diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+statusio-python (1.2.0-1+swh1) unstable-swh; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release.
+
+ -- Vincent Sellier <vincent.sellier@softwareheritage.org>  Wed, 26 May 2021 09:07:38 +0000
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: statusio-python
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Software Heritage Developers <swh-devel@inria.fr>
+Build-Depends: 2to3,
+               debhelper (>=9),
+               dh-python,
+               python3-all,
+               python3-distutils,
+               python3-future,
+               python3-requests,
+               python3-setuptools
+Standards-Version: 4.5.0
+X-Python3-Version: >= 3.6
+
+Package: python3-statusio
+Architecture: all
+Depends: python3-future,
+         python3-requests,
+         ${misc:Depends}, 
+         ${python3:Depends}
+Description: Python package for Status.io 
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: statusio-python
+Source: https://github.com/ClearcodeHQ/pytest-redis/
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: Copyright (C) 2016 by Clearcode <http://clearcode.cc>
+License: 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
+debian-branch=debian/unstable-swh
+pristine-tar=True
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export PYBUILD_NAME=statusio-python
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python3 --buildsystem=pybuild
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (quilt)