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Signed-off-by: Maxime “pep” Buquet <pep@bouah.net>

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+title: "Debian Package Sources"
+date: 2018-07-18T15:26:20+01:00
+draft: true
+---
+
+_Disclaimer: I am an ArchLinux user, pretty accustomed to the ways of
+`PKGBUILD`s and `makepkg` packaging-wise. I think that Debian packaging is
+full of historical decisions that make it bloated, and hard to use in many
+ways, and that there is too many things to rant about that I could ever have
+time for.  Unfortunately I don't have much experience with other packaging
+systems._
+
+_I hope to write more about other pain points of the Debian packaging system,
+(as well as Arch's), in the future._
+
+After this free taunt, let's get to the point.
+
+- Why am I not able to define the format of the source of truth myself.
+
+> The source archive scheme described later is intended to allow a Debian
+> package source tree with some associated control information to be
+> reproduced and transported easily. The Debian package source tree is a
+> version of the original program with certain files added for the benefit of
+> the packaging process, and with any other changes required made to the rest
+> of the source code and installation scripts.
+> The extra files created for Debian are in the subdirectory `debian` of the
+> top level of the Debian package source tree. They are described below.