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> Does Debian ship packages for individual browser extensions?

They do, for a couple of more notable ones (HTTPS Everywhere, uBlock Origin, Proxy Switcher, etc.) [0]

> I mean, if they do I'm sure it's not scalable and-- after spending time reading debuild manual-- a giant, archaic pain in the ass.

The biggest problem is to find a person to be a maintainer that is willing to keep up with the upstream development.

[0] https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=webext-&searchon...



Thanks, that's good to know.

> The biggest problem is to find a person to be a maintainer that is willing to keep up with the upstream development.

That sounds like the kind of job someone does in return for money.




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