diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mendel-distro-info-data (0.1) animal; urgency=medium
+
+  * Initial release.
+
+ -- AIY Projects <support-aiyprojects@google.com>  Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:26:09 -0800
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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+++ b/debian/control
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+Source: mendel-distro-info-data
+Maintainer: AIY Projects <support-aiyprojects@google.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper
+Section: devel
+Priority: optional
+
+Package: mendel-distro-info-data
+Section: devel
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: all
+Depends: distro-info-data
+Description: info about Mendel's releases (data files)
+ This file contains information about all releases of Mendel.
+ .
+ This package contains the Mendel specific data files.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: mendel-distro-info-data
+Source: https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: Copyright 2018 Google, LLC <support-aiyprojects@google.com>
+License: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/debian/mendel-distro-info-data.install b/debian/mendel-distro-info-data.install
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c29d34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/mendel-distro-info-data.install
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+usr /
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
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+++ b/debian/rules
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+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+# -*- makefile -*-
+
+# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
+# export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+%:
+	dh $@
diff --git a/usr/share/distro-info/mendel.csv b/usr/share/distro-info/mendel.csv
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+++ b/usr/share/distro-info/mendel.csv
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+version,codename,series,created,release,eol
+1.0,Animal,animal,2018-10-1,2018-10-1,