1 This is the TODO for debhelper. As more and more people use debhelper, this
2 list grows - I welcome patches to fix items on it!
8 * escaping in config files (for whitespace)?
9 * make dh_install use hard links for efficiency
10 * dh_installinit --restart-after-upgrade as default?
11 * #487006: dh_installman with 3-letter codes
12 * apply patch in #557603 (breaks compatibility slightly; see #560120)
13 * clean up dh's handling of options passed onto commands it calls,
14 either by requiring they come after -- , or by one of the other
15 changes discussed in #570039
19 * DH_COMPAT 1, 2, 3, 4. Can be removed once all packages are seen to be using
20 a newer version. I won't hold my breath. Now with evil warning messages
22 * Also, grep the entire archive for all dh_* command lines,
23 and check to see what other switches are not being used, and maybe remove
24 some of them. I'd also like to deprecate/remove debian/compress files, -X is
26 * dh_suidregister. Once nothing in the archive uses it.
28 * dh_testversion. Remove as soon as nothing uses it.
29 * dh_movefiles. I won't hold my breath. Have not added deprecation
32 * dh_installinit --init-script (make it warn)
34 * dh_clean -k (make it warn (need to make alien not use it 1st!))
35 * Convert warning about unknown command-line options back to an error.
36 Need to wait a while (from Oct 2008) to ensure that most rules files
37 that pass unknown options to commands are fixed.
38 * dh_desktop, dh_scrollkeeper. Remove eventually..
39 * -s flag, not formally deprecated yet; remove eventually
40 * -u flag; add a warning on use and remove eventually
41 * delsubstvar() and the last parameter to addsubstvar that makes it remove
42 a string are not used in debhelper itself, but have been left in the
43 library in case other things use them. Deprecate and remove.