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v1.16.0

What's Changed

• deb: Add support for zstd compression ([#2009](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2009), [#2084](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2084); Ștefan Rusu)
• deb: Add compression level setting, --deb-compression-level ([#2036](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2036)_; Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen)
• rpm: Generate an empty rpm changelog if none is given. This should help cases where rpmlint would complain about missing a changelog entry in the rpm. ([#2041](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2041)_; Gordon Bleux)
• deb: When converting from an rpm, remove package information that is not valid on Debian systems. ([#2053](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2053)_, [#1627](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/1627); Jordan Stopford, Jamesits)
• python: Fix bug when PYTHONPATH has spaces in it ([#2062](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2062)_; Kristof Willaert)
• deb: You can now choose a different systemd directory with --deb-systemd-path ([#2063](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2063)_; Reinier Schoof)
• freebsd: OS version can now be specified with --freebsd-osversion: ([#2064](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2064)_; David Newhall II)
• freebsd: Improve the 'architecture' value used by fpm to generate freebsd packages ([#2064](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2064), [#1880](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/1880); David Newhall II, Matthew R Kasun)
• deb: Timer units can be given to --deb-systemd now ([#2065](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2065), [#1978](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/1978); phillipp, Robert Schneider)
• rpm: When converting cpan packages, use newer perl-interpreter dependency name. To use the old dependency name perl, use the flag --rpm-old-perl-dependency-name ([#2066](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2066), [#2085](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2085); Kevin Duret, Nicholas Hubbard, William N. Braswell, Jr., Jordan Sissel))
• Some errors now correctly print just an error message instead of dumping a ruby stack trace ([#2067](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2067)_; Jordan Sissel)
• python: Support modules which download as zip files ([#2068](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2068), [#2074](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2074), [#2072](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2072)_; Matt Ezell, hussainbani, hbani)
• rpm: Fix rpm build failures on Fedora 41 ([#2082](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2082), [#2076](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2076); Wayne Heaney, Antheas Kapenekakis, Romain Geissler)

New Contributors

• @​white-gecko made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2044
• @​cwegener made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2023
• @​brad made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2057
• @​phillipp made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2065
• @​davidnewhall made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2064
• @​wheaney made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2082
• @​SaltwaterC made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2009
• @​mattaezell made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2068
• @​skoef made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2063
• @​willaerk made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2062
• @​UiP9AV6Y made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2041
• @​chouquette made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2036
• @​kduret made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2066
• @​JordanStopford made their first contribution in jordansissel/fpm#2053

Full Changelog:

• Release Notes: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/blob/v1.16.0/CHANGELOG.rst#1160-december-8-2024
• Git Commit Log: jordansissel/fpm@v1.15.1...v1.16.0

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1.16.0 (December 8, 2024) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• deb: Add support for zstd compression ([#2009](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2009), [#2084](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2084); Ștefan Rusu)
• deb: Add compression level setting, --deb-compression-level ([#2036](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2036)_; Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen)
• rpm: Generate an empty rpm changelog if none is given. This should help cases where rpmlint would complain about missing a changelog entry in the rpm. ([#2041](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2041)_; Gordon Bleux)
• deb: When converting from an rpm, remove package information that is not valid on Debian systems. ([#2053](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2053)_, [#1627](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/1627); Jordan Stopford, Jamesits)
• python: Fix bug when PYTHONPATH has spaces in it ([#2062](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2062)_; Kristof Willaert)
• deb: You can now choose a different systemd directory with --deb-systemd-path ([#2063](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2063)_; Reinier Schoof)
• freebsd: OS version can now be specified with --freebsd-osversion: ([#2064](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2064)_; David Newhall II)
• freebsd: Improve the 'architecture' value used by fpm to generate freebsd packages ([#2064](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2064), [#1880](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/1880); David Newhall II, Matthew R Kasun)
• deb: Timer units can be given to --deb-systemd now ([#2065](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2065), [#1978](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/1978); phillipp, Robert Schneider)
• rpm: When converting cpan packages, use newer perl-interpreter dependency name. To use the old dependency name perl, use the flag --rpm-old-perl-dependency-name ([#2066](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2066), [#2085](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2085); Kevin Duret, Nicholas Hubbard, William N. Braswell, Jr., Jordan Sissel))
• Some errors now correctly print just an error message instead of dumping a ruby stack trace ([#2067](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2067)_; Jordan Sissel)
• python: Support modules which download as zip files ([#2068](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2068), [#2074](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2074), [#2072](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2072)_; Matt Ezell, hussainbani, hbani)
• rpm: Fix rpm build failures on Fedora 41 ([#2082](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2082), [#2076](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/2076); Wayne Heaney, Antheas Kapenekakis, Romain Geissler)

• 08dc21b Version bump and generate docs
• f817f7a Update changelog prep for release.
• f714f4b Merge pull request #2084 from jordansissel/pull/2009
• 28fea4c Merge pull request #2085 from jordansissel/feature/add-rpm-old-perl-flag
• b2f2fc6 Merge branch 'main' into pull/2009
• e7e7449 Merge pull request #2053 from JordanStopford/main
• 862a686 Add flag to allow using older 'perl' rpm dependency name for systems which do...
• 858d1c1 Merge pull request #2066 from kduret/fix-rpm-perl-dependency-name
• 98cc060 Merge branch 'chouquette/add_compression_level' (#2036)
• 512f4a9 Fix syntax I broke when doing a merge conflict
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