diff -Nru pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/changelog pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/changelog
--- pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/changelog	2017-06-25 05:05:57.000000000 -0500
+++ pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/changelog	2017-07-21 13:47:36.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pyferret (7.1.1.beta-1ubuntu1) artful; urgency=medium
+
+  * Merge from Debian Sid (LP: #1705759). Remaining changes:
+    - debian/rules: Stop assuming we're building for Python 3.5.
+
+ -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 21 Jul 2017 13:47:36 -0500
+
 pyferret (7.1.1.beta-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
diff -Nru pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/control pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/control
--- pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/control	2017-06-25 05:05:57.000000000 -0500
+++ pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/control	2017-07-21 13:47:36.000000000 -0500
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 Standards-Version: 4.0.0
 Homepage: http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/documentation/pyferret
 Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/git/debian-science/packages/pyferret.git
-Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
+Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
+XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@debian.org>
 Section: science
 Priority: optional
 X-Python-Version: >= 2.6
diff -Nru pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/rules pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/rules
--- pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/rules	2017-06-25 05:05:57.000000000 -0500
+++ pyferret-7.1.1.beta/debian/rules	2017-07-21 13:47:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 PY2:=$(shell pyversions -d)
 PY3:=$(shell py3versions -d)
+PY3nodot:=$(shell py3versions -dv | tr -d '.')
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	cp debian/platform_specific.mk.debian .
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
 	mkdir -p $(INSTALLDIR)/lib/$(PY3)
 	ln -s $(CURDIR)/install/lib/$(PY2)/site-packages/pyferret/libpyferret.so \
 		$(INSTALLDIR)/lib/$(PY2)/libpyferret.so
-	ln -s $(CURDIR)/install/lib/$(PY3)/site-packages//pyferret/libpyferret.cpython-35m-$(ARCH).so \
+	ln -s $(CURDIR)/install/lib/$(PY3)/site-packages//pyferret/libpyferret.cpython-$(PY3nodot)m-$(ARCH).so \
 		$(INSTALLDIR)/lib/$(PY3)/libpyferret.so
 	# Build and install 
 	# Horrible hack breaks The Debian Way. I'm doing the build in the 'install' phase, as i'm installing into debian/tmp