On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 12:20:48PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 12:03:12 +0200 > "c.hol...@ades.at" <c.hol...@ades.at> wrote: > > Hello c.hol...@ades.at, > > >I understand the versions have nicknames (8 = jessie, 7 = wheezy, 6 = > >squeeze, ...). > >I also understand there are 3 releases of every version (stable, > >testing, unstable) and > > That's where the bulk of your problem lies; stable, testing and > unstable are not three releases of every version. Currently, > oldstable=7=wheezy, stable=8=jessie, testing is what will be the next > stable version, is codenamed stretch, and will most likely be version > number 9. > > When current testing becomes stable (i.e. when Debian release a new > version), things will change such that stable=9=stretch, > oldstable=8=jessie and testing will get a new, as yet undecided, release > name. It will, of course, be a Toy Story character's name. > > So, whenever Debian release the next version (Stretch,v9), the > oldstable, oldoldstable, stable and testing names will be pointed to > their new positions. > > sid=unstable and never, AFAIAA, takes a version number. > > -- > Regards _ > / ) "The blindingly obvious is > / _)rad never immediately apparent" > I'll tell you something, I think that you should know > Rich Kids - Rich Kids
As of today: Squeeze-LTS - Debian 6.8 is history Wheezy-LTS - Debian 7.11 - has a couple of years support as of a couple of days ago. Jessie - Debian 8.5 - is current Stable Stretch - Debian 9 - will be released early next year in all likelihood - is current Testing Buster - Debian 10 - will be the release after Stretch Sid == unstable, permanently So when the next major release time comes round: Jessie will become oldstable Stretch will become stable What is testing at that point will eventually be the release eventually called Buster Sid == sid == unstable Hope this helps, Andy C
