So... time for "Squeeze release party" :) On Aug 6, 7:52 pm, Shashishekhar S <[email protected]> wrote: > JFYI > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Martin Zobel-Helas <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 7:43 PM > Subject: Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" frozen > To: [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ > Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" frozen [email protected] > August 6th, 2010 http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100806 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > In this very moment, during the ongoing annual Debian Developer > Conference "Debconf10" in New York, Debian's release managers have > announced a major step in the development cycle of the upcoming stable > release Debian 6.0 "Squeeze": > > Debian "Squeeze" has now been frozen. > > In consequence this means that no more new features will be added and > all work will now be concentrated on polishing Debian "Squeeze" to > achieve the quality Debian stable releases are known for. > > The upcoming release will use Linux 2.6.32 as its default kernel > in the installer and on all Linux architectures. > > New features of the upcoming release include: > * State of the art desktop environments, based on KDE 4.4.5, Gnome > 2.30.0, LXDE 0.5.0, XFCE 4.6.2, X.org 7.5, OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 > and many other applications. > * Stable and current versions of common server software such as > Apache 2.2.16, PHP 5.3.2, MySQL 5.1.48, PostgreSQL 8.4.4 and Samba > 3.4. > * Modern interpreters and compilers for all common languages such as > Python 2.6 and 3.1, Perl 5.10, GHC 6.12 and GCC 4.4. > * DKMS, a framework to generate Linux kernel modules whose sources > do not reside in the Linux kernel source tree. > * Dependency-based ordering of init scripts using insserv, allowing > parallel execution to shorten the time needed to boot the system. > > Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" will also be accompied by variants based on the > FreeBSD kernel for amd64 and i386 machines, together with the GNU > libc and userland as a "technology preview". Users of these versions > however should be warned that the quality of these ports is still > catching up with the outstanding high quality of our Linux ports, > and that some advanced desktop features are not supported yet. > However, the support of common server software is strong and extends > the features of Linux-based Debian versions by the unique features > known from the BSD world. This is the first time a Linux distribution > has been extended to also allow use of a non-Linux kernel. > > Further work > ------------ > A number of bug squashing parties will be organized before the new > distribution is released in order to classify and fix the remaining > known problems in the new distribution. As the set of features has now > been finalized for "Squeeze", developers can now begin to create > documentation such as release notes and the installation guide. > Interested users and developers are invited to join the #debian-bugs IRC > channel on irc.debian.org and help with these efforts or test out > pre-release versions of "Squeeze". To support more users, the Debian > project also asks for help with translating the new documentation to as > many languages as possible. > > About Debian > ------------ > > The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly > free, community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of > the largest and most influential open source projects. Over three > thousand volunteers from all over the world work together to create and > maintain Debian software. Translated into over 30 languages, and > supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the > "universal operating system". > > Contact Information > ------------------- > > For further information, please visit the Debian web pages atwww.debian.orgor > send mail to <[email protected]>. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- > - Shashishekhar S
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