Debian Etch to be Released in December 78
lord_rob the only on writes "According to a ZDNet article, the next release of Debian should be available in December 2006. From the article : 'The date represents a dramatic improvement in the regularity of Debian's development cycle. Etch will be shipped only 18 months after the previous release, version 3.1.'
I'll believe it (Score:2, Funny)
I knew this was coming... (Score:3, Funny)
I know the name of it (Score:3, Funny)
Damnit! (Score:4, Funny)
Wait a second (Score:3, Funny)
Debian goes way to fast for me! Argh! I can't keep up!
Re:I know the name of it (Score:3, Funny)
No, it will be Debian 3.11 for Workgroups.
Debian 95 will come later...
Debian Etch (Score:1, Funny)
There was a comment on the article with Vista falling behind few days ago where someone said even Etch would be release before Vista... guess he was right!
Re:Let me be the first to say... (Score:3, Funny)
This sub-distribution could be essentially Debian but with an emphasis on the latest and greatest desktop environment, newest kernel, etc. But all of the tools would remain the same (apt-get, etc.) and packages should be interchangeable. (Barring kernel or library dependencies of course - attempting to install the latest udev package on a 2.6.8 Sarge box might have understandable problems.)
You could call this sub-distribution something friendly and warm, like a word that means something like "humanity to others" in a non-English language, which will appeal to a large number of English speakers as having a name that is easily remembered and catchy but won't be confused with your girlfriend or headgear.
Then, to avoid the overhead of trying to run a whole other sub-distribution in addition to oldstable, stable, testing, unstable and experimental - you could spin off the sub-distribution and give it a life of it's own, where it can draw on the huge Debian base, but have the independence it needs to track the latest and greatest.
Excellent!