diff -Nru dput-ng-1.28/bin/dput dput-ng-1.29/bin/dput
--- dput-ng-1.28/bin/dput	2018-08-25 08:39:16.000000000 +0000
+++ dput-ng-1.29/bin/dput	2020-01-04 15:52:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -103,10 +103,15 @@
     args.override = parse_overrides(overrides)
 
     if not args.changes:
-        changes_files = glob.glob('*.changes')
-        most_recent_changes_file = max(changes_files, key=os.path.getctime)
         profile = dput.profile.load_profile(args.host)
+        changes_files = glob.glob('*.changes')
         with dput.util.get_interface(profile) as interface:
+            if not changes_files:
+                interface.message(
+                    title=None,
+                    message='No .changes files found in the current directory.')
+                sys.exit(2)
+            most_recent_changes_file = max(changes_files, key=os.path.getmtime)
             if interface.boolean(
                     'dput',
                     ('No CHANGES-FILE specified. '
diff -Nru dput-ng-1.28/debian/bin/adjust-vendor dput-ng-1.29/debian/bin/adjust-vendor
--- dput-ng-1.28/debian/bin/adjust-vendor	2017-05-30 16:39:07.000000000 +0000
+++ dput-ng-1.29/debian/bin/adjust-vendor	2020-01-13 09:49:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright (c) Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@debian.org>, 2012 under the terms
 # and conditions of the dput-ng project it's self.
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 fp = "%s/%s.json" % (PROFILE_PATH, target)
 
 
-print """I: === Adjusting Vendor ===
+print("""I: === Adjusting Vendor ===
 I:
 I:  Hi there, log viewer.
 I:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 I: me out (debian/bin/adjust-vendor)
 I:
 I:  Fondly,
-I:    -- the dput-ng team""".format(vendor=distrib, target=target, fp=fp)
+I:    -- the dput-ng team""".format(vendor=distrib, target=target, fp=fp))
 
 obj = {}
 with open(fp, 'r') as fd:
diff -Nru dput-ng-1.28/debian/changelog dput-ng-1.29/debian/changelog
--- dput-ng-1.28/debian/changelog	2019-07-19 06:08:52.000000000 +0000
+++ dput-ng-1.29/debian/changelog	2020-01-13 09:58:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+dput-ng (1.29) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Team upload
+
+  [ Joao Eriberto Mota Filho ]
+  * Added an example of 'dcut cancel' command to the manpage.  MR: !8
+
+  [ Mattia Rizzolo ]
+  * Use the mtime instead of the ctime to decide on the latest .changes file.
+  * Properly error out if running without any argument but no .changes is
+    found in the current directory.
+  * Covert an internal script to Python3 as well.
+  * Bump Standards-Version to 4.4.1, no changes needed.
+
+  [ Philippe Pepiot ]
+  * Fix a TypeError in http upload exception handling.  MR: !9
+
+ -- Mattia Rizzolo <mattia@debian.org>  Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:58:47 +0100
+
 dput-ng (1.28) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload.
diff -Nru dput-ng-1.28/debian/control dput-ng-1.29/debian/control
--- dput-ng-1.28/debian/control	2019-07-18 23:49:43.000000000 +0000
+++ dput-ng-1.29/debian/control	2020-01-13 09:58:15.000000000 +0000
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  python3-sphinx,
  python3-validictory,
  xsltproc,
-Standards-Version: 4.4.0
+Standards-Version: 4.4.1
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dput-ng
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dput-ng.git
diff -Nru dput-ng-1.28/docs/man/dcut.1.man dput-ng-1.29/docs/man/dcut.1.man
--- dput-ng-1.28/docs/man/dcut.1.man	2019-02-12 16:46:21.000000000 +0000
+++ dput-ng-1.29/docs/man/dcut.1.man	2019-07-24 20:05:50.000000000 +0000
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@
 
   $ dcut rm --searchdirs -f udj-desktop-client_0.5.1-2_amd64.deb
 
+  $ dcut cancel -f foo_1.0-2.1_amd64.changes
+  
   $ dcut ftp-master rm -f 'linux*.deb'
 
 
diff -Nru dput-ng-1.28/dput/uploaders/http.py dput-ng-1.29/dput/uploaders/http.py
--- dput-ng-1.28/dput/uploaders/http.py	2018-08-25 08:39:16.000000000 +0000
+++ dput-ng-1.29/dput/uploaders/http.py	2019-12-09 10:08:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@
         try:
             urllib.request.urlopen(req)
         except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
-            error_message = e.read()
+            error_message = e.read().decode(
+                e.headers.get_content_charset(failobj='utf-8'))
             if error_message:
                 error_message = error_message.strip()
                 if "\n" in error_message: