dpkg-repack (1.55) [PTS] [DDPO]

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Debian changelog in Git:

dpkg-repack (1.55) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Rework --help output to list option descriptions on the next line.
  * Infer the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH from the md5sums file. Closes: #870750
  * Documentation:
    - man: Mention that version tagging might invalidate dependencies.
    - man: Use L<> instead of B<>(N) to refer to external man pages.
  * Code internals:
    - Switch to «use v5.40» instead of «use strict» and «use warnings».
    - Switch to use sub signatures.
    - Use try/catch instead of eval/or-do.
    - Update copyright years.
  * Packaging:
    - Remove «Rules-Requires-Root: no», which is the current default.
    - Remove «Priority: optional», which is the current default.
    - Remove build dependency on debhelper (>= 13.10), implied by
      debhelper-compat (= 13) since Debian bookworm.
    - Remove versioned Build-Depends on dpkg-dev, satisfied since Debian
      trixie.
    - Switch to Standards-Version 4.7.4 (no changed needed).
    - Refactor common description into a source stanza Description field.

 -- Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>  Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:27:42 +0200

This branch is even with tag 1.55