[Distutils] Correct way to include (debian) program icons.

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way in distutils to include/indicate a program icon that will be used in the program menus / desktop shortcuts. I'm actualy packaging for debian with `stdeb` and I was expecting some stdeb-specific way to include the icon in the pacakge but to the best of my knowledge there isn't. I'm presently including in my setup.py file: data_files=[('/usr/share/pixmaps/', ['my-package-name.xpm'])], but this - while working - seems the wrong thing to do, as it insert in the general python package something that is platform-specific. Any ideas or primers on the subject? Thanks in advance, /mac