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Composite Method (1)
Re-use the package management system, including reprepro, apt, dpkg, debhelper etc.
Add support for flexible cross-compilation - (dpkg-cross, apt-cross & emdebian-tools).
Reduce package size and dependencies, remove all documentation.
Split out translation files as packages.
Keep emdebian changes in SVN as patches, support debian/xcontrol.
Binary packages should be installable on the development host and the target.
Notes:
emdebian-tools script and enhance existing tools, not replace or patch (with the exception of CDBS). Retain ability to build debian and emdebian from the same source.
Keeping compatibility means keeping the .deb filename so the .mdeb idea was dropped. Dependency changes will complicate installation on the development machine.