Apparently you didnt read about the update process.
What you do in debian is simply beautiful:
You rock stable and once a newer package is required, you install from backports.
When a the package goes to a next stable version, you can remove the backports. It will transition automagically.
Debian is light, debian is fast, and debian just works. Debian 🔥
Best of all debian is stable.
Is it possible do downgrade a central package without apt asking if you want to uninstall your entire system yet?
Apparently you didnt read about the update process.
What you do in debian is simply beautiful:
You rock stable and once a newer package is required, you install from backports. When a the package goes to a next stable version, you can remove the backports. It will transition automagically.
Take this and put it in your pipe!