Bug#768511: ITA: dpkg-repack -- puts an unpacked .deb file back together

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

Hey Joey!

On Sat, 2014-11-08 at 01:24:55 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
> Control: affects -1 dpkg-repack

> I'm planning on taking over dpkg-repack, with the intention of merging
> it back into dpkg proper. And probably transition it to eventually
> something like dpkg --archive or similar.

Actually, with the changelog message not being explicit about this:

,---
dpkg-repack (1.39) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Orphaned dpkg-repack.

 -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:17:56 -0400
`---

and the package being native, it's not entirely clear to me, and I'd
like to know what are your intentions regarding upstream development?
Before I possibly consider taking any such action like the above.

Thanks,
Guillem