[ongy]

That point is not reached during packaging though.

I prefer rebasing git histories over messing with the patch quilting that debian packaging standards use(d to use). Though last I had to use the debian packaging mechanisms, I roundtripped them into git for working on them. I lost nothing during the export.

[cryptonector]

Yes, I also end up doing things like that, but it's just a pain. If Debian did it themselves then adding a local commit would be truly trivial.