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-This is the TODO for debhelper. As more and more people use debhelper, this
-list grows - I welcome patches to fix items on it!
+v8:
 
-Wishlist items:
+* 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.
 
-v8:
+v9: 
 
 * escaping in config files (for whitespace)?
-* make dh_install use hard links for efficiency
 * dh_installinit --restart-after-upgrade as default?
-* #487006: dh_installman with 3-letter codes
 
 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.
-* 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.
 * dh_suidregister. Once nothing in the archive uses it.
 * dh_installmanpages.
-* dh_testversion. Remove as soon as nothing uses it.
-* dh_movefiles. I won't hold my breath.
+* dh_movefiles. I won't hold my breath. Have not added deprecation
+  docs or message yet.
 * dh_undocumented
-* dh_installinit --init-script
+* dh_installinit --init-script (make it warn)
 * dh_python
-* dh_clean -k (make it warn)
-* Convert warning about unknown command-line options back to an error.
-  Need to wait a while (from Oct 2008) to ensure that most rules files
-  that pass unknown options to commands are fixed.
-* dh_desktop. Remove eventually..
+* 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 (not formally deprecated yet)
+* debian/compress files
+
+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.