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<sect1 id="upload-dist">Picking a distribution
<p>
<sect1 id="upload-dist">Picking a distribution
<p>
-The <tt>Distribution</tt> field, which originates from the
-<file>debian/changelog</file> file, indicates which distribution the
+The <tt>Distribution</tt> field, which originates from the first line of
+the <file>debian/changelog</file> file, indicates which distribution the
package is intended for.
<p>
package is intended for.
<p>
-There are four possible values for this
-field: `stable', `unstable', `frozen', or `experimental'; these values
-can also be combined. Or, if Debian has been frozen, and you
-want to get a bug-fix release into <em>frozen</em>, you would set the
-distribution to `frozen unstable'. (See <ref id="upload-frozen"> for
-more information on when to upload to <em>frozen</em>.) Note that it
-never makes sense to combine the <em>experimental</em> distribution with
-anything else.
+There are four possible values for this field: `stable', `unstable',
+`frozen', and `experimental'. Normally, packages are uploaded into
+<em>unstable</em>.
+ <p>
+These values can be combined, but only a few combinations make sense.
+If Debian has been frozen, and you want to get a bug-fix release into
+<em>frozen</em>, you would set the distribution to `frozen unstable'.
+See <ref id="upload-frozen"> for more information on uploading to
+<em>frozen</em>.
<p>
You should avoid combining `stable' with others because of potential
problems with library dependencies (for your package and for the package
built by the build daemons for other architecture).
See <ref id="upload-stable"> for more information on when and how to
upload to <em>stable</em>.
<p>
You should avoid combining `stable' with others because of potential
problems with library dependencies (for your package and for the package
built by the build daemons for other architecture).
See <ref id="upload-stable"> for more information on when and how to
upload to <em>stable</em>.
+ <p>
+It never makes sense to combine the <em>experimental</em> distribution
+with anything else.
<sect2 id="upload-frozen">Uploading to <em>frozen</em>
<p>
<sect2 id="upload-frozen">Uploading to <em>frozen</em>
<p>