@FaheemMitha oh i think things like pristine-helper are amazing. also you should try to make sure that if you have minified fields you also have the source
@FaheemMitha switch to git, use git-pristine-tar for the orig.tar.gz, don't use a native format, provide a proper distribution release, set the correct copyright, use lintian
@strugee it can be easily used for example to do test the hw, inventorize it before deployment, or you can easily provide a very simple branded live image
@strugee i may be biased, but it has some nice properties such as autoamted script execution, very easy to customize, you can start a ssh server automatically just via a commandline, you can modify the commandline via a script and create a repackaged version etc.