Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 17:33:04 +0100 From: Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE> To: Debian Announcements <debian-announce@lists.debian.org> Subject: Code Freeze for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has begun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Debian Project press@debian.org http://www.debian.org/ Martin Schulze January 16, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Code Freeze for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has begun "The code freeze for the next Debian release, code named "potato", has begun", says Richard Braakman, current Debian Release Manager. He expects the freeze process to take about two months. Until the new version is released, there will be three distributions available on our servers: `stable', `frozen', and the new `unstable'. "The new `unstable' distribution, code named »woody«[1], was created today", continues Richard. The `frozen' and `unstable' distributions start out with the same set of packages. While `unstable' will be updated rapidly, `frozen' will have only bugfixes applied in preparation for its release. [1] Debian releases are code-named after characters from the movie Toy Story. Woody is the main character, the cowboy action figure. >> About Debian The Debian project is an organization of many users who volunteer their time and effort. Its tasks include maintaining and updating Debian GNU/Linux which is a free distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system, and the development of the Debian GNU/Hurd operating system. >> Contact Information For further information, please send email to the Debian Press Team <press@debian.org> or visit the Debian homepage at <[11]http://www.debian.org/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-announce-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org