Yes, and this explain the interest of Parabola (Free side of Arch)

https://parabolagnulinux.org

At this time we have also an

. AUR (arch user repository)
. PUR (parabola user repository)

which works via our own works.

We use Pacman (for package management)

We have also our own free sytem builder from chroot including

. libremakepkg
. librestage
. librerelease

which push automatically to the repo ...

Well we have tried to follow the Arch (KISS principle model) and free
software as best as possible.

I do not say that it is what you need, but PKGBUILDS system, seems to be
what you are searching for.

So maybe you wish to stay with apt-get ... maybe you can adapt apt-get
to  build stage and release PKGBUILDS adapted system to your needs and
try to make something more K.I.S.S. than the parabola's devtools ;-)



Ian Bentley <ian.bentley@gmai...> writes:

> A few threads behind in the conversation now, but I think there is a really great model for a source based package distribution with
> ArchLinux's AUR system.
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository
>
> AUR is really neat - you define a package by including the source, as well as any required resources, and finally you include a PKGBUILD
> file, which defines a list of dependencies, and provides the required build steps.
>
> As a user of AUR, I simply pull a tarball containing all the above information, from the repository, I untar the package, and modify the
> PKGBUILD for my particular environment, adding or removing flags, adjusting the install location, or whatever else I want to customize.  The
> final step is to use the makepkg application, which run the installation scripts.
>
> idb 
>
> On 3 April 2012 08:32, Aurélien <gnu.tek@gmx....> wrote:
>
>     ams@gnu.... (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes:
>    
>     >    > and it will install in /usr/local which does not work for all
>     >    > packages.
>     >
>     >    I assert that would be a problem with those package, not with APT.
>     >
>     > If APT is the package manager, then it is a problem with APT not with
>     > the package.
>     >
>     >
>     <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign>
>    
>     Since you wish to build something new, why do you stay on the idea of
>     APT?
>    
>     Since you wish to build something flexible, why do you stay on the idea
>     of APT?
>    
>     If you stay in the model of APT, don't gNewSense and Trisquel already
>     respond to your wish?
>
>     -- Aurelien
>
> --
> Ian Bentley
>

--
Aurelien Desbrieres
In stupidity, i am the expert x-D
K.I.S.S. principle + Freedom
wow that is cool!
and Emacs in Stumpwm in a Parabola ... is the fact that for the first
time i have stop to waste my time to search the most efficient tools!

A salute GNU!

And one more time Thanks you so much that no word exist to describe how
i am happy ridding in knowledge on my free GNU!