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Debian 8 "Jessie" was released on 25 Apr. A link to the Debian release page shows the changes and you can follow the release in 'real-time' should you desire to do so.
This release will be supported for 5 years and includes "improvements" to the UEFI software (both 32- and 64-bit) introduced in the previous version, "Wheezy". It also is the first release to use systemd as default init system replacing the earlier sysvinit, which is still available in the repos should you wish to revert the change. What effects such a change might have on the remainder of the system is not clear. Improvements to the support of Debian software include the ability to browse and search all source code distributed in the latest release.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Nerdanel on Sunday April 26 2015, @09:53PM
Actually, Gentoo keeps its packages very much up to date, especially if you run Unstable. I haven't done a statistical analysis, but I think Gentoo Unstable would do rather well against binary distros. Remember: Someone somewhere needs to compile that package anyway. Not that that actually matters much, as compiles are really fast nowadays as long as you aren't trying to do something silly like compiling your operating system on your phone.
Just so that you know. Almost all packages compile under a few minutes nowadays. Even featureful stuff like Wesnoth and Abiword don't take much longer. Only the rare few get beyond that.
Well, maybe I was responding to a troll that was somehow modded up, but you can take this as a public service announcement. Please stop with the FUD.