Linux Debian codenames

I've got a few, quite silly, non-technical questions about giving codenames to Debian releases. Each Debian release has its unique codename, which is (so far) a characters' name from Toy Story movies by Pixar . Here is list of all assigned codenames so far: - release **1.1** is buzz (Buzz Lightyear) - the spaceman, - release **1.2** is rex - the tyrannosaurus, - release **1.3.x** is bo (Bo Peep) - the girl who took care of the sheep, - release **2.0** is hamm - the piggy bank, - release **2.1** is slink (Slinky Dog) - the toy dog, - release **2.2** is potato - Mr. Potato, - release **3.0** is woody - the cowboy, - release **3.1** is sarge - the sergeant of the Green Plastic Army Men, - release **4.0** is etch - the toy blackboard (Etch-a-Sketch), - release **5.0** is lenny - the toy binoculars, - release **6.0** is squeeze - the name for the three-eyed aliens, - release **7.0** is wheezy - the name of the rubber toy penguin with a red bow tie, - release **8.0** is jessie - the name of the yodelling cowgirl, - release **9.0** is stretch - a purple rubbery octopus toy at Sunnyside Daycare , - release **10.0** is buster - Andy 's pet dachshund, - release **11.0** is bullseye - Woody 's horse, - release **12.0** is bookworm - an intelligent worm toy with a built-in flashlight (currently *stable* ), List of upcoming major Debian releases' codenames after bullseye : - release **13.0** is trixie - a blue plastic Triceratops (currently *testing* ), - release **14.0** is forky - a sentient spork created by Bonnie who initially believes he is trash, but eventually accepts his role as Bonnie's new favorite toy. There are also: - special codename sid (**S**till **I**n **D**evelopment ) which is symbolic link to codename which is currently *unstable*, - *stable* which is symbolic link to codename which is currently stable, - *testing* which is symbolic link to codename which is currently testing. The list of *Toy Story* characters is quite robust but at some time, there will be no more characters' names to assign. My questions are: - What codenames will be assigned if we run out of characters' names? - Who decides what is codename of next release (please don't answer ambiguously like: *'community'*)? - How many releases' names are planned ahead? BTW: Interesting quote from debian.org/doc/manuals : > The decision of using Toy Story names was made by Bruce Perens who > was, at the time, the Debian Project Leader and was working also at > Pixar , the company that produced the movies. Infographics by Claudio Ferreira Filho (@filhocf) (license : CC BY-SA 4.0 ).