On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 12:03:12 +0200 "c.hol...@ades.at" <c.hol...@ades.at> wrote:
Hello c.hol...@ades.at,
>I understand the versions have nicknames (8 = jessie, 7 = wheezy, 6 =
>squeeze, ...).
>I also understand there are 3 releases of every version (stable,
>testing, unstable) and
That's where the bulk of your problem lies; stable, testing and
unstable are not three releases of every version. Currently,
oldstable=7=wheezy, stable=8=jessie, testing is what will be the next
stable version, is codenamed stretch, and will most likely be version
number 9.
When current testing becomes stable (i.e. when Debian release a new
version), things will change such that stable=9=stretch,
oldstable=8=jessie and testing will get a new, as yet undecided, release
name. It will, of course, be a Toy Story character's name.
So, whenever Debian release the next version (Stretch,v9), the
oldstable, oldoldstable, stable and testing names will be pointed to
their new positions.
sid=unstable and never, AFAIAA, takes a version number.
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