The rewrite can convert from rpm to deb -- this is getting exciting!

debian/changelog

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+alien (6.99) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * The great rewrite. Alien is now based on pure object oriented package
+    objects. These objects can read all relevant details about a package, and
+    can generate packages based on that information. Thus, converting from one
+    format to another becomes a simple matter of generating one of these
+    objects, pointing it at a package, reblessing it into the destination
+    class, and telling it to write the new package out! A basic alien can now
+    be written using these objects in one "line" of perl -- in fact, here is
+    one:
+      perl -e 'use Alien::Package::Deb; use Alien::Package::Rpm; \
+    	       $p=Alien::Package::Rpm->new(filename => shift); 
+	       $p->read_file; $p->unpack;
+	       bless($p, "Alien::Package::Deb");
+	       $p->prep; $p->build;'
+  * Almost every line of code has been rewritten.
+  * Package descriptions now include a note that they were converted with
+    alien. There are other numerous changes to the converted packages, for
+    instance, generated .deb's now have more info in their copyright file.
+  * The template files were all moved inside the objects, which is actually
+    cleaner and is certainly easier to deal with.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 18:52:41 -0700
+
 alien (6.59) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Fixed typo, Closes: #60424