Two Major Debian Releases In One Day

AndyCater writes "If all goes according to plan, Debian should release both an update to Debian Sarge (3.1r6, henceforth to be oldstable) and a new stable release (Debian 4.0, which was codenamed Etch) — and announce the results of the election for Debian Project Leader — all within 12 hours. Sarge was updated late on April 7th UTC, Sam Hocevar was announced as DPL at about 00:30 UTC, and preparations for the release of Debian Etch are ongoing and look good for later on the 8th."

TWO! in one day?

[utexas delirium]

I don't know if the Universe can withstand that.

the devs must be observing passover : )

[plasmacutter]

western nations base their entire diet around bread, so passover takes a huge chunk out of nerd diets (i know first hand), so to compensate for the scarcity of kosher food, they must have guzzled more caffeinated beverages.. thus resulting in the warp speed rush to 4.0 ..

well that's at least my theory : D

Re:TWO! in one day?

[cyphercell]

Hey if you were using FF 1.0 you'd be happy too.

Re:The Wow Starts Now!

[Seumas]

over a year more quickly

Ouch. You hurt my brain, you bastard.

Re:TWO! in one day?

[mgv]

I don't know if the Universe can withstand that.

Definitely a sign of the upcoming apocalypse..

Michael

Re:TWO! in one day?

[arivanov]

I had to check the calendar twice if it is not the 1st of April...

Re:TWO! in one day?

[ajlitt]

If Duke Nukem Forever is announced as going gold on Monday, the Universe will suddenly cease to exist.

Re:TWO! in one day?

[SeaFox]

I'm tagging this "pigsflying" which will group it with the story about Vista being released to manufacturing.

Article?

[gringer]

How can I not read the article if there's no article avaliable to not read?

In tribute of this momentous occasion

[mushadv]

Hell and winged pigs have collaborated in an effort to simultaneously freeze over and fly. Unfortunately, Satan's poor planning concerning the sequence of these events has rendered the high temperature conditions of the pig launchers devastatingly unsuitable for the hopeful swine. Meteorologists the world over predict a torrential rain of bacon.

Re:woohoo!!!

[cortana]

Left the upgrade from woody a little late don't you think? ;)

Re:TWO! in one day?

[Loconut1389]

watching too much ghostbusters?

Careful the staypuffed penguin man might appear.

Re:TWO! in one day?

[martin-boundary]

If Duke Nukem Forever is announced as going gold on Monday, the Universe will suddenly cease to exist.

Oh no! How will we know?

OK, ok. Grandma is still a bit confused

[Anonymous Coward]

Grandma said, ay? sonny? I told her

It depends on your /etc/apt/sources.list.
Each line will either end with the word "Etch" or "Testing".
If it ends with Etch, then you will stay with Etch (Stable).
If it ends with Testing, then you will start getting the new Testing packages.
Probably the best thing to do is to stay with Etch for a couple of months while the new Testing settles down, then dist-upgrade back to Testing.

and she shit her chair, I kid you not! Then I said, OK. ok. You're going back to XP. She died. I whispered "Linus", "GPL", "RMS", "free as in beer", and she has arisen. Still confused, though. I hate to strart with Grandpa. He shits his chair just sneezing.

You have got to be fucking kidding me

[ZakuSage]

I literally spent the bulk of yesterday installing Sarge to a new server I set up. Son of a fucking bitch.

Re:TWO! in one day?

[marcosdumay]

Now Debian also delays april fools jokes?

Re:Kinda OT

[that this is not und]

I still think of it as 'Little Debian Snack Cakes.' If they wanted to do it right, the releases would have nicknames like 'Nutty Bar.'

Re:TWO! in one day?

[logic hack]

I know Linus isn't exactly thin, but that was just hurtful.

Re:TWO! in one day?

[LiquidCoooled]

You will wake up with a massive hangover and a traffic cone in your bed.

Re:TWO! in one day?

[ajlitt]

It's not a good night unless you get a traffic cone!

Re:TWO! in one day?

[matt me]

It's now 1700 UTC, and Debian Etch has officially been released. I've performed experiments and Planck's constant is constant. I think spacetime is safe from a resonance cascadAODF~@AFAL:VXCV SCV END CARRIER.

Re:PARENT IS NOT A TROLL

[Sam H]

I admit, Bill Clinton is my pot dealer. Who is yours?

Re:TWO! in one day?

[Toby_Tyke]

I wonder what form the other three horsemen will take?

Re:TWO! in one day?

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's face it: when the headline says "Two Major Debian Releases In One Day", it doesn't matter what day of the year it is. You assume it's a joke.