Once upon a time, a new Debian Linux release was a big deal in Linux circles. It still is, but its child, Ubuntu Linux, is the Linux distribution that gets all the headlines. There’s a reason for that. Over the years, Debian has become more and more a Linux just for Linux fanatics while the [...]

After 24 months of constant development, the Debian Project is proud to present its new stable version 6.0 (code name “Squeeze”). Debian 6.0 is a free operating system, coming for the first time in two flavours. Alongside Debian GNU/Linux, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is introduced with this version as a “technology preview”.

On the occasion of the release of Debian 6.0 “Squeez” [1], the Debian website team is pleased to publish a new design for Debian’s web presence.

As you may already know, Squeeze has now become the domain of the Stable Release Managers; in other words, we’ve released! This was the first Debian release which was accompanied by a live commentary on identi.ca[IC].

As predicted – the release is starting this weekend 5/6 February 2011. IRC channels are starting to buzz — irc.debian.org #debian-release – and there’s also a live commentary session at http://identi.ca/debian

A lot of Debian users prefer running Unstable/Sid or Testing on the desktop. I may very well take that route myself. There’s also talk of a Constantly Usable Testing branch of Debian.

Dear Developers, let’s see if I can intrude in the Squeeze release countdown (to expire during the upcoming week-end [1]!) with some DPL bits.

Welcome to this year’s second issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:

The next release of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution is likely to take place this weekend. The last release, Lenny, was made on February 14, 2009. However, given that Debian only makes a release when it is ready, and not according to some artificial timetable, the date could slip.

Hi! As you might already know, Debian is about to release Debian GNU/{Linux|kFreeBSD} 6.0 “Squeeze” very soon, on the weekend of the 5th and 6th February!

The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the second release candidate of the installer for Debian Squeeze.

The Debian project is pleased to announce the eighth update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codename “lenny”). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems.

Debian Squeeze on the horizon – and of all the systems that could like my hardware so well, I’m extremely glad it’s this one

We now have a target date of the weekend of 5th and 6th February for the release. We have checked with core teams, and this seems to be acceptable for everyone.

The Debian Installer team is pleased to announce the first release candidate of the installer for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. Changes since the second beta of the installer include:

The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the first release candidate release of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze.

The Debian project has been working in removing non-free firmware from the Linux kernel shipped with Debian for the past two release cycles. At the time of the releases of Debian 4.0 “Etch” [1] and 5.0 “Lenny” [2], however, it was not yet possible to ship Linux kernels stripped of all non-free firmware bits. Back [...]

The Debian project is pleased to announce the seventh update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codename “lenny”). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems.

Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”: Call for Upgrade and Installation tests. The Debian project is proud to announce, that its upcoming release Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” has entered the final phase of its development cycle and is nearly in its final form. We now seek the help of our users to find the remaining bugs related to upgrades [...]

It’s time for another release update as we move, like a glacier, inevitably and unstoppingly towards the release.

Immediately after a stable release, a new distribution is created in the Debian archive. Its initial content is a copy of the (just released) stable distribution. Its codename is decided by the release managers and there’s a tradition of picking a character’s name from the Toy Story movie.

Hi, As previously announced[1], hppa is no longer a release architecture for Squeeze.

The Debian GNU/Linux Project has announced that its next release, Squeeze, has been frozen. This means that no new features will be added and that work will now commence on ironing out all release-critical bugs so that Squeeze can be officially released.

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.

Hi, As I’m writing this mail, Adam D. Barratt (adsb) is currently giving a presentation at Debconf about “Bits from the Release Team”. This is the mail version for those who can’t make it to New York. It contains some important information, so please read it through to the end!

Debian Live Squeeze Alpha2: The Debian Live team is pleased to announce the second alpha of DebianSqueeze’s Live images.

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated: The Debian project is pleased to announce the fifth update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (codename “lenny”). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems.

Squeeze freeze was planed for December 2009, meaning it is already way behind schedule, and it looks that it is not so easy for the Debian project to switch to a fixed 2 year release cycle (or freeze cycle).

A report that a thousand or more Debian packages will no longer build from source would be a cause for concern at any time, but when the project is trying to button up for a release, it is especially unwelcome.

The next major release of Debian GNU/Linux is taking shape – albeit without the explicit direction of a Release Manager and with some significant hurdles to overcome.