diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+++ b/debian/changelog
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+libsipwise-base-perl (1.001) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release.
+
+ -- Michael Prokop <mprokop@sipwise.com>  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:12:11 +0200
+
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+++ b/debian/compat
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+8
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: libsipwise-base-perl
+Section: admin
+Priority: extra
+Maintainer: Sipwise Development Team <support@sipwise.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8),
+               libmoosex-method-signatures-perl,
+               libperl5i-perl,
+               libstrictures-perl,
+               libtrycatch-perl
+Standards-Version: 3.9.4
+Homepage: http://sipwise.com/
+
+Package: libsipwise-base-perl
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Perl module Sipwise::Base
+ TODO
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+++ b/debian/copyright
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+Upstream Author: The Sipwise Team - http://sipwise.com
+Copyright: 2013, Sipwise GmbH, Austria
+License: restrictive
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+%:
+	dh $@
+
+override_dh_auto_test:
+	echo "FIXME / TODO - skipping dh_auto_test while it is failing"