| Debian Sarge freezes |
May 07, 2005
After three years, the agonizing wait for a new Debian "stable" distribution is nearing its end. In a message to the Debian developers' mailing list earlier this week, Release Manager Steve Langasek announced that no new packages will be accepted into the current Debian "testing" distribution (codenamed Sarge).
"Sarge is now frozen!" Langasek writes. "Wheeeeeee!!!"
His four-exclamation-point excitement is perfectly understandable. A popular distribution in its own right and the foundation of many other distros such as Knoppix, Libranet, Linspire, MEPIS, Ubuntu, and Xandros, to mention a few, Debian hasn't released a new "stable" since Woody debuted on July 19, 2002.
The Debian Project is notoriously methodical. Packages begin in "unstable" until they prove themselves reliable enough for the move to the current "testing" distribution. When the "testing" disribution is determined ready, it is "frozen," debugged, and soon released as "stable." The end result is that "stable" is truly stable, if perhaps somewhat unappealing to users always looking to the bleeding edge.
Now "frozen," Sarge, and the Debian Project, have moved one step closer to a new "stable" release. No official release dates have been announced -- after all, "Debian releases when it is time" -- but in his announcement, Langasek expresses hopes to release Sarge by the end of May.
More information on Debian Sarge is available on the project's Debian Sarge Release Information page.
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