diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+python-gnuplotlib (0.9-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Upstream update: added symbolic equation plotting
+
+ -- Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net>  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 02:05:40 -0800
+
+python-gnuplotlib (0.8-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Upstream update:
+    * svg hardcopy support
+    * a joint 'with' option is now interpreted as a curve opt not a plot opt
+    * more broadcasting docs
+
+ -- Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net>  Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:11:44 -0700
+
+python-gnuplotlib (0.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Upstream update: broadcasting support
+
+ -- Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net>  Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:39:57 -0700
+
+python-gnuplotlib (0.6-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * turning on 'dump' in a not-brand-new global plot object now works
+  * fixed broken range settings
+  * *range options can now be given as a tuple or a list
+  * added plotimage()
+
+ -- Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net>  Sun, 19 Jul 2015 20:49:27 -0700
+
+python-gnuplotlib (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * removed python3 packages; too much pain to support it
+  * license: LGPL 3 or higher
+  * fixed 'unset=xxx' with a non-list xxx
+  * more precise handling of the 'log' plot option
+  * The test plots now go to /dev/null, preventing write-buffer-full issues
+  * much shorter checkpoint string
+
+ -- Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net>  Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:49:29 -0700
+
+python-gnuplotlib (0.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial release
+
+ -- Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net>  Thu, 02 Jul 2015 13:02:40 -0700
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+Source: python-gnuplotlib
+Section: python
+Priority: optional
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-python, python-all
+Maintainer: Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net>
+Standards-Version: 3.9.6
+Homepage: http://github.com/dkogan/gnuplotlib
+Vcs-Git: https://github.com/dkogan/gnuplotlib.git
+Vcs-Browser: http://github.com/dkogan/gnuplotlib
+
+Package: python-gnuplotlib
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
+         gnuplot-qt | gnuplot-x11 | gnuplot-nox | gnuplot5-qt | gnuplot5-x11 | gnuplot5-nox | gnuplot
+Description: Gnuplot-based plotter for numpy
+ gnuplotlib allows numpy data to be plotted using Gnuplot as a backend. As much
+ as was possible, this module acts as a passive pass-through to Gnuplot, thus
+ making available the full power and flexibility of the Gnuplot backend.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Source: https://github.com/dkogan/gnuplotlib
+Upstream-Contact: Dima Kogan, <dima@secretsauce.net>
+Upstream-Name: gnuplotlib
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2015, Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net>
+License: LGPL-3+
+
+License: LGPL-3+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the Lesser General Public
+ License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-3'.
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
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+[DEFAULT]
+debian-branch = debian
+upstream-tag = v%(version)s
+pristine-tar = False
+export-dir = build
+tag = True
diff --git a/debian/python-gnuplotlib.examples b/debian/python-gnuplotlib.examples
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+++ b/debian/python-gnuplotlib.examples
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+demo.py
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+export PYBUILD_NAME=gnuplotlib
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --with python2 --buildsystem=pybuild
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
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+3.0 (quilt)
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
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+++ b/debian/watch
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+version=3
+opts=uversionmangle=s/(\d)[_\.\-\+]?((RC|rc|pre|dev|beta|alpha|b|a)\d*)$/$1~$2/,dversionmangle=s/\+(debian|dfsg|ds|deb)\d*$// \
+https://github.com/dkogan/gnuplotlib/tags .*/v?(\d.*)\.(?:tgz|tbz2|txz|tar\.(?:gz|bz2|xz))