the next
stable update. Be sure to report any errors, early testing of
stable-proposed-updates is a very valuable service for the community.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
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