Why do experimental packages (e.g. clang-13) get in unstable?

From	Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Why do experimental packages (e.g. clang-13) get in unstable?
Date	2022-01-14 11:00 +0100
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Hi,

zira:~> apt-show-versions -a clang-13
clang-13:amd64 1:13.0.0-9+b2 install ok installed
No stable version
No stable-updates version
clang-13:amd64 1:13.0.1~+rc1-1~exp4 testing      ftp.debian.org
clang-13:amd64 1:13.0.1~+rc1-1~exp4 unstable     ftp.debian.org
clang-13:amd64 1:13.0.1~+rc2-1~exp1 experimental ftp.debian.org
clang-13:amd64/testing 1:13.0.0-9+b2 upgradeable to 1:13.0.1~+rc1-1~exp4

So clang-13 1:13.0.1~+rc1-1~exp4 testing is in testing/unstable,
but the changelog says:

llvm-toolchain-13 (1:13.0.1~+rc1-1~exp4) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Fix the cmake file with the mlir introducing

 -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:30:59 +0100
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Why do experimental packages (e.g. clang-13) get in unstable? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2022-01-14 11:00 +0100
  Re: Why do experimental packages (e.g. clang-13) get in unstable? Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2022-01-14 16:40 +0100
    Re: Why do experimental packages (e.g. clang-13) get in unstable? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-15 18:40 +0100
      Re: Why do experimental packages (e.g. clang-13) get in unstable? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2022-01-17 23:20 +0100
        Re: Why do experimental packages (e.g. clang-13) get in unstable? "sp007@caiway.net" <sp007@caiway.net> - 2022-06-05 08:10 +0200
          Re: Why do experimental packages (e.g. clang-13) get in unstable? "sp007@caiway.net" <sp007@caiway.net> - 2022-06-05 09:10 +0200

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