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Debian Releases > Debian Jessie

Jessie is the development codename for Debian 8.

It is the current stable distribution.

Contents

Debian Jessie Life cycle
1. Before the release
2. Release and updates
Architectures
New Features
1. Packages & versions
Links
FAQ

Debian Jessie Life cycle

Before the release

2012-07-27: Distribution codename announced
2013-05-04: Wheezy released, development on Jessie started
2013-10-13: Jessie freeze date announced
2014-08-13: Jessie installer beta 1 released
2014-10-05: Jessie installer beta 2 released
2014-11-05: Jessie freeze Debian 8.0 "Jessie" is frozen
2015-01-26: Jessie installer RC1 released
2015-03-27: Jessie installer RC2 released
2015-03-31: Jessie target release date announced
2015-04-19: Jessie installer RC3 released

Release and updates

2015-04-25: Initial release: 8.0 (press release)
2015-06-06: Updated (8.1) (press release).
2015-09-05: Updated (8.2) (press release).
2016-01-23: Updated (8.3) (press release).
2016-04-02: Updated (8.4) (press release).

Architectures

work in progress, Read "Bits from the release teams" emails and arch_qualify page
- Architectures that are likely to be dropped: s390 (i.e 31bits support is dropped), sparc, ia64

New Features

See New In Jessie

Packages & versions

apt: 1.0.9.8.1
kernel: Linux 3.16
gcc: 4.9
Gnome 3.14, KDE 4.14, Xfce 4.10
libc: libc6 2.19-18
X-server: Xorg 7.7

Expected version, as of 2015-09-08

FAQ

Q) Which ''Toy Story'' character is Jessie ?: She's the cowgirl modeled after the character on the fictional television show Woody's Roundup (see Wikipedia page, picture)

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+ * 2013-10-13: Jessie freeze date [[https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2013/10/msg00004.html|announced]]
 * 2014-08-13: Jessie installer beta 1 [[https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2014/20140813|released]]
 * 2014-10-05: Jessie installer beta 2 [[https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2014/20141005|released]]
 * 2014-11-05: Jessie freeze [[https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/11/msg00003.html|Debian 8.0 "Jessie" is frozen]]
 * 2015-01-26: Jessie installer RC1 [[https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2015/20150126|released]]
 * 2015-03-27: Jessie installer RC2 [[https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2015/20150327|released]]
 * 2015-03-31: Jessie target release date [[https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2015/03/msg00016.html|announced]]
 * 2015-04-19: Jessie installer RC3 [[https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2015/20150419|released]]

=== Release and updates ===
 * 2015-04-25: '''Initial release''': 8.0 ([[http://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426|press release]])
 * 2015-06-06: Updated (8.1) ([[https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150606|press release]]).
 * 2015-09-05: Updated (8.2) ([[https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150905|press release]]).
 * 2016-01-23: Updated (8.3) ([[https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160123|press release]]).
 * 2016-04-02: Updated (8.4) ([[https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160402|press release]]).
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+ ''work in progress'', Read "Bits from the release teams" [[https://release.debian.org/|emails]] and [[https://release.debian.org/jessie/arch_qualify.html|arch_qualify page]]
  * Architectures that are likely to be dropped: s390 (i.e 31bits support is dropped), sparc, ia64
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+ * apt: 1.0.9.8.1
 * kernel: Linux 3.16
 * gcc: 4.9
 * [[DebianGnome|Gnome]] 3.14, [[DebianKDE|KDE]] 4.14, [[Xfce|Xfce]] 4.10
 * libc: libc6 2.19-18
 * X-server: Xorg 7.7
''Expected version, as of 2015-09-08''
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+ Q) Which ''Toy Story'' character is Jessie ?:: She's the cowgirl modeled after the character on the fictional television show Woody's Roundup ~-(see Wikipedia [[WikiPedia:Jessie_(Toy_Story)|page]], [[WikiPedia:File:Jessie_(Toy_Story).png|picture]])-~
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- * [[DebianWheezy|Debian Wheezy]] - The previous distribution.
##  * [[DebianXXXX|Debian XXX]] - The next distribution.
+  * [[DebianWheezy|Debian Wheezy]] - The previous distribution.
  * [[DebianStretch|Debian Stretch]] - The next distribution.