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Packaging tools
fpm - Build packages for multiple platforms (deb, rpm, etc) with great ease and sanity.
amkecpak - makefile based packaging framework.
debpack - super simple Debian packages
lintian - Debian package checker for policy compliance and common packaging errors (data)
checkinstall - keeps track of all files modified by your installation script (make install...) and builds a standard binary package from it. (manpage)
debhelper - helper programs for debian/rules (man dh, man debhelper)
Open Build Service - A generic system to build and distribute packages from sources in an automatic, consistent and reproducible way. Release your software for a wide range of operating systems and hardware architectures.
Apt
snapshot.debian.org - The snapshot archive allows access to all past and current packages in the Debian archive based on dates and version numbers.