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5.6.14 ‘Distribution’
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In a ‘.changes’ file or parsed changelog output this contains the
(space-separated) name(s) of the distribution(s) where this version of
the package should be installed.  Valid distributions are determined by
the archive maintainers.  (1) The Debian archive software only supports
listing a single distribution.  Migration of packages to other
distributions is handled outside of the upload process.

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) Example distribution names in the Debian archive used in
‘.changes’ files are:

`unstable'

     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.

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”.