A very frequently asked question in mailing list is, whether
program_xy can be integrated into a Custom Debian Distribution.
As long as there is an official package of this program it is an easy task.
But mostly users ask for software which is not yet integrated into Debian.
There is a detailed
description how anybody can ask for including a certain piece of
software into Debian. It explains how to use the program
reportbug for this purpose.
Debian has a very useful Bug Tracking System (BTS) but unfortunately users seldom know about this fact and how to use it right. This is the reason why users sometimes become angry about errors because they do not know what to do next and just install a different distribution instead of trying to solve the problem.
A detailed explanation how
to report errors is helpful in these cases. While the program
reportbug fetches other reports from BTS before creating the bug
report it is always a good idea to search http://bugs.debian.org/_package_ for
known problems and probably suggested solutions before calling
reportbug.
Custom Debian Distributions
28 July 2004tille@debian.org