Debian "Lenny" freeze coming up

June 13, 2008 1-minute read

lenny • releases

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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