DebianWheezy

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Wheezy was the development codename for the Debian 7 release. Wheezy received Long-Term-Support until 2018-05-31. Wheezy received Extended Long Term Support until 2020-06-30. Now it is archived and no longer receives updates. It was superseded by Debian 8 'Jessie' on 2015-04-25.

Security updates are no longer provided for this release.

Contents

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

Debian Wheezy Life cycle

Before the release

2010-09-03: Distribution codename announced
2011-02-06: Squeeze released, development on Wheezy started
2012-01-29: Linux kernel 3.2 is uploaded to Wheezy with longterm support, see announcement
2012-05-13: Wheezy releases alpha 1 installer, see announcement
2012-06-21: Wheezy freeze date unveiled, see announcement
2012-06-30: Wheezy is now under freeze, see announcement
2012-07-30: End of the automatic freeze exception, see announcement
2012-08-04: Wheezy releases beta 1 installer, see announcement
2012-09-09: Wheezy releases beta 2 installer, see announcement
2012-10-18: Wheezy releases beta 3 installer, see announcement
2012-11-08: Freeze policy updates (no more pre-approved and maintainer changes), see announcement
2012-11-22: Wheezy releases beta 4 installer, see announcement
2013-01-23: Freeze policy update (no more translation updates), see announcement
2013-02-17: Wheezy releases release candidate 1 (RC1) installer, see announcement
2013-04-27: Wheezy releases release candidate 2 (RC2) installer, see announcement
2013-05-02: Wheezy releases release candidate 3 (RC3) installer, see announcement

Release and updates

2013-05-04: Initial release: 7.0.0 (press release).
2013-06-15: Updated (7.1) (press release).
2013-10-12: Updated (7.2) (press release).
2013-12-14: Updated (7.3) (press release).
2014-02-08: Updated (7.4) (press release).
2014-04-26: Updated (7.5) (press release).
2014-07-12: Updated (7.6) (press release).
2014-10-18: Updated (7.7) (press release).
2015-01-10: Updated (7.8) (press release).
2015-04-25: Wheezy becomes oldstable. (i.e. A new stable is released: Debian Jessie)
2015-09-05: Updated (7.9) (press release).
2016-04-02: Updated (7.10) (press release).
2016-04-25: Long-Term-Support announced (press release).
2016-06-04: Updated (7.11) (press release).
2018-06-01: End of security updates (i.e End of life. The distribution is moved archive). (press release)

Architectures

Wheezy was officially supported on the following architectures: amd64, armel, armhf, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, s390x, sparc. (see Wheezy's release page...)

New Features

For some release goals, see https://release.debian.org/wheezy/goals.txt
?DebianInstaller/WheezyGoals
?NewInWheezy

Packages & versions

apt: 0.9.7
kernel: Linux 3.2
gcc: 4.7.2
Gnome 3.4, KDE 4.8, Xfce 4.8
libc: eglibc 2.13
X Server: Xorg R7.7

Expected version, as of 2013-01-14

FAQ

Q) Which ''Toy Story'' character is Wheezy ?: He's the rubber toy penguin with a red bow tie (see Wikipedia page, picture)

Q) Now that wheezy is archived, how do I get packages for it?

Use the following in your sources.list:

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian wheezy main
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security wheezy/updates main

Add contrib and non-free if needed.