Debian codenames and distributions
As an update of a posting I made a short while back, here's a
snapshot of the current links at debian.org. As can be seen, the
canonical names of distributions are the codenames, and their present
state is defined by the links. The links (with exceptions) shift each
time a new distribution is released. In addition the Debian
point-numbers are bumped at various times in between.
First the README, then the listing with ownerships (1176) removed:
This directory, dists, is the canonical way to access the distributions.
Each distribution can be accessed by name or state from here.
oldoldstable, or squeeze - the released Debian 6.0.10
oldstable, or wheezy - the released Debian 7.8
stable, or jessie - the released Debian 8.0
oldoldstable-proposed-updates - possible updates to Debian 6.0
oldstable-proposed-updates - possible updates to Debian 7
stable-proposed-updates - possible updates to Debian 8
squeeze-updates - important updates to Debian 6.0
wheezy-updates - important updates to Debian 7
jessie-updates - important updates to Debian 8
testing, or stretch - the development version of the next release
unstable, or sid - untested candidate packages for future releases
experimental, or rc-buggy - experimental packages to be used on top of unstable
~ $ ftp ftp.debian.org
Connected to ftp.debian.org.
220 ftp.debian.org FTP server
Name (ftp.debian.org:deblis): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd debian
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> cd dists
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Jul 19 2014 Debian6.0.10 -> squeeze
lrwxrwxrwx 1 6 Jan 10 10:21 Debian7.8 -> wheezy
lrwxrwxrwx 1 6 Apr 25 10:13 Debian8.0 -> jessie
-rw-rw-r-- 1 932 Apr 25 10:31 README
drwxrwsr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:13 experimental
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 25 12:11 jessie
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:12 jessie-backports
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:13 jessie-kfreebsd
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:12 jessie-kfreebsd-proposed-updates
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:13 jessie-proposed-updates
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:13 jessie-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Apr 25 10:13 oldoldstable -> squeeze
lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Apr 25 10:13 oldoldstable-proposed-updates -> squeeze-proposed-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 15 Apr 25 10:13 oldoldstable-updates -> squeeze-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 6 Apr 25 10:57 oldstable -> wheezy
lrwxrwxrwx 1 16 Apr 25 10:57 oldstable-backports -> wheezy-backports
lrwxrwxrwx 1 23 Apr 25 10:57 oldstable-backports-sloppy -> wheezy-backports-sloppy
lrwxrwxrwx 1 23 Apr 25 10:57 oldstable-proposed-updates -> wheezy-proposed-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 14 Apr 25 10:57 oldstable-updates -> wheezy-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 23 Apr 25 10:13 proposed-updates -> jessie-proposed-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 12 Aug 04 2008 rc-buggy -> experimental
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:14 sid
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 25 11:08 squeeze
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:12 squeeze-lts
drwxr-sr-x 5 643072 Apr 26 21:46 squeeze-proposed-updates
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 26 21:45 squeeze-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 6 Apr 25 10:13 stable -> jessie
lrwxrwxrwx 1 16 Apr 25 10:13 stable-backports -> jessie-backports
lrwxrwxrwx 1 15 Apr 25 10:13 stable-kfreebsd -> jessie-kfreebsd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 32 Apr 25 10:13 stable-kfreebsd-proposed-updates -> jessie-kfreebsd-proposed-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 23 Apr 25 10:13 stable-proposed-updates -> jessie-proposed-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 14 Apr 25 10:13 stable-updates -> jessie-updates
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:13 stretch
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:12 stretch-proposed-updates
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:12 stretch-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Apr 25 10:13 testing -> stretch
lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 Apr 25 10:13 testing-proposed-updates -> stretch-proposed-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 15 Apr 25 10:13 testing-updates -> stretch-updates
lrwxrwxrwx 1 3 Apr 25 12:12 unstable -> sid
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 25 11:08 wheezy
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:13 wheezy-backports
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:12 wheezy-backports-sloppy
drwxr-sr-x 5 163840 Apr 28 03:13 wheezy-proposed-updates
drwxr-sr-x 5 4096 Apr 28 03:13 wheezy-updates
226 Directory send OK.
ftp> 221 Goodbye.
~ $
Cheers,
David.
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