Re: [Hampshire] Whatever happened to Etch?

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Author: john lewis
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Whatever happened to Etch?
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 13:33:27 +0000
Dr Adam J Trickett <adam.trickett@???> wrote:

> "Etch Release Update. Steve Langasek stated that the stabilisation
> phase of etch is about three months behind former expectations and
> due to this fact the prospected release date of December, 4th could
> not be met anymore. Apart from that the distribution is in good
> shape, almost all release goals are met or in the process of being
> met and the number of release critical bugs is continuously going
> down."


The same email said

The release will probably be delayed by about the same as the full
freeze, that is a month. We hope to still release in December 2006.

and

.......the codename for the next Debian release: it will be called Lenny.


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John Lewis
Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application