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In short: Getting listed on Debian Package Archive is free. Plan for about 45 minutes — there is material to prepare and a review to wait on.
What they ask for: Create a policy-compliant Debian package for your stable useful CLI, file the appropriate intent-to-package request, include accurate upstream metadata and secure a Debian sponsor for upload.
Create a policy-compliant Debian package for your stable useful CLI, file the appropriate intent-to-package request, include accurate upstream metadata and secure a Debian sponsor for upload.
High-effort maintainership commitment: must be distributable, lintian-clean, reproducibly buildable and useful to Debian users; non-developers need sponsor review, and acceptance into NEW is not guaranteed.
Open the submission page on packages.debian.org and complete its form — that is the "Open submit page" link at the top of this page.
High-effort maintainership commitment: must be distributable, lintian-clean, reproducibly buildable and useful to Debian users; non-developers need sponsor review, and acceptance into NEW is not guaranteed.
Priority sets the band — this one is later. Cost (free) and effort (moderate) move it within that band, which puts it in the long tail tier. The score orders a submission queue. It is not a measure of the site’s domain authority, traffic or quality.