diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+swh-loader-metadata (0.0.1-1~swh1) unstable-swh; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Valentin Lorentz <vlorentz@softwareheritage.org>  Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:31:21 +0200
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: swh-loader-metadata
+Maintainer: Software Heritage developers <swh-devel@inria.fr>
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends:
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
+ dh-python (>= 3),
+ python3-all,
+ python3-pytest,
+ python3-pytest-mock,
+ python3-requests-mock,
+ python3-setuptools,
+ python3-setuptools-scm,
+ python3-swh.core (>= 0.3),
+ python3-swh.lister (>= 2.9.0),
+ python3-swh.loader.core (>= 3.1.0),
+ python3-swh.storage (>= 0.29.0),
+# The above dependencies are automatically generated. Add extra dependencies below:
+ python3-swh.core.db.pytestplugin,
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
+Standards-Version: 4.6.0
+Homepage: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-loader-metadata
+
+Package: python3-swh.loader.metadata
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends},
+ ,
+Description: Software Heritage Extrinsic Metadata Fetchers
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+++ b/debian/copyright
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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2015-2022 The Software Heritage developers
+License: GPL-3+
+
+License: GPL-3+
+ 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 program 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 <http://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/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
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+[DEFAULT]
+upstream-branch=debian/upstream
+upstream-tag=debian/upstream/%(version)s
+upstream-vcs-tag=v%(version)s
+debian-branch=debian/unstable-swh
+pristine-tar=True
diff --git a/debian/pybuild.testfiles b/debian/pybuild.testfiles
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+++ b/debian/pybuild.testfiles
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+swh.loader.metadata.egg-info
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+++ b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export PYBUILD_NAME=swh.loader.metadata
+export PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS=-vv
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
+
+override_dh_install:
+	dh_install
+	rm -v $(CURDIR)/debian/python3-*/usr/lib/python*/dist-packages/swh/__init__.py
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+++ b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (quilt)