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Debian Stable With Newer Software — The Fast Forward Repository
(watch.linuxrenaissance.com)
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.
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