Yeah I don't mean the software, I mean the *process*. In Debian, releases are nice but not critical, since you can always track a testing branch (extras is kind of a half release/half testing branch, but so restricted somehow that only a small number of programs seem to make it). Testing is wiiiiiiide open.

A third party like Ubuntu takes snapshots of Debian, polishes them up and releases them every 6 months (so it's possible). They'd be nowhere without the Debian base though.

I won't deny you're doing a lot of work, nor making any progress. It's just not working the Debian way. If so we'd have annoying UI bugs like https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2405 and https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3179 fixed by now.