add prel. build settings to build deb package

build.sbt

@@ -35,3 +35,12 @@ val `vscode-dotty` = Build.`vscode-dotty`
 
 inThisBuild(Build.thisBuildSettings)
 inScope(Global)(Build.globalSettings)
+
+//added to try native packaging: should probably go elsewhere (?)
+//https://www.scala-sbt.org/sbt-native-packager/formats/debian.html#requirements
+enablePlugins(JavaAppPackaging)
+enablePlugins(DebianPlugin)
+debianPackageDependencies := Seq("java8-runtime-headless")
+maintainer := "[email protected]"  // Who should be the person? must be a person?
+packageSummary := "scala3"  // should include the right version etc
+packageDescription := """More information here: https://www.scala-lang.org/"""

project/plugins.sbt

@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh" % "0.3.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-buildinfo" % "0.9.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "0.9.0")
+
+//to enable native packaging:
+//https://github.com/sbt/sbt-native-packager
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.7.6")
+