>>>>> On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 11:43:00 -0500, Brian Smith <bsmith@systemfabricworks.com> said:
> It seems like I remember reading that new package development should be done against "sid". Is that correct?
Yes. You will not be able to bring new packages into the stable
branch of Debian. sid is the unstable branch. The package will
automatically move from unstable to the testing branch of Debian after
some time.
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regards Thomas