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+# Debanator
+
+Easily make a debian apt repo from a bunch of `.deb` files.
+
+- You have some deb files
+- You want to be able to `apt-get install` them on systems
+- You want this to happen automatically (perhaps the debs are on a webdav share, or in
+  github releases)
+
+## Status
+
+Proof of concept. Neither fast, efficient, secure, neat, or featureful
+
+## Discussion
+
+- Yes, you could just use dpkg-scanpackages, but you'd have to write some script which
+did that, plus gpg and also fetched your packages from wherever they are.
+