by phenest ยป
It says it's been released
Yes , it has been released, it was released :September 17th, 2016
Just like the announcement says,...
https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160917
Updated Debian 8: 8.6 released
September 17th, 2016
The Debian project is pleased to announce the sixth update of its stable distribution Debian 8 (codename "jessie"). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Security advisories were already published separately and are referenced where available.
Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian 8 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away old "jessie" CDs or DVDs but only to update via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of date packages to be updated.
Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update.
New installation media and CD and DVD images containing updated packages will be available soon at the regular locations.
Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. A comprehensive list of mirrors is available at:
https://www.debian.org/mirror/list
And it was available for download, on the same day, I looked myself, and
found it was available.
Are you still having trouble finding it ?
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/amd64/bt-dvd/
I don't use Debian 8.5 (jessie) as my main system, but I do have it on a
VM, just to keep up with things,and some times try to re-produce a problem
some one is having, or check and see if something will work on it,
(Debian Jessie), any way, on Sept 17, when it was announced that the
upgrade was available, I started the VM , and upgraded,...
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root@debian:/home/garry# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease [63.1 kB]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Sources [161 kB]
Ign http://httpredir.debian.org jessie InRelease
Get:3 http://httpredir.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:4 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main i386 Packages [305 kB]
Get:5 http://httpredir.debian.org jessie Release [148 kB]
Get:6 http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Translation-en [162 kB]
Get:7 http://httpredir.debian.org jessie/main i386 Packages [6,789 kB]
Get:8 http://httpredir.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en [4,583 kB]
Fetched 12.2 MB in 2min 36s (78.2 kB/s)
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root@debian:/home/garry# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done---------------snip-----
Everything seems to have gone ok,....everything
still works,......
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garry@debian:~$ lsb_release -a ; date
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 (jessie)
Release: 8.6
Codename: jessie
Sat Sep 17 09:10:26 CDT 2016
If the upgrade and upgraded version was not yet available, I don't
see how I could have upgraded.