There are no big changes since last devel release elbe version 0.9.8
The Debian packages for elbe 1.x are available from linutronix, add sth. like this to your sources.list
deb http://debian.linutronix.de/elbe jessie main
deb-src http://debian.linutronix.de/elbe jessie main
New elbe 1.x releases are published in the master branch.
The new development branch on github is devel/elbe-2.0 To retrieve Debian packages for the development version of elbe add sth. like this to your sources.list
deb http://debian.linutronix.de/elbe-testing jessie main
deb-src http://debian.linutronix.de/elbe-testing jessie main