Back Again

[Claude Jones]

On Wednesday August 1 2007 12:12:38 pm Antonio Olivares wrote:
> I am no expert, but from what I have learned through the years
> using Debian based distros/live cd's, Knoppix, Kanotix, DSL,
> etc.
>
> Debian Woody is older
> Debian Etch is the stable branch of Debian
> Debian Sid is the testing/unstable branch of Debian.
> There's also Debian Lenny
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-ftparchives.en.html
>
>
>
> Other codenames that have been already used are: buzz for
> release 1.1, rex for release 1.2, bo for releases 1.3.x,
> hamm for release 2.0, slink for release 2.1,
> potato for release 2.2, woody for release 3.0,
> sarge for release 3.1, and etch for release 4.0

I guess I was confusing release 4 with Testing. I am definitely 
not a Debian expert. Is there some truth to the stories I've 
read repeatedly in recent times, that Debian was not lagging as 
far back as it once did, in your experience?

-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA