`UNRELEASED` is used because it will cause a failure if you accidentally try to upload it, which prevents accidental releases before they are intended. At the point of release, you should change it to be `unstable` or `experimental` or a backports repository.
On Saturday, February 4, 2023 8:18:19 AM MST min sun wrote: > > Hello Min Sun, > > > > is there a particular reason why you opt for / stick to distribution > > `UNRELEASED` for a package already monitored by the tracker?[1] It is the > > entry e.g., `dch -i` puts into file `/debian/changelog` when you start to > > work on a new version (increment) of a package. After all other other > > work on your side is done, an eventual change to the string `unstable` > > (then lower case only) is one of the keys necessary to let results of > > your work enter branch `unstable`, and later `testing`, etc. > > Thanks for your clarification, Tony, > > I did not mean to specify it as `UNRELEASE`, the ‘uscan and uupdate” tools > insert this keyword to debian/changelog. > > I am not clear about the internal mechanism from `UNRELEASED` to `testing` > and later stage. > > I need learn more about Debian policy along with your guideline. > > All the best. -- Soren Stoutner so...@stoutner.com
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