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* The packaging process is an additional cost-free review by an external developer who also knows other software projects and has knowledge about free software.  * The packaging process is an additional cost-free review by an external developer who also knows other software projects and has knowledge about free software.
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* Packages that are in Debian are also automatically available in all Debian Derivatives like Ubuntu.  * Packages that are in Debian are also automatically available in all Debian [[Derivatives|derivatives]] like Ubuntu.
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* There are known cases, where the source code of free software projects became unavailable. You don't want this to happen to one of your dependencies! As long as your project is available in Debian you can be safe that the source code of all your dependencies is still available.  * There are known cases, where the source code of free software projects became unavailable. You don't want this to happen to one of your dependencies! As long as your project is available in Debian you can be safe that the source code of all your dependencies is still available.

This page list advantages for a software project to be packaged in Debian:

  • The packaging process is an additional cost-free review by an external developer who also knows other software projects and has knowledge about free software.
  • Packages that are in Debian are also automatically available in all Debian derivatives like Ubuntu.

  • There are known cases, where the source code of free software projects became unavailable. You don't want this to happen to one of your dependencies! As long as your project is available in Debian you can be safe that the source code of all your dependencies is still available.

If you want your package to be packaged for Debian, then you might be interested in Debian's Upstream Guide.