In case it isn't clear, Peter has done a ton of work on the Debian and consequently Ubuntu packaging. We're very grateful for his efforts and we just want to normalize the process for many Ubuntu users. Advanced users will still want to use his alpha builds in the Tor repo; we just want to make it simpler for people who would have a hard time setting up a third party repo.
In case it isn't clear, Peter has done a ton of work on the Debian and consequently Ubuntu packaging. We're very grateful for his efforts and we just want to normalize the process for many Ubuntu users. Advanced users will still want to use his alpha builds in the Tor repo; we just want to make it simpler for people who would have a hard time setting up a third party repo.