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This is a good thing to consider when picking Linux distros. Who are the maintainers, is maintenance done in the open, do they enforce reproducible builds, how is review process done, what are requirements for mainters/packages/releases?

You also have the option of building from source yourself. Some package managers and distros (Gentoo, NixOS, Guix) do this for you.

This is BTW the main reason I wouldn't use derivate distros for anything serious.

Debian's generally trusted in the community - their slow pace come from risk-aversiveness.