[:DebianReleases:Debian Releases] > Debian Sarge
The current "[:DebianOldStable:Old Stable]" distribution was developed under the code name Sarge. It was released on June 6th 2005 as Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, It was superseded by Debian/DebianEtch on Apr 8th 2007. Security updates are still provided.
Debian/Sarge Release Information : http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/ |
Debian/Sarge Life cycle
06 Jun 2005 : Initial release : 3.1r0 ([http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050606 press release]).
20 Dec 2005 : Updated (3.1r1) ([http://people.debian.org/~joey/3.1r1/ preparation], [http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20051220 press release]).
19 Apr 2006 : Updated (3.1r2) (preparation [http://release.debian.org/stable/3.1/3.1r2 1], [:DebianReleases/PointReleases/3.1r2:2], [http://people.debian.org/~joey/3.1r2/ 3] ; [http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060419 press release]).
24 Jul 2006 : Announcement of Next-Upcoming Release (Etch) ([http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060724 press release]).
01 Sep 2006 : Updated (3.1r3) (preparation [:DebianReleases/PointReleases/3.1r3:1], [http://release.debian.org/stable/3.1/3.1r3/ 2]; [http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060901 press release]).
06 Nov 2006 : Updated (3.1r4) ([http://release.debian.org/stable/3.1/3.1r4/ preparation]; [http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20061106 press release]).
18 Feb 2007 : Updated (3.1r5) ([http://release.debian.org/stable/3.1/3.1r5/ preparation]; [http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20070218 press release]).
07 Apr 2007 : Updated (3.1r6) ([http://release.debian.org/stable/3.1/3.1r6/ preparation]; [http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070407 press release]).
08 Apr 2007 : Debian/Sarge becomes [:DebianOldStable:old-stable]. (i.e A new stable is released : DebianEtch).
27 Dec 2007 : Updated (3.1r7) ([http://release.debian.org/stable/3.1/3.1r7/ preparation]; [http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20071228 press release]).
- ..
?? Apr 2008 : planned End of security updates (i.e End of life.) [http://www.debian.org/security/faq#lifespan 1 year after it's superseded].
See Sarge [:DebianReleases/PointReleases:point-releases] [http://ftp.debian.org/dists/sarge/ChangeLog ?ChangeLog].
Architectures
Sarge is officially supported on the following [:SupportedArchitectures:architectures] : alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc. (see Sarge's [http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/ release page], [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/03/msg02281.html How to define a release architecture] discussion).
it also has unofficial support for amd64.
New Features
[http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC] 3.3, and a mechanism for upgrading [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Plus_Plus C++] libraries to the new ["ABI"].
OpenOffice.org (1.1)
Debian's installer supports 40 languages (i.e 24 new ones ; [http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/i18n/languages.html map])
Packages & versions
- apt 0.5.28.6
- kernel : linux 2.4.27 and 2.6.8
- libc : libc6 2.3.2
- gcc : 3.3.5
- X-server : XFree86 4.3.0
links
Download CD : http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/debian-installer/ ([http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/ amd64])
Package Repository : http://ftp.debian.org/dists/sarge/
- Installation :
Release Party : ReleasePartySarge
FAQ
Many answers can be found in the [http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050606 3.1r0 press release] or in the Release Information.
- Q) apt-get gives errors.
A common question is "apt-get gives errors" when they have the security archives in their sources list but are still tracking testing. Another is where non-us went if they were tracking stable. Check out the SourcesList page to get your /etc/apt/sources.list set straight.
- Q) What were the release goals for Sarge ?
see Release managers' [http://people.debian.org/~joey/goals/3.1/ Release Goals for Debian GNU/Linux 3.1]
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