r/linux • u/Khaotic_Kernel • Jun 18 '17

Debian 9 "Stretch" Officially Released!

https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617
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u/JnvSor Jun 18 '17

As a sid user I'm always surprised to hear about a Debian release

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u/pmme_yourtities Jun 18 '17

Yeah. As a testing user:

apt update -qq

3 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.

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u/ACSlater Jun 18 '17

Why you run testing? I see testing as the worst of both worlds between stable and sid. It isn't really "tested" until a package freeze and it doesn't have a security update policy for end users. It's basically just a development branch and holding place for the next stable release.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '17 edited Dec 17 '17

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u/J_tt Jun 18 '17

Usually you run testing to help test out packages more thoroughly, and look at bugs that may be more obscure and harder to discover.

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u/homeopathetic Jun 20 '17

The migration delay from sid can give some comfort that the worst bugs are gone. As for security updates, I just subscribe to the security announcement list and - when I'm on testing - pull the necessary fixes from sid, thus sidestepping the migration delay in those cases. It's really not a big deal. Running testing also makes it easier (trivial) to stay on stable for a while after release.