diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+python-phonenumbers (6.00a) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial Debian packaging
+
+ -- Torge Szczepanek <debian@cygnusnetworks.de>  Wed, 07 May 2014 13:01:55 +0200
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: python-phonenumbers
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Torge Szczepanek <debian@cygnusnetworks.de>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), python-all, python-setuptools
+Standards-Version: 3.9.5
+
+Package: python-phonenumbers
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${python:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Python port of Google libphonenumber
+ This is a Python port of libphonenumber, originally from 
+ http://code.google.com/p/libphonenumber/. 
+ It supports Python 2.5-2.7 and Python 3.x (in the same codebase, with 
+ no 2to3 conversion needed).
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Source: https://github.com/daviddrysdale/python-phonenumbers
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2009-2013 The Libphonenumber Authors
+License: Apache-2.0
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ .
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ .
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the full text of the Apache Licens, Version 2.0 can be
+ found in the file
+ `/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0'.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python2
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (native)