When testing is in the frozen state, only changes necessary
to fix significant bugs are imported.
After all release-critical bugs have been fixed in the frozen testing distribution, the release manager
declares the release ready, and it replaces the stable distribution. The previous stable version becomes
obsolete (but remains on the Debian archive for a reasonable period of time), a new testing distribution
is created from the changes that went into packages in the unstable area while testing was
frozen, and the process begins again.
Getting Help with Debian
The Debian project has a mature set of resources to support those who use, administer, and develop
software for Debian systems. A place to begin learning more about Debian is the Debian Support page
(www.debian.org/support). Here are some of the resources you can connect to from that page:
Documentation (www.debian.org/doc)??”From this page, you can find links to both
Debian-specific and general Linux documentation. For specific Debian information,
refer to the Release Notes, Installation Guide, Debian GNU/Linux FAQ, and various user,
administrator, and programming manuals. General Linux information includes manuals,
HOWTOs, and FAQs.
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