On 01/12/2017 03:25 PM, Dan wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going to install Debian on a file server (NFS and postgres) for a > small group of people. It will be in an intranet, no direct connection > to Internet. > > Should I install Jessie or Stretch? I've always used stable.
If the server will be used by developers only then you can install either version - 8 or 9, but if it will be production server then stable is better than testing. My > understanding is that at this point Stretch is quite stable, the > versions of the packages won't change and there won't be major changes > in the packages, only security/bug updates. > > In a few months the Stretch Debian installation will automatically > become "stable". Is that correct? A freeze period usually takes at least 6 months so I wouldn't say "a few months". HTH Kind regards Georgi