Branches for Vivid

Author: Guillem Jover
Revision Date: 2014-11-25 23:59:06 UTC

* New maintainer. Closes: #768511
* Update project information (homepage, releases and VCS).
* Expand debian/copyright to include an explicit «Copyright ©» and
  the full GPL-2+ license notice.
* Update license notice in dpkg-repack to match the one in debian/copyright,
  by adding the «or later» clause. See #768511.
* Switch from FSF postal address to a URL.
* Move Getopt::Long use declaration to the top of the file.
* Replace -w in the shebang with an explicit use warnings declaration.
* Improve man page formatting.
  - Generalize the SYNOPSIS.
  - Mark programs, command-line arguments and field names in bold.
  - Mark variable text in italic.
  - Use italic instead of <> to mark variable text.
  - Change .TH line to include the date and version, and to mention this is
    now part of the dpkg suite.
  - Spell package name with a dash.
* Add references to external man pages, and append the section number to
  program references.
* Use low-precedence operators for error handling constructs.
* Use scalar variables instead of barewords for filehandles.
* Use three-form open call.
* Use package lexical variables instead of global ones.
* Pass around control file data as an array of lines.
* Make $packagename a loop lexical variable.
* Remove unused $control variable.
* Set $dirty_flag to 0 when we have done the cleanup.
* Pass a filehandle reference instead of a bareword to print().
* Uppercase and rename HERE-doc marker from eof to USAGE.
* Rework usage output.
* Add a --help option.
* Add a --version option.
* Do not unnecessarily interpolate strings.
* Remove & sigil from GetOptions function call.
* Use correct operator for numeric value in $> comparison.
* Convert debian/rules from dh(1) to explicit debhelper commands.
* Bump Standard-Version to 3.9.6 (no changed needed).
* Switch to source format “3.0 (native)”.
* Bump debhelper compatibility to level 9.
* Fix description mangling to add a proper blank line separator.
* Fix example dpkg-deb invocation in dpkg-repack(1) --generate description
  to create a properly named binary package. Closes: #767220
* Add new -d, --deb-option to allow passing build options to dpkg-deb.
  Closes: #661953

Author: Guillem Jover
Revision Date: 2014-11-25 23:59:06 UTC

* New maintainer. Closes: #768511
* Update project information (homepage, releases and VCS).
* Expand debian/copyright to include an explicit «Copyright ©» and
  the full GPL-2+ license notice.
* Update license notice in dpkg-repack to match the one in debian/copyright,
  by adding the «or later» clause. See #768511.
* Switch from FSF postal address to a URL.
* Move Getopt::Long use declaration to the top of the file.
* Replace -w in the shebang with an explicit use warnings declaration.
* Improve man page formatting.
  - Generalize the SYNOPSIS.
  - Mark programs, command-line arguments and field names in bold.
  - Mark variable text in italic.
  - Use italic instead of <> to mark variable text.
  - Change .TH line to include the date and version, and to mention this is
    now part of the dpkg suite.
  - Spell package name with a dash.
* Add references to external man pages, and append the section number to
  program references.
* Use low-precedence operators for error handling constructs.
* Use scalar variables instead of barewords for filehandles.
* Use three-form open call.
* Use package lexical variables instead of global ones.
* Pass around control file data as an array of lines.
* Make $packagename a loop lexical variable.
* Remove unused $control variable.
* Set $dirty_flag to 0 when we have done the cleanup.
* Pass a filehandle reference instead of a bareword to print().
* Uppercase and rename HERE-doc marker from eof to USAGE.
* Rework usage output.
* Add a --help option.
* Add a --version option.
* Do not unnecessarily interpolate strings.
* Remove & sigil from GetOptions function call.
* Use correct operator for numeric value in $> comparison.
* Convert debian/rules from dh(1) to explicit debhelper commands.
* Bump Standard-Version to 3.9.6 (no changed needed).
* Switch to source format “3.0 (native)”.
* Bump debhelper compatibility to level 9.
* Fix description mangling to add a proper blank line separator.
* Fix example dpkg-deb invocation in dpkg-repack(1) --generate description
  to create a properly named binary package. Closes: #767220
* Add new -d, --deb-option to allow passing build options to dpkg-deb.
  Closes: #661953