Comment 47 for bug 1011073

I would use a combination of apt-get build-dep and bzr builddeb. You can find more information about bzr builddeb here. Basically just checkout the branch and build it, probably with -uc -us.

http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/plugins/en/builddeb-plugin.html
http://jameswestby.net/bzr/builddeb/user_manual/

Rolling back is an issue, since I used the versioning scheme in order to get it merged. Should only be a simple dpkg -r once the real package lands in -updates though.