I got everything from wheezy - heres a link to how I do lots of stuff:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...9&postcount=30
wheezy for ARM in a chroot allows you to get anything you want...
by installing the qemu-static package, you can chroot into the foreign system.
then
apt-get build-dep <package>...
apt-src install <package>
make changes, and compile.
PS - what do you intend to write for kindles? I can't wait to see new stuff!
also, on re-reading, I have NO idea what I did... Sorry!