* BRAGA, Bruno <bruno.braga@gmail.com>, 2012-04-30, 10:03:
No need to mess with setup.py directly. Use dh_python2 to do the packaging work for you, and rely on debian/rules to define the location of your files. Read:http://wiki.debian.org/Python/TransitionToDHPython2
Next time we'll read that dh_python2 is a cure for cancer. -- Jakub Wilk