Does 'base' image use debian 11 or 12?
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its unclear from looking at the source whether the runtimes in the base image are of debian 11 or 12?
also whats the difference between base and base-debian12 images?
base is essentially a "pointer" to any of base-debianX, there is no specific time right now when those pointers will be changed. Currently base and base-debian11 are the same. As we finalize creation of all images for debian12 we will move them over.
Even though there will a notice on the distroless slack and distroless-users group, the recommendation is to use *-debianX images so you're not suddenly moved over. A new debian variant appears to be released every 2 years. So that's about how often this happens.