diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source
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+python-serverfiles for Debian
+-----------------------------
+
+This package is needed for the Orange python suite for machine learning.
+
+ -- Steffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>  Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:19:31 +0200
+
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+python-serverfiles (0.2.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release (Closes: #911105)
+
+ -- Steffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>  Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:19:31 +0200
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+++ b/debian/compat
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+11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: python-serverfiles
+Section: utils
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
+Uploaders: Steffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
+ dh-python,
+ python3-all, python3-setuptools
+Standards-Version: 4.2.1
+Homepage: https://github.com/biolab/serverfiles
+Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/python-serverfiles
+Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/modules/python-serverfiles.git
+Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-python
+
+Package: python3-serverfiles
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Suggests: python-python-serverfiles-doc
+Description: accesses files on a HTTP server and stores them locally for reuse
+ A dependency for the Orange Machine Learning suite.
+ .
+ This package installs the library for Python 3.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: python-serverfiles
+Source: https://github.com/biolab/serverfiles
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2018 Bioinformatics Laboratory, FRI UL
+           Marko Toplak <marko.toplak@fri.uni-lj.si>`
+License: GPL-3.0+
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2018 Steffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
+License: GPL-3.0+
+
+License: GPL-3.0+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
+ Public License version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3".
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+++ b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export DH_VERBOSE = 1
+
+export PYBUILD_NAME=serverfiles
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
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+++ b/debian/source/options
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+extend-diff-ignore = "^[^/]*[.]egg-info/"
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
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+++ b/debian/watch
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+version=4
+opts="filenamemangle=s%(?:.*?)?v?(\d[\d.]*)\.tar\.gz%python-serverfiles-$1.tar.gz%" \
+   https://github.com/biolab/serverfiles/tags \
+   (?:.*?/)?v?(\d[\d.]*)\.tar\.gz debian uupdate