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!
6 * escaping in config files (for whitespace)?
7 * make dh_install use hard links for efficiency (maybe?)
8 * dh_installinit --restart-after-upgrade as default?
9 * #487006: dh_installman with 3-letter codes
10 * apply patch in #557603 (breaks compatibility slightly; see #560120)
11 * clean up dh's handling of options passed onto commands it calls,
12 by implementing one of the changes discussed in #570039
13 (either change #3, change #4, or change #5; change #0 was done, but
14 was an incomplete workaround)
15 * better package arch filtering for -N , -p (#576990)
16 * Convert warning about unknown command-line options back to an error.
20 * DH_COMPAT 1, 2, 3, 4. Can be removed once all packages are seen to be using
21 a newer version. I won't hold my breath. Now with evil warning messages
23 * Also, grep the entire archive for all dh_* command lines,
24 and check to see what other switches are not being used, and maybe remove
25 some of them. I'd also like to deprecate/remove debian/compress files, -X is
27 * dh_suidregister. Once nothing in the archive uses it.
29 * dh_testversion. Remove as soon as nothing uses it.
30 * dh_movefiles. I won't hold my breath. Have not added deprecation
33 * dh_installinit --init-script (make it warn)
35 * dh_clean -k (make it warn (need to make alien not use it 1st!))
36 * dh_desktop, dh_scrollkeeper. Remove eventually..
37 * -s flag, not formally deprecated yet; remove eventually
38 * -u flag; add a warning on use and remove eventually
39 * delsubstvar() and the last parameter to addsubstvar that makes it remove
40 a string are not used in debhelper itself, but have been left in the
41 library in case other things use them. Deprecate and remove.