Ubuntu – How to get in contact with an Ubuntu developer to help with a problem

As you've already worked out, creating an ITP bug doesn't get your package into Debian. ITP bugs are how the Debian maintainers let each other know what they are working on, and elicit comments on proposed new packages. There are hundreds of such bugs, and most of them aren't showing much progress.

So, you need to move along to the next step, which is to find a sponsor for your package. The mentors site has a guide that you may find useful here. You've got as far as step 3 in that process.

I suggest uploading your package to mentors.debian.net, and filing a sponsorship request bug.

Once your package is in Debian unstable, it would be automatically synced to the Ubuntu development release. Assuming Ubuntu was currently pre-Debian-Import-Freeze, if not, it'd have to wait until the next Ubuntu release.

On 12.10, you can search the dash lens for the word help and by selecting the result it will open up a useful, offline help menu displayed in yelp. I have tested this offline and it seems that everything in the document is accessible.

Please let me know if this does not answer your question.