I would suggest coordinating this work with the Debian maintainer if possible. The ideal solution would be to have it fixed in Debian and then request a package sync back to Ubuntu. If the Debian maintainer isn't responsive at first, we can upload the changes to Ubuntu first and then try to get them back into Debian afterwards.
Yes, a patch system should be added. You can find info at http:// pkg-perl. alioth. debian. org/howto/ quilt.html# integrating_ with_the_ package_ build_process. The more modern the better :). Please let us know if you need help!
I would suggest coordinating this work with the Debian maintainer if possible. The ideal solution would be to have it fixed in Debian and then request a package sync back to Ubuntu. If the Debian maintainer isn't responsive at first, we can upload the changes to Ubuntu first and then try to get them back into Debian afterwards.