5.5. Picking a distribution
Each upload needs to specify which distribution the package is intended for. The package build process extracts this information from the first line of the debian/changelog
file and places it in the Distribution
field of the .changes
file.
Packages are normally uploaded into unstable
. Uploads to unstable
or experimental
should use these suite names in the changelog entry; uploads for other supported suites should use the suite codenames, as they avoid any ambiguity.
Actually, there are other possible distributions: codename-security
, but read Handling security-related bugs for more information on those.
It is not possible to upload a package into several distributions at the same time.