diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/changelog b/bindings/python/debian/changelog
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-cnotmuch (0.2.1-1) karmic; urgency=low
-
-  * Initial release
-
- -- Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:31:39 +0200
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/compat b/bindings/python/debian/compat
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-7
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/control b/bindings/python/debian/control
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-Source: cnotmuch
-Section: python
-Priority: extra
-Maintainer: Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.3.0), python-support (>= 0.5.3)
-Build-Depends-Indep: python (>= 2.5), python-support
-Standards-Version: 3.8.1
-Homepage: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cnotmuch
-
-Package: cnotmuch
-Architecture: all
-XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions}
-Depends: ${misc:Depends},${python:Depends}, notmuch (> 0.0+201001211401)
-Description: Interface to the notmuch mail search and index library
- The cnotmuch module provides an interface to the notmuch functionality,
- directly interfacing with a shared notmuch library. 
- Notmuch provides a maildatabase that allows for extremely quick searching and
- filtering of your email according to various criteria.
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/copyright b/bindings/python/debian/copyright
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-This package was debianized by:
-
-    Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de> on Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:02:22 +0200
-
-It was downloaded from:
-
-    http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cnotmuch/cnotmuch-0.2.1.tar.gz
-
-Upstream Author(s):
-
-    Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
-
-Copyright:
-
-    Copyright (C) 2010 Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
-
-License:
-
-    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 2 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 package; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-
-On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
-Public License version 2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
-
-The Debian packaging is:
-
-    Copyright (C) 2010 Sebastian Spaeth <Sebastian@SSpaeth.de>
-
-and is licensed under the GPL version 3, 
-see `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
-
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/docs b/bindings/python/debian/docs
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-README
diff --git a/bindings/python/debian/rules b/bindings/python/debian/rules
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-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-
-%:
-	dh $@