Re: Version and Release
On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 11:19:19AM +0000, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> There aren't 3 versions of each release, there's only one. Stable, testing
> and unstable are nicknames / status codes applied to a given release at any
> stage of its lifecycle. Right now Jessie is stable, Stretch is testing. The
> unstable release is always called Sid, that never changes.
>
> When stretch is considered stable enough, it will get a release number
> (9.0), and be referred to as stable. At this point Jessie will be
> "oldstable" and wheezy will pass into legend. Whatever Sid looks like at
> that time, will get a new Toy Story character name assigned, and become the
AIUI, the name is already chosen and will be 'Buster'.
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