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The experimental repository
Quoting the Debian FAQ: "project/experimental/: This directory contains packages and tools which are still being developed, and are still in the alpha testing stage. Users shouldn't be using packages from here, because they can be dangerous and harmful even for the most experienced people."
You have been warned
Unlike unstable and testing, experimental isn't a complete distribution. There are a lot less consistency requirements for packages in experimental but there is an automated package build infrastructure, at http://experimental.ftbfs.de/.
An /etc/apt/sources.list entry for experimental is:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main
To install an experimental package, do:
apt-get update apt-get -t experimental install packagename
Optionally, if you want to track a given package from experimental, add the following to /etc/apt/preferences (and see AptPinning):
Package: dash Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 800