On 28/04/2015, Joris Bolsens <epicbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > sorry, I was under the impression that it went wheezy -> Jessie -> Sid >
Hello. I believe that this is part of the confusion that occurs, due to the use of version names for versions and status. My understanding, and, I stand to be corrected in this belief, follows, below. Sid = "experimental" - the name Sid is permanent for the experimental version, and is so named, because the character Sid, in Toy Story, the origin of the names of the Debian version names, was known for being one of those boys who delighted in breaking things, and, as, apparently (I have never tried the "experimental" version of Debian), the experimental version is one where the user has to be prepared for the version breaking the user's system, the name Sid stays permanently as the version name for the "experimental" Debian version. The next more stable version, is the "unstable" Debian version, which, I believe, has a version name, that bubbles down, as a new "stable" version of Debian is released. The next more stable version, is the "testing" version, which, I understand, can be quite testing, and, has a version name, that is bubbled down from the "unstable" version, when a new "stable" version of Debian is released, and, which name, itself, bubbles down, when a next new "stable" version of Debian, is released. The next more stable version, is the "stable" version, which is the latest "stable" version to have been released, and which has a version name, that is bubbled down from the "testing" version, when the "testing" version is released as a "stable" version, and the version name is bubbled down, when the next "stable" version, is released, and, the stable version also has a version number - I believe that the new "stable" version, that has been recently released, is Debian Linux v8.0. The next more stable version, is the "oldstable" version, which is the last previous "stable" version, and, which has a version name, that is bubbled down from the "stable" version, when a new "stable" version is released, and the version name is bubbled down, when a next new "stable" version, is released, and the "oldstable" version, also has a version number - I believe that the current "oldstable" version, is Debian Linux 7.8. The next more stable version, is the "olderstable" (?) version, which is the last previous "oldstable" version, and, which has a version name, that is bubbled down from the "oldstable" version, when a new "stable" version, is released, and the version name is bubbled down, when the next new "stable" version is released, and the "olderstable" (?) version also has a version number - I believe that the current "olderstable" (?) version, is Debian Linux 6 LTS - the "LTS", is a new concept, in Debian Linux, where, I believe, Long Term Support is to be provided, so as to incorporate security patches, up until the fifth anniversary date of the release of the "olderstable" (?) version. I hope that I have got that correct, and that that adequately explains the naming system for the different Debian Linux versions. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8n5+zdmsjlq4loblmoymx8xpk3kxfzz1sn7oe4xjzi...@mail.gmail.com
