This package helps automate and ease the task of maintaining debian packages by helping you, the debian developer, take advantage of the unique features in darcs. the programs included are:

dbp-importdsc: import an upstream version and a debian version from a debian source package, automatically detecting package and version information from the .dsc.

dbp-importorig: import an upstream tar.gz or directory.

dbp-markdeb: mark a working copy for future reference.

darcs-buildpackage: builds a debian package based on information in the repository, checking out debian and upstream versions as necessary.

dbp-get: checks out a source tree for a package into the current directory, referring to darcs mirrors if necessary.