Merge pull request #290 from sbt/wip/jdeb-docs

Adding documentation for JDeb Packaging
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ To publish the image, ``dockerRepository`` should also be set.
 
 As with the `systemd` support, help with testing and improvements is appreciated.
 
+## Experimental JDeb support ##
+
+If don't run a linux or mac system with ``dpkg`` installed, you can configure the
+debian packaging be done by [jdeb](https://github.com/tcurdt/jdeb). To enable this just set another packaging
+implementation in your `build.sbt`
+
+```scala
+packageBin in Debian <<= debianJDebPackaging in Debian
+```
 
 ## Documentation ##
 

diff --git a/src/sphinx/DetailedTopics/debian.rst b/src/sphinx/DetailedTopics/debian.rst
@@ -165,3 +165,16 @@ created within in the ``postinst`` script and removed with ``apt-get purge`` thr
 ``postrm`` script.
 
 For more information look at the :ref:`Archetypes` page.
+
+Use JDeb for Debian Packaging
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If don't run a linux or mac system with ``dpkg`` installed, you can configure the
+debian packaging be done by `jdeb`_ . To enable this just set another packaging
+implementation in your ``build.sbt``
+
+.. code-block:: scala
+
+    packageBin in Debian <<= debianJDebPackaging in Debian
+    
+.. _jdeb: https://github.com/tcurdt/jdeb