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Next Debian's 'Lenny' frozen

The next version Debian has come a step closer to completion with the freezing of the current testing distribution version codename Lenny. This will form the basis of Debian 5.0, expected in September. ...full story at digg

from digg on Thu, Jul 31 2008

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30 Jul 08 visit Next Debian's 'Lenny' frozen  »  the register (uk) Linux distros get ready The next version Debian has come a step closer to completion with the freezing of the current testing distribution version codename Lenny. This will form the basis of Debian 5.0, expected in September.…
10 Oct 08 visit Lenny might be late  »  the register (uk) Debian: 'We're almost there' Debian project leader Steve McIntyre has dismissed claims that the next stable version of Debian – codename Lenny – could be delayed until June 2009. Based on the number of outstanding release-critical bugs and the time it...
25 Jul 08 visit Debian Maintainer Hints At September Release for Lenny  »  slashdot nerdyH writes "The Debian project's maintainer, Luke Claes, announced in an email Saturday that he will freeze the 'testing' or 'Lenny' tree, in preparation for a new stable release of Debian Linux in ... September! The freeze means that open source...
15 Aug 08 visit Debian's Testing Branch Nears Completion  »  slashdot DeviceGuru writes "With Debian Lenny (aka 'testing') poised to displace Etch as the popular Linux distribution's 'stable' branch possibly as soon as next month, blogger Rick Lehrbaum loaded the latest preview (beta 2) of Lenny's KDE CD image onto an...
13 Oct 08 visit Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny  »  slashdot A. B. VerHausen writes to tell us that over 200 release-critical bugs continue to push back Debian Lenny's release date. Originally slated for a September release, there is still a long road to be traveled before Lenny sees the light of day. Project...

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