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Clarify exception for critical security updates

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@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ How to test updates:
Every new update is first uploaded to the `security-testing` repository if it is a security update or `current-testing` if it is a normal update. Every new update is first uploaded to the `security-testing` repository if it is a security update or `current-testing` if it is a normal update.
The update remains in `security-testing` or `current-testing` for a minimum of one week. The update remains in `security-testing` or `current-testing` for a minimum of one week.
Security updates generally remain in `security-testing` for two weeks before migrating to the `current` stable repository. On occasion, an exception is made for a particularly critical security update, which is immediately pushed to the `current` stable repository.
In general, however, security updates remain in `security-testing` for two weeks before migrating to `current`.
Normal updates generally remain in `current-testing` until they have been sufficiently tested by the community, which can weeks or even months, depending on the amount of feedback received (see [Providing Feedback]). Normal updates generally remain in `current-testing` until they have been sufficiently tested by the community, which can weeks or even months, depending on the amount of feedback received (see [Providing Feedback]).
"Sufficient testing" is, in practice, a fluid term that is up the developers' judgment. In general, it means either that no negative feedback and at least one piece of positive feedback has been received or that the package has been in `current-testing` for long enough, depending on the component and the complexity of the changes. "Sufficient testing" is, in practice, a fluid term that is up the developers' judgment. In general, it means either that no negative feedback and at least one piece of positive feedback has been received or that the package has been in `current-testing` for long enough, depending on the component and the complexity of the changes.