How do I do Debian packaging of a Python package?

Question

I need to write, or find, a script to create a Debian package, using package python-support, from a Python package. The Python package will be pure Python without C extensio

Answer 1

I would take the sources of an existing Debian package, and replace the actual package in it with your package. To find a list of packages that depend on python-support, do

 apt-cache rdepends python-support

Pick a package that is Architecture: all, so that it is a pure-Python package. Going through this list, I found that e.g. python-flup might be a good starting point. To get the source of one such package, do

apt-get source 

To build it, do

cd 
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

When editing it, expect that you only need the files in the debian folder; replace all references to flup with your own package name.

Once you get started, it should take you a day to complete.