Re:Brand-new Linux release, which I'm calling the Debian Lin...
by ilyt on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @07:19PM
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That's not exactly a hard rule, just stuff maintainers do because it is far easier to still have normal flow of unstable -> testing for the freeze period, and keeping 2 ("actual unstable" + "unstable on the way to the new release") would be a big burden for maintainers.
Re:Brand-new Linux release, which I'm calling the Debian Lin...
by JohnnyDoe737 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:10AM
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Correct. This is why I said “effectively”. At the end of the day, Unstable does run behind during the freeze period. Same for Testing, obviously
In preparation for a new stable release, it goes through what is effectively a package freeze. Maintainers are discouraged from updating packages in Sid in order to focus on the new release. So almost no new updates are uploaded to the repositories until Stable is finally out.