Using Debian Testing repository?

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Hi, I’d like to test some package from the Debian Testing stage (currently forky).

I probably already know the answer, but for confirmation: Unlike on a pure Debian machine, I can not simply switch the repository from stable to testing similar to https://doc.qubes-os.org/en/latest/user/templates/debian/debian-upgrade.html

sudo sed -i 's/trixie/testing/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
# ... also dropping *-backports or *-updates.

, right? Instead I would need to wait for Qubes dev to provide a new Debian 14 testing template?

Thanks.

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Nvm, changing to Debian Testing worked without issues.

I’d like to know the following still:

If using Debian Testing in a qube, do I also need to use
Index of /r4.3/vm/ trixie-testing main
instead of
Index of /r4.3/vm/ trixie main

? In other words is qubers trixie-testing repo dependency-wise tied to Debian Testing ?

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/qubes-r4.list has it commented “Qubes updates candidates repository”, there also is “Qubes experimental/unstable repository”. But it’s not clear to me , if there is a relation to corresponding Debian repo stages.

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Maybe forky main in the future, right now it seems to have no packages. Trixie-testing should be concerned with the testing stage of qubes tools for debian trixie, not forky. You could try it if something breaks but I wouldn’t bet on it

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Thanks,

so the right way is to wait for the next Debian release to have landed in Qubes template testing repository? Never used a template there before, hence curious.

That also means, sed -i 's/trixie/testing/g' /etc/apt/sources.list working with current state of qubes trixie main repo is just coincidence?