diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+trader (7.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release of the Debian version of Star Traders, a simple game
+    of interstellar trading.
+
+ -- John Zaitseff <J.Zaitseff@zap.org.au>  Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:51:56 +1000
+
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+++ b/debian/compat
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+7
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: trader
+Section: games
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: John Zaitseff <J.Zaitseff@zap.org.au>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), quilt, libncursesw5-dev
+Standards-Version: 3.9.2
+Homepage: http://www.zap.org.au/software/trader/
+Vcs-Svn: http://svn.zap.org.au/svn/trader/unix/trunk/
+Vcs-Browser: http://www.zap.org.au/viewvc/trader/trunk/
+
+Package: trader
+Architecture: any
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: a simple game of interstellar trading
+ Star Traders is a simple game of interstellar trading, where the
+ objective is to create companies, buy and sell shares, borrow and repay
+ money, in order to become the wealthiest player (the winner).
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+This package was Debianised by John Zaitseff <J.Zaitseff@zap.org.au>, who
+also wrote the original package.  It was downloaded from:
+
+  http://www.zap.org.au/software/trader/
+
+Copyright:
+
+  Copyright (C) 1990-2011, John Zaitseff.
+
+License:
+
+  Star Traders is free software that is distributed under the terms of
+  the GNU General Public License.  You can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of that License as published by the Free Software
+  Foundation, either version 3 or (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This game 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 in the file COPYING for more details.
+
+Debian packaging:
+
+  Copyright (C) 2011, John Zaitseff.
+
+  The Debian packaging is licensed under the GNU General Public License,
+  version 3 or later, as referenced in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
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+++ b/debian/patches/series
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+
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+++ b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+# debian/rules: Create the Debian package for Star Traders
+# Copyright (C) 2011, John Zaitseff
+
+
+# Uncomment the following line for verbose Debhelper mode
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+STAMP_PATCH ?= debian/stamp-patch
+STAMP_BUILD ?= debian/stamp-build
+
+CFLAGS = -g -Wall
+
+ifeq (,$(findstring noopt,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
+  CFLAGS += -O2
+endif
+
+
+default: binary
+
+
+# Include the quilt targets "patch" and "unpatch"
+include /usr/share/quilt/quilt.make
+
+
+build: $(STAMP_BUILD)
+$(STAMP_BUILD): patch
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_auto_configure
+	dh_auto_build -- CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)"
+	touch $(STAMP_BUILD)
+
+clean: unpatch
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_auto_clean
+	rm -f $(STAMP_BUILD)
+	dh_clean
+
+install: build
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_prep
+	dh_installdirs
+	dh_auto_install
+
+binary: binary-arch binary-indep
+binary-indep: build install
+binary-arch: build install
+	dh_testdir
+	dh_testroot
+	dh_installdocs
+	dh_installman
+	dh_strip
+	dh_compress
+	dh_fixperms
+	dh_installdeb
+	dh_shlibdeps
+	dh_gencontrol
+	dh_md5sums
+	dh_builddeb
+
+
+.PHONY: default build clean install binary binary-arch binary-indep
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/trader.dirs b/debian/trader.dirs
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+++ b/debian/trader.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin
diff --git a/debian/trader.docs b/debian/trader.docs
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+++ b/debian/trader.docs
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+README
+NEWS