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On 2020-12-13 08:39, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 09:31:48PM -0600, golinux@??? wrote:
>> On 2020-12-12 21:04, Adrian Zaugg wrote:
>> > On 04.12.20 19:43, golinux@??? wrote:
>> >
>> > > You might want to have a look at Debian's release schedule:
>> > >
>> > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases
>> > >
>> >
>> > Does Devuan not follow the LTS schedule?
>> >
>> > https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
>> >
>> > Because when Debian Releases X as stable, Devuan needs some time to
>> > follow, as such Devuan stable stays for a while with Debian X-1, which
>> > is then under LTS as oldstable. At least it was with Jessie very much
>> > the case. With Jessie was this a coincidence or is that rather a rule?
>> >
>> > Regards, Adrian.
>> >
>>
>> Yes. That is correct. The lag between Debian stable and the
>> corresponding
>> Devuan stable release is why we recommend using the release name
>> rather that
>> the suite name in /etc/apt/sources.list
>>
>> Please see https://www.devuan.org/os/releases for more information.
>
> Where the Devuan release codenames chart sems to be up-to-date, but the
> examples in the Codenames or suites? section still refer to Beowulf as
> testing.
>
> Which was probably correct "As of this writing" but is no longer
> correct and potentially confusing.
>
> -- hendrik
>


Thanks for catching that, Hendrik! All updated now.

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