Debian's Package Management vs Ximian's Red Carpet

[Daniel Hartman <hartmada@netscape.net>]

Hey all,

Before I get into hot water, I was wondering what the pros and cons are 
to using Ximian's Red Carpet over Debian's package management system 
for maintaining my version of GNOME and Evolution on potato.  Are there 
potential pitfalls?

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Dan