I'm not sure I fully understand what the documentation is saying regarding backports and I was hoping someone could help me interpret some of it.
I've read https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ https://backports.debian.org/news/stretch-backports/ and https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian.
So as I understand it, backports from testing for stable are packages that still have some bugs however they're relatively safe to install because their dependencies, for the most part, are available in stable?
If I want to install a stretch-backport I add it to my sources and override the default deactivation like so,
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apt-get -t stretch-backports install "package"
The reason I'm confused and the part I really don't understand is the "sloppy distribution" section of the doc right here https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/#index4h2 which comes right after the "Install a package from backports" section.
I've read this section many times and I don't understand what its saying.
Does that mean I will have trouble upgrading? Does that mean my installation is now sloppy? Or is it talking about something else entirely?To guarantee a clean upgrade path from a previously stable distribution to the next stable it is not allowed to upload packages from the current testing to that backport distribution. To allow some newer packages for those systems we create so called sloppy distributions.
Thanks!!