Sarge vs. Stable in /etc/apt/sources.list

["Benjamin Sher" <sher07@mindspring.com>]

Dear friends:

I've noticed that some debian sources use the term "stable", 
others use the term "sarge". I was advised by some members of 
our list that I should change "stable" to "sarge" to assure 
continuity. But when I did that, Synaptic complained of errors. 

What happens when you find a source for certain applications, for 
example, mplayer or whatever, that uses the term "sarge" instead 
of "stable". Are you as the user allowed to change the word?

Aren't "stable" and "sarge" interchangeable in apt-get/synaptic?

This is the kind of practical question that, from my reading, 
Debian does not explain in their documentation or does not 
explain well.

Would appreciate your clarification?

Thank you.

Benjamin