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This past week Debian 11 "Bullseye" embarked on its hard freeze in gearing up for release later this year.

Hi all,

According to schedule, we froze bullseye a bit more last week (12-03-2021). This means that we are one step closer to the release of bullseye and we expect everyone to follow the freeze policy [1]. This means that from now on key packages and packages without significant autopkgtest coverage need to be unblocked by the release team to be able to migrate from unstable to testing. If you need to request an unblock, check that your request is in line with the freeze policy and use $(reportbug release.debian.org) in order to get the meta data correct and get the template that helps us get the right information.

Note that packages that are not on the key-packages list, with non-superficial autopkgtests that succeed on all architectures and don't cause regressions will migrate without an unblock after 20 days. If
you're unsure about the current migration status of your package, you can check it at [3].

Now is a good time to help testing installations and upgrades to find as many issues as possible and fix rc bugs [4]. Please be aware of bug 984533 (libc6), 974552 (libcrypt1) and 953562 (libcrypt1) when you do. Add information to those bug if you can help them forward.

Please also remember to file bugs against the release-notes pseudo package if you know of issues that deserve being mentioned in the release notes. Ideally with proposed text, or even via a merge request on salsa [2], but even if you can only point us at issues that's already appreciated.

On behalf of the Release Team,
Paul

pianokeyjoe wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:11 pm WOW! Is all I can say guys! Well, I am sure looking forward to the Debian future! And above all, the MX LINUX future! Are there any RC iso files for MX 21 out there?

The release announcement does acknowledge the known issue that for the lack of providing the binary-only AMD Radeon graphics firmware many AMD graphics cards may have display issues.

The next point release for "buster" (10.10) is scheduled for Saturday June 19th. Processing of new uploads into buster-proposed-updates will be frozen during the preceding weekend.

...we now have a release date for bullseye: 14 August.
For the avoidance of doubt, this is *not* a tentative date anymore.

agnivo007 wrote: Sat Jul 24, 2021 2:33 am I'm planning a fresh install on a new HDD, was thinking if I should postpone it for a few weeks and use MX21 or go with the current.

DistRunner wrote: Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:32 pm Now that the next release has been set, will there be any important changes to MX ass well? Also, the buster Debian source seems to have problems with Crossover from some 32-bit libraries, any idea if those bugs will have been fixed?

agnivo007 wrote: Sat Jul 24, 2021 2:33 amI'm planning a fresh install on a new HDD, was thinking if I should postpone it for a few weeks and use MX21 or go with the current.

DistRunner wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:08 pm @SwampRabbit No, its a general question about the next release, in relation to the changes in Bullseye. The 32-bit libraries part asks if there is any information regarding the Bullseye release per the problem in Buster.

Bamber wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:22 am What's the rush?
MX-19 is working fine and MX-21 won't be a revolution (at least I hope not) only an evolution.
I don't mind waiting until January if that guarantees stability and polish.

Bamber wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:22 am What's the rush?
MX-19 is working fine and MX-21 won't be a revolution (at least I hope not) only an evolution.
I don't mind waiting until January if that guarantees stability and polish.