) ftfy. Even so, 10 months is a bit much. If the freeze were shorter, then Debian would have newer software. Fortunately, Debian releases are made roughly ever

) ftfy. Even so, 10 months is a bit much. If the freeze were shorter, then Debian would have newer software. Fortunately, Debian releases are made roughly every 2 years, but even when Debian ships, it's already several months behind. This isn't a problem for most servers, but it's a definite pain for developers like myself who use newer versions of software (extreme example, I use Arch) then try to backport to whatever's in the Debian repository. Sure, newer versions of software can be installed, but that kind of defeats the purpose of running Debian in the first place. A shorter freeze means newer software in a release, which may reduce the need/temptation to use a package not in the stable repository, which is better for everyone.