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-ZoiteChat Debian packaging (starter kit)
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-This folder was generated from Debian's HexChat packaging and then renamed/adjusted for ZoiteChat.
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-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)
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-Build on Fedora (recommended via container)
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-1) From your ZoiteChat repo root (the one that contains meson.build), copy this debian/ directory into it.
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-2) Build inside a Debian container using Podman:
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-    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
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-- 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.