Yann Dirson [off-list ref] writes:
Well, it's probably still a quick way to produce snapshot packages
when needed. An alternative could be to have Norbert's tree
accessible, and possibly advertized in the docs, so a simple merge
would be sufficient to build a snapshot package.
I took a brief look at backports.org and git-core_$V.diff there.
It is my understanding that Norbert's tree is essentially a copy
of Gerrit's, with inevitable differences in debian/changelog.
If we _were_ to replace it with something else, I'd rather get
patches fed from Gerrit.