Debian has entered "Transition freeze".
Transition freeze ... means no new library transitions or package transitions that involve a large
number of packages.
Full freeze: Feb 5 2017.
As always, Debian 9 "Stretch" will be released "when it's ready".
Release Team Announcement
Release dates
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Thursday November 17 2016, @06:42PM
when it's ready
Syncing with LTS been on the agenda for years now so this should be a really important release for Debian. Especially if other distributions and Android target it as well.
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