From the ChangeLog

  * debian/control: add Build-Depends
  * THANKS: new file which lists everyone who contributed to the code
  * Change `Debian Linux' to `Debian GNU/Linux' in a couple of manpages
  * main/enquiry.c: modify list1package to use the full width of the tty
  * Merge patches from Adam Heath:
    + lib/mlib.c: new function do_fd_copy to read a file into a fd
    + dpkg-deb/build.c: use do_fd_copy
    + dpkg-deb/build.c: use dpkg-deb-filelist to reorder files when
      building a package
    + dpkg-deb/info.c: use do_fd_copy
    + lib/showcright.c: use do_fd_copy to read license
    + scripts/dpkg-safelist.{1,pl}: new script to reorder a filelist to
      make sure symlinks are listed after their targets.
    + dpkg-deb/main.c: add -z option to set compression level
    + dpkg-deb/build.c: pass new -z options to gzip
  * dpkg-deb/dpkg-deb.1: document new -z option

1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
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+Adam Heath <doogie<debian.org>
+Andrew Hobson <ahobson@eng.mindspring.net>
+Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
+Branko Lankester
+Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>
+Carl Streeter <streeter@cae.wisc.edu>
+Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpb4@ukc.ac.uk>
+Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
+Christophe Le Bars <clebars@teaser.fr>
+Colin Plumb
+Dan Gohman <gohmandj@mrs.umn.edu>
+Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
+Erick Branderhorst <branderhorst@heel.fgg.eur.nl>
+Galen Hazelwood <galenh@debian.org>
+Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
+Heiko Schlittermann <heiko@lotte.sax.de>
+Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
+Ian Murdock <imurdock@debian.org>
+J.H.M. Dassen <jdassen@cistron.nl>
+Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>
+Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
+Jim Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
+Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>
+Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>
+Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
+Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
+Juergen Menden <menden@morgana.camelot.de>
+Juho Vuori <javuori@cc.helsinki.fi>
+Kim-Minh Kaplan <kkaplan@cdfhp3.in2p3.fr>
+Klee Dienes <klee@debian.org>
+Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmd@debian.org> 
+Masato Taruishi <taru@debian.or.jp>
+Matt Welsh <mdw@sunsite.unc.edu>
+Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman@calder.med.miami.edu>
+Michael Shields <shields@crosslink.net>
+Michael Sobolev <mss@transas.com>
+Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>
+Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org>
+Nils Rennebarth <nils@debian.org>
+Peter Karlsson <pk@mds.mdh.se>
+Petr Cech <cech@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
+Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@fnet.pl>
+Raphael Hertzog <rhertzog@hrnet.fr>
+Richard Kettlewell <rjk@sfere.greenend.org.uk>
+Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
+Roman Hodek <Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
+Scott Barker
+Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk>
+Topi Miettinen <Topi.Miettinen@nic.fi>
+Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>