Sam Hartman <hartm...@debian.org> writes: > If you just want to get upstream's idea of their package onto a system > with their release schedule and their recommended dependency versions, > there are better ways than getting a package into Debian.
In the Debian mentors forum (that is, the chat channel, the mailing list, etc.) we make a point of saying: that's fine! Not every package needs to be in Debian, for its users to install that package. Someone who wants what you describe above can learn how to make a Debian package that will only be side-loaded from that community's own repository, or whatever. Perhaps that needs to be stated louder or more consistently? -- \ “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is | `\ obliged to stick to possibilities, truth isn't.” —Mark Twain, | _o__) _Following the Equator_ | Ben Finney