2.1.4.
The testing distribution
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Package entries for the testing distribution, Debian Lenny, are
recorded into the testing (symlink to lenny/)
directory after they have undergone some degree of testing in
unstable. Nowadays 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 http://www.debian.org/devel/testing.
The latest status of the testing distribution is reported at these sites:
