I have been looking into trying to get the thrift compiler and libs into debian/ubuntu packages to help make it easier for people to install and start using thrift. Eric Evans, a Cassandra committer, has all ready started this as a sub project contained within github. He syncs with our code base and then runs scripts against it to create separate packages for the compiler, python and java to package. I've asked Eric to not submit his intent to package to debian so that we can come up with one unified way to handle all the packaging and add this into our release process moving forward. We will also need to find a debian mentor or sponsor until we can publish these artifacts on our own.
Thoughts? -Jake
