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#use wml::debian::template title="The <q>proposed-updates</q> mechanism"
#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/releases/info"
<p>All changes to the released, <q>stable</q> (and <q>oldstable</q>)
distribution go through an extended testing period before they are accepted
into the archive. Each such update of the stable (oldstable) release is called
a <q>point release</q>.</p>
<p>Preparation of point releases is done through the <q>proposed-updates</q>
mechanism. Updated packages are uploaded to a separate queue called
<code>p-u-new</code> (<code>o-p-u-new</code>), before they are accepted in
<q>proposed-updates</q> (<q>oldstable-proposed-updates</q>).
</p>
<p>To use these packages with APT, you can add the following lines to your
<code>sources.list</code> file:</p>
<pre>
\# proposed updates for the next point release
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian <current_release_name>-proposed-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
</pre>
<p>Note that <a href="$(HOME)/mirror/list">the /debian/ mirrors</a> will
have this, it is not necessary to use this particular one, the above choice
of ftp.us.debian.org is just an example.</p>
<p>New packages can arrive into proposed-updates when Debian developers
upload them either to <q>proposed-updates</q> (<q>oldstable-proposed-updates</q>),
or to <q>stable</q> (<q>oldstable</q>).
The <a href="$(HOME)/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#upload-stable">\
upload process</a> is described in the Developer’s Reference.
</p>
<p>It should be noted that packages from
<a href="$(HOME)/security/">security.debian.org</a> are copied into the
p-u-new (o-p-u-new) directory automatically. At the same time, packages
that are uploaded directly to proposed-updates (oldstable-proposed-updates) are
not monitored by the Debian security team.</p>
<p>The current list of packages that are in the p-u-new (o-p-u-new) queue
can be seen at <url "https://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/stable.html">
(<url "https://release.debian.org/proposed-updates/oldstable.html">).</p>
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