Stable always have nickname. Sid is always sid :)
Testing is "something" that will be next stable - in this day old stable become old-stable and... ...old-stable has same nickname as it was. New stable will have offcourse another nickname. Hope this helps. If not, just ask again. Dnia 2016-06-08, śro o godzinie 13:28 +0200, c.hol...@ades.at pisze: > AAhhhh... I see. > That makes perfect sense. > > Thanks!!! > > One additional question please: > Does stable and testing have nicknames too - like unstable = Sid?? > > Chris > > > > On 2016-06-08 13:19, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 at 19:51, c.hol...@ades.at <c.hol...@ades.at> > > wrote: > > > > Yes, I already knew this. > > But I still get not the connection. > > > > Chris > > > > On 2016-06-08 12:18, humbert.olivie...@free.fr wrote: > > > Hi Chris, > > > > > > good questions you're asking yourself here. > > > Check https://www.debian.org/releases/ . > > > This is a point where you want to start regarding this. > > > > > > Hope that helps, > > > Olivier > > > > > > > > > ----- Mail original ----- > > > De: "c holper" <c.hol...@ades.at> > > > À: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > Envoyé: Mercredi 8 Juin 2016 12:03:12 > > > Objet: Version and Release > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I am not completely new to Debian but I never really > > understood the > > > version-system. > > > > > > 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 > > > it is clear that stable has the oldest but most bugfree > > version of > > > software and unstable the opposit. > > > > > > But it seems there is some living connection between the > > current testing > > > and the future version... > > > And what is "sid"? > > > > > > I downloades 8 testing (some months ago) and in my > > apt-sources is > > > jessie. Would it be something else if I chose stable?? > > > How can I see it in apt? > > > Is there a better way to determine the release beside > > lsb_relsease? > > > /etc/debian_version is pretty clear but only the verion is > > inside. > > > > > > Please clearifiy for me the impact of the the once chosen > > release in > > > connection with the current and future version. > > > Big thankyou! > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > There aren't 3 versions of each release, there's only one. Stable, > > testing and unstable are nicknames / status codes applied to a given > > release at any stage of its lifecycle. Right now Jessie is stable, > > Stretch is testing. The unstable release is always called Sid, that > > never changes. When stretch is considered stable enough, it will get > > a release number (9.0), and be referred to as stable. At this point > > Jessie will be "oldstable" and wheezy will pass into legend. > > Whatever Sid looks like at that time, will get a new Toy Story > > character name assigned, and become the new "testing". Sid and > > "testing" will at that moment be identical, and will start to > > diverge as stuff gets into Sid, and takes a while to prove itself > > enough to get into "testing". HTH Mark >