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.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday April 26 2015, @10:33PM
How did this Don Armstrong get appointed?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 27 2015, @12:38AM
I guess he was magnanimous enough to take on the responsibility.
Don't forget his name. He's a main player in the quashing of dissent against systemd.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 02 2015, @05:43PM
It is starting to look like Linux project management is like political positions. If someone volunteers to take it question their motives vigorously.
Kay Sievers may well be considered Poettering's right hand man, and he volunteered to take over maintenance of udev (now systemd-udev). Similarly Poettering took over maintenance of Consolekit, only to scuttle it and replace it with systemd-logind.
One may really worry about the future of the kernel once Torvalds retires (or his bus factor goes critical).