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For more information about this image and its history, please see the relevant manifest file (library/debian) in the docker-library/official-images GitHub repo.
Debian is an operating system which is composed primarily of free and open-source software, most of which is under the GNU General Public License, and developed by a group of individuals known as the Debian project. Debian is one of the most popular Linux distributions for personal computers and network servers, and has been used as a base for several other Linux distributions.
The debian:latest tag will always point the latest stable release (which is, at the time of this writing, debian:wheezy). Stable releases are also tagged with their version (ie, debian:wheezy is currently also the same as debian:7.4).
The rolling tags (debian:stable, debian:testing, etc) use the rolling suite names in their /etc/apt/sources.list file (ie, deb http://http.debian.net/debian testing main).
The mirror of choice for these images is http.debian.net so that it's as close to optimal for everyone as possible, regardless of location.
$ docker run debian:wheezy cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main
deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main
This image is officially supported on Docker version 1.6.0.
Support for older versions (down to 1.0) is provided on a best-effort basis.
Documentation for this image is stored in the debian/ directory of the docker-library/docs GitHub repo. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the repository's REAMDE.md file before attempting a pull request.
If you have any problems with or questions about this image, please contact us through a GitHub issue.
You can also reach many of the official image maintainers via the #docker-library IRC channel on Freenode.
You are invited to contribute new features, fixes, or updates, large or small; we are always thrilled to receive pull requests, and do our best to process them as fast as we can.
Before you start to code, we recommend discussing your plans through a GitHub issue, especially for more ambitious contributions. This gives other contributors a chance to point you in the right direction, give you feedback on your design, and help you find out if someone else is working on the same thing.