On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 08:57:19PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote:
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> We do have a mechanism for rebuilding Debian packages directly[1]. But the only
> package that uses this at the moment is unattended-upgrades which produces
> slightly different debs to those compiled on a Debian system. The other
> possibility is a short-lived fork. But that is more time and effort. However,
> if sysv-rc-conf were in trixie-backports and therefore excalibur-backports, is
> the extra work of either really worthwhile?

Honestly I don't know - I'll trust your judgement on the matter. At
least you are aware of the opportunity. It's harder to be objective when
you are close to a product! I guess I made the case against when I
explained how the defects weren't so bad in practice...