2.1.4 The testing distribution
Package entries for the testing distribution, Debian Etch, are
recorded into the testing (symlink to etch/)
directory after they have undergone some degree of testing in
unstable. Now, in addition to the above locations, new physical
packages are located under the pool directory (The pool directory, Section 2.1.10). There
are also main, contrib, and non-free
subdirectories in testing/, which serve the same functions as in
stable/.
These packages must be in sync on all architectures where they have been built
and must be installable; they must also have fewer release-critical bugs than
the versions currently in unstable. This way, we hope that
testing is always close to being a release candidate. More
details of the testing mechanism are at https://www.debian.org/devel/testing.
The latest status of the testing distribution is reported at these
sites:
