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README.md

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+ZoiteChat Debian packaging (starter kit)
+
+This folder was generated from Debian's HexChat packaging and then renamed/adjusted for ZoiteChat.
+
+What it gives you:
+- debian/ directory with package names, install paths, AppStream ID, and VCS fields updated to ZoiteChat
+- Debian-specific patches/default-server overrides removed to reduce patch-fail risk on the fork
+- Python plugin package moved to Suggests (since it's known to be unstable in Flatpak builds)
+
+Build on Fedora (recommended via container)
+------------------------------------------
+1) From your ZoiteChat repo root (the one that contains meson.build), copy this debian/ directory into it.
+
+2) Build inside a Debian container using Podman:
+
+    podman run --rm -it \
+      -v "$PWD":/src -w /src \
+      debian:testing bash
+
+3) In the container:
+
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      build-essential devscripts equivs ca-certificates
+
+    # Install build-deps from debian/control
+    mk-build-deps -i -t "apt-get -y --no-install-recommends" debian/control
+
+    # Build (binary packages)
+    dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b
+
+Your .deb files will appear in the parent directory of the repo on the host.
+
+Notes
+-----
+- If ZoiteChat still uses HexChat’s AppStream IDs or installs plugin metainfo,
+  tweak debian/*.install accordingly.
+- If you want the Python plugin excluded entirely, remove the zoitechat-python3
+  package stanza from debian/control and delete debian/zoitechat-python3.* files.