I will treat this thread as being about what I classify as “unofficial packaging” - i.e. packages compatible with Debian but not distributed by Debian itself.
(yeah, that can sometimes be confusing - e.g. packages done “officially by Maidsafe” is still in my vocabulary “unofficial packaging” except if Maidsafe collaborates directly with Debian and what they call “official” is binary identical to what is distributed by Debian itself).
For those interested in following the progress of “official packaging” I will post progress on that at Will Maidsafe be in Debian repositories? - #13 by jonas