Note that I've released e2fsprogs 1.41.14, which has fix for a big-endian FTBFS problem, and a few other late-breaking bug fixes.
There is also a e2fsprogs 1.41.14-1 which I've uploaded to Debian experimental.
Last I checked there were still some unnecessary differences between Ubuntu and Debian in the rules file, but that just means more work for Canonical, so it's no skin off my back.
Note that I've released e2fsprogs 1.41.14, which has fix for a big-endian FTBFS problem, and a few other late-breaking bug fixes.
There is also a e2fsprogs 1.41.14-1 which I've uploaded to Debian experimental.
Last I checked there were still some unnecessary differences between Ubuntu and Debian in the rules file, but that just means more work for Canonical, so it's no skin off my back.