In regard of: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=228805
Do u say that an user can have bootsplash and progress bar on debian with official kernel-header deb without recompile kernel source? If an user must to recompile kernel source for bootsplash he can also patch the source kernel with all the patch included in kernel-patch-debian package. So kernel-patch-debian should be removed from debian projects :)... Only original kernel source!!! :) Bootsplash packages are on http://mentors.debian.net - still need kernel source recompilation - Friendly.
