install debian build tools http://ghantoos.org/2008/10/19/creating-a-deb-package-from-a-python-setuppy/ http://wiki.debian.org/Python/Packaging
# apt-get install build-essential dpkg-dev debhelper devscripts fakeroot
install apaf dependencies
$ apt-get install tor python-twisted python-pip $ pip install pygeoip ipaddr pyYAML
checkout branch debian
build debian with
$ python setup.py sdist -d .. update changelog (how?)
$ debuild
Use debchange to change your changelog with debchange -a, then make a new release debchange -r Build apaf with python setup.py sdist and, after being sure to have set up you gpg configuration, make the debian package with $ dpkg-buildpackage -i -Ifakeroot.
Done!