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by qznc 4857 days ago
Apt supports this. However, no distribution officially supports that scheme.

http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences

http://serverfault.com/questions/22414/how-can-i-run-debian-...

http://blog.drewwithers.com/2011/06/mixing-debian-stable-and...

Debian stable + backports is probably closest. Unfortunatelly, there are few backports. Partially, because few people use it and partially because upstream rarely cares for Debian stable.

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Can't you do this with Synaptic? Include apt lines for multiple versions, then select "prefer versions from Oneiric". That lets you force a version for specific packages while not updating the whole system.