Next Debian's 'Lenny' frozen

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jul 30, 2008 5:12 PM EDT
The Register; By Phil Manchester
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The next version Debian has come a step closer to completion with the freezing of the current testing distribution version codename Lenny. This will form the basis of Debian 5.0, expected in September. The freeze means that package developers who have not uploaded software for inclusion in the Debian 5.0 release have effectively missed the boat. It also means that their packages will almost certainly be omitted from the next versions of popular Linux distros such as Ubuntu, Xandros and Linspire that are based on Debian.

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