A question about release schedules
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:43 pm
I switched from Ubuntu (Xubuntu 12) to LMDE under the assumption that since LMDE used rolling releases, packages would be more up-to-date. However, doing more research on the Debian release cycle brought me to the following understanding:
- Ubuntu pulls packages from Debian Unstable (sid) then tests and patches them for six months. This becomes an Ubuntu release.
- Deiban Testing (currently wheezy) contains packages older than those in sid, but newer than those in Stable. After it has been tested for several months, it is frozen and becomes Debian Stable.