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Debian Stable With Newer Software — The Fast Forward Repository
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this post was submitted on 09 May 2026
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I'm not as concerned about whether the packagers can be trusted - I also trust the packagers in sid, and like the fasttrack keyring is in Debian's main repo
What I'm worried about is that it seems like these bypass the testing repo, and build directly from sid (and sometimes experimental)
Generally, that has been discouraged, as the package version can get ahead of testing, and make a "frankendebian" where it isn't safe to upgrade from e.g. Debian 12 -> Debian 13, as your Debian 12 packages are newer than the Debian 13 packages
Is there something with the package versions that keeps this "safe," or will there be fasttrack packages for Debian 14 prepared prior to Debian 14, such that you can upgrade between major versions without conflicting packages (take for example fast track's Kernel and Mesa being ahead of Testing)
Edit: for another example, are these more like backports-sloppy with all the warnings about upgrading after using the repo?
I understand your point about FrankenDebian. Personally, I don’t think that’s the issue in these contexts.
I don’t have the answer to your question; you’ll need to check with the project leads.
Edit: I’m not familiar with backports-sloppy