In case anyone is interested, the following dependencies need to be packaged or re-packaged in Debian first.
libepc libgdamm5.0 goocanvasmm-2.0 See also the removal bugs: https://bugs.debian.org/612354 https://bugs.debian.org/785438 https://bugs.debian.org/785544 glom has been packaged in Ubuntu for a decade, but someone is needed to commit to maintaining it and these dependencies in Debian for it to be in Debian too. Jeremy Bicha