awf-extended, as the packages awf-gtk3 and awf-gtk4 built from your project, are already available in Debian and Ubuntu. Linux Mint uses Ubuntu LTS as a package based. LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) uses Debian stable as a package base.
For Debian that is in the experimental repository:
https://packages.debian.org/search?suit ... ds=awf-gtk. Experimental is the first step of getting the software into the Debian repositories and if the software is stable and the packaging is up to standards it can move into regular releases, which would also make it available in a future LMDE release. Here's an overview of the Debian release lifecycle:
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi ... le.en.html. The developer information shows there have been no new uploads since late 2021 so right now this Debian package does not look to be in a good state. You could try contacting the Debian maintainer about this.
Ubuntu typically imports such packages from Debian and add it to their stable releases earlier than Debian does. awf-gtk3 and awf-gtk4 are both already available for installation in Linux Mint from version 21. However even for upcoming Linux Mint 22 (based on Ubuntu noble) that is still on the 2021 version of your project:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suit ... chon=names.
The Linux Mint repository itself contains packages of software developed by Linux Mint (like Cinnamon, Mint tools, X-apps), software imported for Linux Mint (like MATE, Xfce, Firefox, Chromium) and for a select view pieces of software of general interest to Linux Mint users (like Dropbox, Skype). With respect but I don't think awf-extended falls in that last category and anyway it is already available on Linux Mint, albeit an older version. The right channel for this is getting the package in a better state upstream in Debian.
