you are welcome....
happy to answer your questions:
1) Actually that is what we are trying to do, keeping essential and all the rest in repo...in here your help much appreciated if you report us the redundancies....which we are trying to avoid at any cost...
2) Because ubuntu is the best choice for hw support, the richest one between linux distros...and of course, time issue, we are all working as most of you know and we just dedicate our free time to develop BB....
3) We are currently evaluating the integration of IDS, that can be snort or AIDE, the same for defense tools and in here your support will much appreciated as well....
You are welcome to join us at anytime....
thanks for your support that we much appreciate.
cheers