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-rw-r--r--1/alpha/repositories5
-rw-r--r--1/beta/repositories5
-rw-r--r--1/legacy/repositories2
-rw-r--r--1/stable/repositories4
-rw-r--r--1/testing/repositories4
5 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/1/alpha/repositories b/1/alpha/repositories
index b680fda..2f28b1b 100644
--- a/1/alpha/repositories
+++ b/1/alpha/repositories
@@ -8,5 +8,10 @@ url: http://cppget.org
email: repoman@cppget.org
summary: C++ package repository, alpha section
description: \
+This section contains alpha versions of packages. Significant interface
+changes can occur between alpha releases. Note that alpha versions are never
+migrated to the beta section. Rather, the version must be released as a beta
+by the project for this to happen.
+
Complements the beta, testing, and stable sections.
\
diff --git a/1/beta/repositories b/1/beta/repositories
index e1f8dbb..d1344d6 100644
--- a/1/beta/repositories
+++ b/1/beta/repositories
@@ -8,5 +8,10 @@ url: http://cppget.org
email: repoman@cppget.org
summary: C++ package repository, beta section
description: \
+This section contains beta versions of packages. Generally, no significant
+interface changes are expected in beta versions before the final release.
+Note that beta versions are never migrated to the testing section. Rather,
+the version must be released as final by the project for this to happen.
+
Complements the testing and stable sections.
\
diff --git a/1/legacy/repositories b/1/legacy/repositories
index 0bd6cdf..30c07a3 100644
--- a/1/legacy/repositories
+++ b/1/legacy/repositories
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ url: http://cppget.org
email: repoman@cppget.org
summary: C++ package repository, legacy section
description: \
+This section contains significantly older versions of packages that should no
+longer be used in current project but may still be used by some.
\
diff --git a/1/stable/repositories b/1/stable/repositories
index 608267b..eedc2c9 100644
--- a/1/stable/repositories
+++ b/1/stable/repositories
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@ url: http://cppget.org
email: repoman@cppget.org
summary: C++ package repository, stable section
description: \
+This section contains versions of packages that are considered to be stable.
+
+Significantly older versions of packages for which several newer version are
+available are automatically migrated to the legacy section.
\
diff --git a/1/testing/repositories b/1/testing/repositories
index 5e8ad5a..7e8b392 100644
--- a/1/testing/repositories
+++ b/1/testing/repositories
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@ url: http://cppget.org
email: repoman@cppget.org
summary: C++ package repository, testing section
description: \
+This section contains newly-released versions of packages that are being
+tested before being considered stable. After sufficient and successful testing,
+they are automatically migrated to the stable section.
+
Complements the stable section.
\