Trying to find the source iso's for debian buster and bookworm

[Keith Christian]

Several versions back, we could download the source code
on various iso files for previous and current releases.

Where can those be found for Buster and Bookworm? Several searches
turned up nothing.

Thanks.

[davidson]

On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 Keith Christian wrote:
> Several versions back, we could download the source code
> on various iso files for previous and current releases.

Debian CDs/DVDs archive
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/

> Where can those be found for Buster [...]

I would look in the archives linked above.

> [...] and Bookworm?

I understand the Bookworm is, at the moment, still on the testing
branch. That is, it is not yet a release.

I have a lot of trouble mixing up the codenames that start with
"B". Maybe I am confused.

> Several searches turned up nothing.

Debian on CDs/DVDs
https://www.debian.org/CD/#content

Frequently Asked Questions about Debian CD/DVD/USB images
https://www.debian.org//CD/faq/#content

--
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et ce qui est urgent est rarement important
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[Luna Jernberg]

Thats correct buster and bullseye is released bookworm is testing and
still being developed for a couple of months more

[Cindy Sue Causey]

On 3/4/23, davidson <davi...@freevolt.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 Keith Christian wrote:
>> Several versions back, we could download the source code
>> on various iso files for previous and current releases.
>
> Debian CDs/DVDs archive
> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/

I like to get mine from packages dot Debian. Am using wicd as an
example because I needed to look it up anyway:

https://packages.debian.org/experimental/wicd

The right-hand column has a "Download Source Package" heading with
several files under it.

Source files can (at least sometimes) be found under Debian's own
repository location, too. An example there is:

http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/wicd/

That location can be overwhelming to wade through depending on one's
level of experience. The reason is because anything available for
active releases will be found lumped together in a single directory
instead of filed under their respective release code names the way
packages dot Debian does.

Out of curiosity, I just checked ibiblio for source files:

https://distro.ibiblio.org/debian/pool/main/w/wicd/

No source files were present. It's just an executive decision each
volunteer repository makes depending on how much extra space they
might have available to share.

As a P.S. to Debian's own repository, poking around in there years ago
is how I finally started grasping how our package managers do their
amazing job. P.P.S. Reading text files under /var/lib/apt/lists was
another fun place to play back then, too. Was one of my favorite ah-ha
moments in figuring out how Debian performs with such consistent
accuracy.

Hope that helps someone.

Cindy :)
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