Tyler MacDonald wrote:
This can have security implications too, since the end user will have to manually keep an eye out for security updates instead of just upgrading against security.debian.org.
In theory, you're right. In reality, FreeRADIUS has disclosed a security problem on 20 March and there's still no official Debian package available yet :( So finally if you really care about security you'd better build packages from sources anyway.
So you provide a way of debianizing freeradius packages easily, even ones that aren't included with debian. Given that, another alternative (admittedly with it's own set of problems) would be an official freeradius apt repository.
This doesn't solve anything. The problem is that such packages aren't distributable in binary form. If someone provides a repository, he becomes an outlaw. (exaggeratedly) -- Nicolas Baradakis