pkg-builder is a lightweight package wrapper designed to simplify the intricacies of packaging across various Linux distributions. It offers a simple CLI to create packages for supported distributions, starting with Debian-based distributions. Additionally, pkg-builder enhances packaging by focusing on pinning reproducible inputs into configuration files, which can later be reused to verify the built packages against each other.

On the other hand, debcrafter provides package composability. It allows additional service and configuration packages to be shipped together with the base client builds through virtual packages and minimal data-only packages. Following the merge, running nodes requires setting up two clients: an execution client and a consensus client, with configurations provided. One of the benefits of debcrafter is that configurations can be shipped as separate packages alongside the nodes, allowing users to share their community best efforts as packages.

These two components will enable:

- Each Ethereum client as a standalone Debian package, built reproducibly. This can be utilized as is by other developers via their own configuration management system if necessary.
- Services and configurations provided as the eth-node package, which builds on top of the aforementioned packages. This allows users to install two clients seamlessly and participate in the network without needing to configure much. Simultaneously, developers, node operators, and others can offer their own configurations for reuse, simplifying node installation for their users and community through this package.
- Infrastructure packages, developed in tandem with eth-node, simplifying setup with the currently active node by adding additional packages already configured against the node. This is akin to a configuration management system, but without using one and relying solely on the Linux packager to facilitate these setups.

On one hand, users benefit from easy installation, while developers can leverage a straightforward yet robust packaging system to provide assistance in running nodes.