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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by zozbot234 on Saturday May 02, 2020 @09:58PM (#23056302)
> things like Wireguard require a simple, but odd procedure to request apt pull packages from newer releases

That's not a good idea, as it breaks the assurance that Debian Stable provides. Using the backports repository is the recommended approach if you need a newer version of some clearly-defined piece of software. It will pull the newer dependencies it requires from backports, while still relying on stock-provided packages as far as practicable.

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by catalogia on Saturday May 02, 2020 @11:16PM (#23056617)
It's not a good idea, but Debian's wiki is nevertheless recommending it: https://wiki.debian.org/WireGuard

I tried it. Long story short, now I'm on Sid.

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Re:Ubuntu 20.04 LTS’ snap obsession has snapped me off of it by XelNika on Sunday May 03, 2020 @04:13AM (#23057650)
The Wiki instructions are outdated and WireGuard has since (March 2020) come to buster-backports.
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