Bits from the Release Team: A Slightly Moveable Feast

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Subject: Bits from the Release Team: A Slightly Moveable Feast

From: Jonathan Wiltshire <jmw@debian.org>

Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 22:13:59 +0000

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Hi, Updated freeze dates for Stretch -------------------------------- At a recent release team meeting it was decided that the freeze for Stretch will be slightly delayed from earlier announcements. We anticipate releasing Stretch with version 4.10 of the Linux kernel, which means a longer upstream support period and improved compatibility. All previously announced dates are deferred by two calendar months; that is: * 5th November 2016: transitions freeze * 5th January 2017: "Soft" freeze - no new packages - no re-entry - normal migrations * 5th February 2018: Full freeze For the avoidance of doubt, this change is a one-off to align with an expected release of Linux only. We aren't in a position to try and accomodate other projects, however much we'd like to be able to. ("But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen." -- Ernest Hemingway, "A Moveable Feast") For the release team: -- Jonathan Wiltshire jmw@debian.org Debian Developer http://people.debian.org/~jmw 4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A55 B7C5 1223 3942 86EC 74C3 5394 479D D352 4C51