--- a/debian/rules	Thu Aug 30 13:54:43 2012 +0200
+++ b/debian/rules	Thu Aug 30 14:01:29 2012 +0200
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	cd tests &&  python run-tests.py --with-hg=`which hg`
+
+override_dh_python2:
+	# avoid conflict with mercurial's own hgext/__init__.py
+	find debian -name __init__.py -delete
+	dh_python2