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Debian “Lenny” freeze coming up
Debian GNU/Linux has published a new release update outlining the current status and upcoming goals of the project before the expected September release of version 5.0 “Lenny”.
Among the more interesting release goals:
- GCC 4.3 as the default compiler on all architectures
- Switch /bin/sh to dash
- Prepare init.d-Scripts for dependency-based init systems
- Support for python2.5
- Transition to Perl 5.10
Lenny will ship with GNOME 2.22 while the status of KDE has not been decided yet (whether it will include KDE4.1 or not). A freeze of non-essential toolchains and libraries is now under way, with a full freeze expected to take effect in July.
Here is the current release schedule:
- Early of June 2008 - Freeze of the non-essential toolchain
- End of June 2008 - Freeze of all library packages
- Mid of July 2008 - Full freeze
- September 2008 - Release lenny!
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13th June 2008, 20:27
>>Prepare init.d-Scripts for dependency-based init systems
Hmm, do they mean init-ng?
13th June 2008, 20:50
leave: that is correct, they mean initscripts-ng.
15th June 2008, 22:37
Great news, I cant wait for the next debian release. it’s always so much warmer to know that it’s ’stable’