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Why are Ubuntu LTS releases based on Debian versions that aren't released yet?

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 511 / 1 Year ago, thu, december 1, 2022, 5:11:11

While referencing
this answer on how Ubuntu and Debian releases align
I noticed that the corresponding
Debian releases
are happening a year after Ubuntu has already released their LTS based on that particular version of Debian.
How does it make sense to release an OS
focused on stability
when the OS you're building on top of us doesn't even feel it is worthy of actually releasing? Do a lot of bugs get fixed in the first year of an Ubuntu LTS because of fixes bubbling up from the Debian community?

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answered 1 Year ago wheance · Accepted Answer

I noticed that the corresponding Debian releases are happening a year after Ubuntu has already released their LTS based on that particular version of Debian.

That is not really a correct assessment. You would need to look at the actual package names and version numbers and not as a whole system. In some parts Ubuntu is ahead at some given moment and in others it is Debian.

There is roughly a 6 months gap between the "unstable Debian" and "stable Ubuntu".

Unstable Debian -> Unstable Ubuntu -> testing, fixing, and feedback to Debian -> beta release Ubuntu -> final Ubuntu release.

Do a lot of bugs get fixed in the first year of an Ubuntu LTS because of fixes bubbling up from the Debian community?

Between the beta and final release you will see more bugs getting fixed. And after the release you often see some extra updates but a lot less than before the final release. And the updates after that also get less and less. Just before the next releases you will also see a bit of an increase in updates (we already got 3 this week :) )