From the ChangeLog

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