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@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@
Copyright © 1996,1997,1998 Ian Jackson
and Christian Schwarz.
+
+ These are the copyright dates of the original Policy manual.
+ Since then, this manual has been updated by many others. No
+ comprehensive collection of copyright notices for subsequent
+ work exists.
+
+
This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -3118,76 +3125,39 @@ Package: libc6
distribution(s) where this version of the package should
be installed. Valid distributions are determined by the
archive maintainers.
- Current distribution names are:
+ Example distribution names in the Debian archive used in
+ .changes files are:
- stable
- -
- This is the current "released" version of Debian
- GNU/Linux. Once the distribution is
- stable only security fixes and other
- major bug fixes are allowed. When changes are
- made to this distribution, the release number is
- increased (for example: 2.2r1 becomes 2.2r2 then
- 2.2r3, etc).
-
-
unstable
-
- This distribution value refers to the
- developmental part of the Debian
- distribution tree. New packages, new upstream
- versions of packages and bug fixes go into the
- unstable directory tree. Download from
- this distribution at your own risk.
-
-
- testing
- -
- This distribution value refers to the
- testing part of the Debian distribution
- tree. It receives its packages from the
- unstable distribution after a short time lag to
- ensure that there are no major issues with the
- unstable packages. It is less prone to breakage
- than unstable, but still risky. It is not
- possible to upload packages directly to
- testing.
-
-
- frozen
- -
- From time to time, the testing
- distribution enters a state of "code-freeze" in
- anticipation of release as a stable
- version. During this period of testing only
- fixes for existing or newly-discovered bugs will
- be allowed. The exact details of this stage are
- determined by the Release Manager.
+ This distribution value refers to the
+ developmental part of the Debian distribution
+ tree. Most new packages, new upstream versions of
+ packages and bug fixes go into the unstable
+ directory tree.
experimental
-
- The packages with this distribution value are
- deemed by their maintainers to be high
- risk. Oftentimes they represent early beta or
- developmental packages from various sources that
- the maintainers want people to try, but are not
- ready to be a part of the other parts of the
- Debian distribution tree. Download at your own
- risk.
+ The packages with this distribution value are deemed
+ by their maintainers to be high risk. Oftentimes they
+ represent early beta or developmental packages from
+ various sources that the maintainers want people to
+ try, but are not ready to be a part of the other parts
+ of the Debian distribution tree.
- You should list all distributions that the
- package should be installed into.
-
-
-
- More information is available in the Debian Developer's
- Reference, section "The Debian archive".
+ Others are used for updating stable releases or for
+ security uploads. More information is available in the
+ Debian Developer's Reference, section "The Debian
+ archive".
+ The Debian archive software only supports listing a single
+ distribution. Migration of packages to other distributions is
+ handled outside of the upload process.
@@ -3328,8 +3298,9 @@ Package: libc6
- The disk space is represented in kilobytes as a simple
- decimal number.
+ The disk space is given as the integer value of the installed
+ size divided by 1024 (in other words, the size in kibibytes)
+ and rounded up.