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+# Python packaging
+
+## Old procedure
+
+Example: using [stdeb](http://github.com/astraw/stdeb) to build [http://kedpm.sf.net].
+
+    sudo apt-get install stdeb fakeroot
+    sudo apt-get install python-crypto libglade2-0 python-gtk2 python-glade2
+
+File `~/.pydistutils.cfg`:
+
+    [sdist_dsc]
+    force-buildsystem: False
+
+File `kedpm.cfg`:
+
+    [DEFAULT]
+    Package: kedpm
+    Maintainer: User Name <user@example.org>
+    Depends: python-crypto
+
+Getting the code:
+
+    wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/kedpm/kedpm/0.4.0/kedpm-0.4.0.tar.gz
+
+Packaging:
+
+    py2dsc --extra-cfg-file kedpm.cfg kedpm-0.4.0.tar.gz
+    cd deb_dist/kedpm-0.4.0
+    dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us
+    cd ..
+    sudo dpkg -i kedpm_0.4.0-1_all.deb
+
+## References
+
+* [Python/Pybuild - Debian Wiki](https://wiki.debian.org/Python/Pybuild "Python/Pybuild - Debian Wiki")
+  * [Packaging Python Applications for Debian | Snakes on Callisto](https://jhermann.github.io/blog/python/devops/2020/03/28/dh_virtualenv_howto.html "Packaging Python Applications for Debian | Snakes on Callisto")
+  * [Debian -- Details of package python3-stdeb in bullseye](https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/python3-stdeb "Debian -- Details of package python3-stdeb in bullseye")
+  * [Creating configuration files in /etc in Debian packages - pi3g.com](https://pi3g.com/2020/04/05/creating-configuration-files-in-etc-in-debian-packages/ "Creating configuration files in /etc in Debian packages - pi3g.com")
+  * [PbuilderHowto - Ubuntu Wiki](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto "PbuilderHowto - Ubuntu Wiki")
+  * [PyBuilder — Tutorial](https://pybuilder.io/documentation/tutorial "PyBuilder — Tutorial")
+    * [Distributing Python Modules (Legacy version) — Python 3.10.4 documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/distutils/index.html "Distributing Python Modules (Legacy version) — Python 3.10.4 documentation")
+      * [Distributing Python Modules — Python 3.10.4 documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/distributing/index.html#distributing-index "Distributing Python Modules — Python 3.10.4 documentation")
+      * [What’s New In Python 3.10 — Python 3.10.4 documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.10.html#distutils-deprecated "What’s New In Python 3.10 — Python 3.10.4 documentation")
+        * [PEP 632 – Deprecate distutils module | peps.python.org](https://peps.python.org/pep-0632/ "PEP 632 – Deprecate distutils module | peps.python.org")
+    * [python - setup.py build doesn't work but develop does - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38729475/setup-py-build-doesnt-work-but-develop-does "python - setup.py build doesn't work but develop does - Stack Overflow")
+    * [pybuild(1) — dh-python — Debian testing — Debian Manpages](https://manpages.debian.org/testing/dh-python/pybuild.1.en.html "pybuild(1) — dh-python — Debian testing — Debian Manpages")
+  * [Debian -- Details of package dh-python in bullseye-backports](https://packages.debian.org/bullseye-backports/dh-python "Debian -- Details of package dh-python in bullseye-backports")
+    * [#1001459 - dh-python: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated - Debian Bug report logs](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1001459 "#1001459 - dh-python: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated - Debian Bug report logs")
+    * [Bugs in package dh-python (version 5.20220403) in unstable -- Debian Bug report logs](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=dh-python;dist=unstable "Bugs in package dh-python (version 5.20220403) in unstable -- Debian Bug report logs")
+  * [Debian Python Policy — Debian Python Documentation Project 1.0 documentation](https://debian-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/debian-policy.html "Debian Python Policy — Debian Python Documentation Project 1.0 documentation")
+    * [dh-python/plugin_distutils.py at master · p1otr/dh-python](https://github.com/p1otr/dh-python/blob/master/dhpython/build/plugin_distutils.py "dh-python/plugin_distutils.py at master · p1otr/dh-python")