Re: Debian release cycle question

["Alexandre Rossi" <alexandre.rossi@gmail.com>]

Hi,

> For example, if package A version 1.0 enters unstable. Ten days later,
> it moves to testing. Six months later, package A release version 1.1.
> which goes directly to unstable. Ten more days later, it moves to
> testing. What happened to the previous version 1.0 in testing? If every
> packages in testing experience this, when can the distro be released?

The previous version 1.0 just won't be part of a stable release of the
Debian distribution.

The Debian release cycle is not time-based (i.e. every X months). It
is not predictable, and has been criticized for this reason. That's
okay for me though.

For an overview of what the plan is for the next stable ditribution,
etch, you may read the following announcement :
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/01/msg00001.html

Regards,

Alexandre