Re: unstable/testing/stable

[julioarr@fisica.uh.cu]

This is my question too.
All packages on stable also appear into testing?

> Hi dear maintainers,
>
> so now I am using Deban for many years, and I am very happy with it. But
> there
> is one thing I could not understand for the whole time, and this is its
> policy.
>
> Can someone explain, why packages, which are available in testing, are not
> available in sid any more ? As I read on the Debian site, all packages are
> going through unstable, then are going to testing. If this is so, then,
> all
> packages in testing should be (logically) in unstable, too. But often they
> are not. (i.e. beryl completely disappeared out of unstable).
>
> Another thing I would ask: If running unstable (sid), is it always
> recommended
> to add the entries for stable and testing in /etc/sources.list, too ? I do
> so, and had no problems yet, but is it recommended or necessary ? This
> will
> increase the database.
>
> I know, these are stupid questions, but I could not find exact answers in
> the
> documentations.
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Hans
>
>
>
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