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1) Sarge is the current stable version, intended for servers and other static boxes. it was due to be retired 12/2006, but has hung around a bit longer.
2) Etch is and has been the testing version as long as Sarge has been stable. When Sarge retires, Etch will slide down to stable.
3) Sid is immune to movement, it is unstable, bleeding edge and always stays there. After things have passed through unstable, they fall into testing, then stable, but unstable never (in name at least) becomes testing.
4) The new stable will be Etch, and the new testing will be codenamed Lenny.
You're welcome for the help. All of the Debian codenames are characters from Toy Story. Sid was the next door kid that broke toys. The full list/story about that is here.
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5.3.2 Where do these codenames come from?
So far they have been characters taken from the movie "Toy Story" by Pixar.
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buzz (Buzz Lightyear) was the spaceman,
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rex was the tyrannosaurus,
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bo (Bo Peep) was the girl who took care of the sheep,
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hamm was the piggy bank,
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slink (Slinky Dog (R)) was the toy dog,
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potato was, of course, Mr. Potato (R),
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woody was the cowboy,
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sarge was the sergeant of the Green Plastic Army Men,
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etch was the toy blackboard (Etch-a-Sketch (R)),
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lenny was the binoculars.
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sid was the boy next door who destroyed toys.
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