@catdad Suggested that. The acquaintance started whinging about how how Debian stable is always old and busted.
And I'm like, "That's how Debian rolls. Use testing instead if you're on a desktop rig and don't mind occasional breakage."
"But I'm running servers."
"Then WTF do you care about X11 vs Wayland? And if you're an admin, why don't you know about OpenRC? Tell you what: give me your boss' number so I can offer do do your job with less fucking drama."