-* add all other functionality of debstd (??)
- - add a program to generate file similar to buildinfo.Debian generated by
- debmake (wishlist bug #17043). I just never saw the point of that file..
- - Make dh_movefiles remove emptied directories after it's moved all the
- files out of them (wishlist bug #17111).
-* something should add ldconfig calls properly to the postinst of packages
- that contain shared libraries. maybe dh_makeshlibs? But it wasn't designed
- to do that originally, and even worse, it is often run after
- dh_installdeb, so the fragements wouldn't go into the postinst. So maybe a
- new script is called for.
-* info support for debhelper (currently implemented, but I hate how I did it,
- so it's not in the package.) (wishlist bug #15717)
-* enhance dh_installmanpages so it associates binaries and man pages and
- installs the man pages into the correct areas to suit the binaries they
- document. I may need to make this only happen when a switch is given, to
- preserve backward compatibility.
-* maybe make dh_installmanpages look at the .TH line of man pages whose
- filenames end in .man, to figure out what section they go it. This would
- require a switch to turn on, for backwards compatibility.
-* All debhelper programs should be checked that they output files with the
- correct permissions no matter what the umask is set to. Currently, only
- those programs that run after dh_fixperms have been so checked. (Checking
- the rest is low priority, since dh_fixperms fixes any incorrect permissions
- they might have; still it would be nice to check them too, just to make
- debhelper more flexible.) One easy fix is to add umask 022 to dh_lib,
- however, there may be unforeseen ramifications of such a change.
+v8:
+
+* escaping in config files (for whitespace)?
+* make dh_install use hard links for efficiency (maybe?)
+* dh_installinit --restart-after-upgrade as default?
+* clean up dh's handling of options passed onto commands it calls,
+ by implementing one of the changes discussed in #570039
+ (either change #3, change #4, or change #5; change #0 was done, but
+ was an incomplete workaround)
+ My preference ATM is #3, require dh options come before --,
+ and after, options to be passed on to commands.
+* better package arch filtering for -N , -p (#576990)
+* Support DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=debug ; maybe also support passing
+ -g -O2 by default. See patch (and discussion of why this breaks
+ compatability) in #544844.
+
+Deprecated:
+
+* DH_COMPAT 1, 2, 3, 4. Can be removed once all packages are seen to be using
+ a newer version. I won't hold my breath. Now with evil warning messages
+ though.
+* dh_suidregister. Once nothing in the archive uses it.
+* dh_installmanpages.
+* dh_movefiles. I won't hold my breath. Have not added deprecation
+ docs or message yet.
+* dh_undocumented
+* dh_installinit --init-script (make it warn)
+* dh_python
+* dh_clean -k
+* dh_desktop, dh_scrollkeeper. Remove eventually..
+* -s flag, not formally deprecated yet; remove eventually
+* -u flag; add a warning on use and remove eventually
+* delsubstvar() and the last parameter to addsubstvar that makes it remove
+ a string are not used in debhelper itself, but have been left in the
+ library in case other things use them. Deprecate and remove.
+* dh --before , --after , --until , --remaining
+
+Also, grep the entire archive for all dh_* command lines,
+and check to see what other switches are not being used, and maybe remove
+some of them.
+
+I'd also like to deprecate/remove debian/compress files, -X is
+a better idea.