When run on Debian stable, FreedomBox has an optional feature called "Frequent 
Feature Updates". If this feature is enabled, it has 2 effects:

1. The stable-backports repository is added to the system.

2. Apt pinning is configured so that FreedomBox itself, and a small number of 
other carefully selected packages, will be kept updated to the latest version 
available in the backports repository.

However for bookworm-backports, there was a small change in the repository for bookworm-backports, 
which meant that our approach to apt pinning was no longer correct. The change is a difference 
between the repository's "Suite" and "Codename". For bullseye-backports, these 
were the same, but for bookworm-backports, they are now different (stable-backports vs 
bookworm-backports). The issue is described in [1].

The result is that a FreedomBox on the current Debian stable release, bookworm, will not 
automatically upgrade to new versions in bookworm-backports, even if the "Frequent 
Feature Updates" option is selected. The fix for a issue is a very small change to 
two configuration files (for apt and unattended-upgrades), so that they refer to the 
Codename instead of the Suite. (See [2] for details.)

So far, the fixed version of the freedombox package, 23.14~bpo12+1, is 
available in bookworm-backports. For FreedomBox users who would like to get the 
newer versions right away, you can get the latest package installed by running 
the following command through SSH or Cockpit's terminal:

$ sudo apt install -t bookworm-backports freedombox

We are also planning to update the version of FreedomBox in bookworm to have 
the fix. Once this update is available, then running the above command won't be 
necessary to receive FreedomBox feature updates.

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/freedombox/-/issues/2368

[2] https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/freedombox/-/merge_requests/2409

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