Re: What is the difference between `Sid' and `unstable' ?

[Jerome BENOIT <jgmbenoit@wanadoo.fr>]

Thank for the reply.



> Apt only knows what it is told about distributions/sources through their 
>  Release file.  My Release file for unstable/main has:
> Archive: unstable
> Component: main
> Origin: Debian
> Label: Debian
> Architecture: i386
>
> so those are the only distinguishing factors that I can use to 
> differentiate that source.  You can see what all your Release files say 
> by looking through the files /var/lib/apt/lists/*Release .

Is there any kind od oddity here as
stable/testing/unstable are rather temporary synomynous ?

Thanks,
Jerome