diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 1152c316..b757d394 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ endif
 deb-package: $(DSTDIR)/$(SRCPKG)
 	mkdir -p $(BLDDIR)
 	cp $(DSTDIR)/$(SRCPKG) $(BLDDIR)
-	(cd $(BLDDIR); tar xvfz $(SRCPKG))
+	(cd $(BLDDIR); tar xfz $(SRCPKG))
 	(cd $(BLDDIR); mv $(SRCPKG) weewx_$(VERSION).orig.tar.gz)
 	rm -rf $(DEBBLDDIR)/debian
 	mkdir -m 0755 $(DEBBLDDIR)/debian
@@ -212,13 +212,14 @@ deb-package: $(DSTDIR)/$(SRCPKG)
 	(cd $(DEBBLDDIR); dpkg-buildpackage $(DPKG_OPT))
 	mkdir -p $(DSTDIR)
 	mv $(BLDDIR)/$(DEBPKG) $(DSTDIR)
+	mv $(BLDDIR)/python3-$(DEBPKG) $(DSTDIR)
 
 # run lintian on the deb package
 check-deb:
 	lintian -Ivi $(DSTDIR)/$(DEBPKG)
 
 upload-deb:
-	scp $(DSTDIR)/$(DEBPKG) $(USER)@$(WEEWX_COM):$(WEEWX_STAGING)
+	scp $(DSTDIR)/$(DEBPKG) $(DSTDIR)/python3-$(DEBPKG) $(USER)@$(WEEWX_COM):$(WEEWX_STAGING)
 
 RPMREVISION=1
 RPMVER=$(VERSION)-$(RPMREVISION)
diff --git a/pkg/debian/changelog b/pkg/debian/changelog
index 1d4ff03c..42f8a837 100644
--- a/pkg/debian/changelog
+++ b/pkg/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+weewx (4.0.0b12-1) unstable; urgency=low
+  * new upstream release
+ -- Matthew Wall (weewx) <mwall@users.sourceforge.net>  Sat, 22 Feb 2020 16:05:04 -0500
 weewx (4.0.0b11-1) unstable; urgency=low
   * new upstream release
  -- Matthew Wall (weewx) <mwall@users.sourceforge.net>  Sun, 02 Feb 2020 09:48:39 -0500
diff --git a/pkg/debian/control b/pkg/debian/control
index 08ef92fc..ac25edbb 100644
--- a/pkg/debian/control
+++ b/pkg/debian/control
@@ -7,18 +7,10 @@ Homepage: http://www.weewx.com
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>=8)
 
 Package: weewx
-Architecture: all
 Priority: optional
-Depends: python-weewx
-Description: transitional package
- This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.
-
-Package: python-weewx
-Replaces: weewx (<< 3.9.2-1~)
-Breaks: weewx (<< 3.9.2-1~)
 Architecture: all
 Pre-Depends: debconf
-Depends: python (>=2.7), python (<3.0), python-configobj(>=4.5), python-cheetah(>=2.0), python-imaging(>=1.1.6) | python-pil(>=5.1.0) | python-pillow(>=5.1.0), python-serial(>=2.3), python-usb (>=0.4), lsb-base
+Depends: python (>=2.7), python (<<3.0), python-configobj(>=4.5), python-cheetah(>=2.0), python-imaging(>=1.1.6) | python-pil(>=5.1.0) | python-pillow(>=5.1.0), python-serial(>=2.3), python-usb (>=0.4), lsb-base
 Suggests: sqlite, rsync, ftp, httpd, python-dev(>=2.5), python-pip(>=0.7)
 Description: weather software
  weewx interacts with a weather station to produce graphs, reports, and HTML
@@ -26,8 +18,8 @@ Description: weather software
  PWSweather.com, or CWOP.
 
 Package: python3-weewx
-Replaces: weewx (<< 3.9.2-1~)
-Breaks: weewx (<< 3.9.2-1~)
+Replaces: weewx
+Breaks: weewx
 Architecture: all
 Pre-Depends: debconf
 Depends: python3 (>=3.5) | python (>=3.5), python3-configobj, python3-cheetah, python3-pil, python3-serial, python3-usb, lsb-base