Hi Richard, Your question is one of user support but you've sent it to the debian-project list, which is about the Debian project itself and not for asking user questions. So, I have directed replies to the correct place which is debian-user.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 04:14:35PM -0400, richard loomis wrote: > I have a question using debian 10 i noticed ive upgraded till theres no > more using testing, Use "testing" is probably for advanced users, but the question you ask below about mixing in things that aren't Debian suggests you are maybe not that familiar with Debian. Be careful! > when i add parrot os repos and kali linux repos theres tons of > upgrades knowing there using testing also, Is it safe to upgrade > debian 10 with there repos? No. You should not mix in things that aren't Debian into Debian without knowing exactly what you are doing. None of those things (Parrot, Kali) are designed to be installed on a Debian system. You will very likely break your entire system doing this. It may even appear to work for a while, but will break later in mysterious ways. See https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian for more details. In general, upgrading to newer versions of packages for no reason other than that they exist is not a good practice. You should have a reason for wanting a newer package than what exists in Debian testing. I recommend that if you do have such a need for specific newer packages, you install them individually from upstream following upstream's instructions. Cheers, Andy