Debian version history
Release table
When a release transitions to Long Term Support phase (LTS-phase), security is no longer handled by the main Debian security team.

Debian version history

Section Title: Release table
Table Section Text: When a release transitions to Long Term Support phase (LTS-phase), security is no longer handled by the main Debian security team.

Version (Code name)	Release date	Ports	Packages	Linux kernel	Security support until	Long-term support until	References

0.90	August–December 1993	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	None

0.91	January 1994	N/A	N/A	N/A

0.93R5	March 1995	N/A	N/A	N/A

0.93R6	November 1995	N/A	N/A	N/A

1.0	Never	N/A	N/A	N/A

1.1 (Buzz)	17 June 1996	474	2.0	N/A

1.2 (Rex)	12 December 1996	848	2.0.27	N/A

1.3 (Bo)	5 June 1997	974	2.0.33	N/A

2.0 (Hamm)	24 July 1998	2	≈ 1,500	2.0.34	N/A

2.1 (Slink)	9 March 1999	4	≈ 2,250	2.0.34, 2.0.35, 2.0.36, 2.0.38	30 October 2000

2.2 (Potato)	14–15 August 2000	6	≈ 3,900	2.0.38, 2.2.19	30 June 2003

3.0 (Woody)	19 July 2002	11	≈ 8,500	2.2.20, 2.4.6	30 June 2006

3.1 (Sarge)	6 June 2005	≈ 15,400	2.4.27, 2.6.8	31 March 2008

4.0 (Etch)	8 April 2007	≈ 18,000	2.6.18	15 February 2010

5.0 (Lenny)	14 February 2009	12	≈ 23,000	2.6.26	6 February 2012

6.0 (Squeeze)	6 February 2011	11	≈ 29,000	2.6.32	19 July 2014	29 February 2016

7 (Wheezy)	4 May 2013	13	≈ 36,000	3.2	26 April 2016	31 May 2018

8 (Jessie)	25–26 April 2015	10	≈ 43,000	3.16	17 June 2018	30 June 2020

9 (Stretch)	17 June 2017	≈ 52,000	4.9	2020	June 2022

10 (Buster)	Mid-2019	TBA	≈ 55,000 (April 2018)	4.19	2022	2024

11 (Bullseye)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

12 (Bookworm)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

unstable (Sid)	Never	22 (13 official)	> 62,000 (January 2019)	4.19 (January 2019)	N/A	N/A

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Sentence(s)

Debian 1.2 (Rex), released on 12 December 1996, contained 848 packages.
On December 12, 1996, the Debian 1.2 (Rex) was released and contained 848 packages.
Debian 1.2 (Rex), released on 12 December 1996, contained 848 packages.

final_sentence: Debian 1.2 (Rex), released on 12 December 1996, contained 848 packages.
final_sentence: On December 12, 1996, the Debian 1.2 (Rex) was released and contained 848 packages.
final_sentence: Debian 1.2 (Rex), released on 12 December 1996, contained 848 packages.