diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+mosh (0.9-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Keith Winstein <keithw@mit.edu>  Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:50:53 -0500
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+8
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: mosh
+Section: net
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Keith Winstein <keithw@mit.edu>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), autotools-dev, protobuf-compiler, libprotobuf-dev
+Standards-Version: 3.9.2
+Homepage: http://mosh.mit.edu
+Vcs-Git: git://github.com/keithw/mosh.git
+Vcs-Browser: http://github.com/keithw/mosh
+
+Package: mosh
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libprotobuf-lite7
+Description: Remote terminal with local echo and IP roaming
+ Mosh is a remote terminal application that supports:
+   - intermittent network connectivity,
+   - roaming to different IP address without dropping the connection, and
+   - intelligent local echo and line editing to reduce the effects
+     of "network lag" on high-latency connections.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+Format: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5
+Upstream-Name: mosh
+Source: http://github.com/keithw/mosh
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2012 Keith Winstein <mosh-devel@mit.edu>
+License: GPL-3+
+ This package 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 <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/docs b/debian/docs
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diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
+# This file was originally written by Joey Hess and Craig Small.
+# As a special exception, when this file is copied by dh-make into a
+# dh-make output file, you may use that output file without restriction.
+# This special exception was added by Craig Small in version 0.37 of dh-make.
+
+# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+%:
+	dh $@ 
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (quilt)