debootstrap (or mmdebstrap) is just for installing the already existing binary packages. The bootstrap process for bringing up a new port is a lot more work. h

debootstrap (or mmdebstrap) is just for installing the already existing binary packages. The bootstrap process for bringing up a new port is a lot more work. https://wiki.debian.org/SystemBuildTools https://wiki.debian.org/SystemBuildTools https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/New https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/New https://wiki.debian.org/RISC-V https://wiki.debian.org/RISC-V The reason why Ubuntu is probably that they are a commercial vendor so you can make contracts with them, while the likes of Debian just work on what they care about when they have time.