r506: * Introduced the debian/compat file. This is the new, preferred way to say

[debhelper.git] / doc / TODO

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@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ Wishlist items:
 * All programs should also make sure the files they install are owned by
   root.root. Situation is currently the same as with permissions above, plus
   dh_installchangelogs is fixed.
-* Need a way to make dh_strip not strip any static libs. Also, it'd be nice
-  if there were options to dh_strip, dh_compress, etc, to allow inclusion of
-  directories and exclusion of files based on filename globbing. (Request from
-  Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>)
 * Support use of environment variables in data taken from user, ie, in
   debian/dirs. The problem with doing this is that we really want to allow
   any filenames in that input, even those that look like environment
@@ -53,23 +49,33 @@ Wishlist items:
   multiple commands call. One way to do this would be to write dh_cache,
   that generates the cache. The catch is that if the user runs that program,
   they are stating that they don't do anything later to invalidate the cache,
-  without calling ch_cache again. (#23792)
+  without calling dh_cache again. (#23792)
 * Add a switch to dh_installdeb to allow it to do user defined
   substitutions. OTOH, maybe it's better if people just sed
   postinst.in before debhelper gets it's hands on it... (#25235)
-* objdump -p can get the soname of a library, try using that in dh_shlibs
-  instead of parsing filenames.
+* dh_installdocs needs -X support, which probably means going with tar
+  instead of cp -a. Ugh.
+
+v4:
+
+See debhelper's man page for what's implemented so far.
+
+These items are planned:
+
+* Maybe make dh_fixperms make all files in bin/ dirs +x. (#119039)
 
 Deprecated:
 
 * DH_COMPAT 1. Can be removed once all packages are seen to be using 2 or
   higher. I won't hold my breath.
-* 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 depercate/remove debian/compress files, -X is
+* Also, grep the entire archive for all dh_* command lines (I do this now),
+  and check to see what other switches are not being used, and maybe remove
+  some of them. I'd also like to depercate/remove debian/compress files, -X is
   a better idea.
 * dh_suidregister. Once nothing in the archive uses it.
 * dh_installmanpages. Only mildly deprecated right now. Once dh_installman
   catches on, make it emit a warning, and then wait for it to go away.
-* dh_testversion. Only mildly deprecated right now. Make it emit a warning
-  by jan 2002, and remove as soon as nothing uses it.
+* dh_testversion. Remove as soon as nothing uses it.
+* dh_installxaw. xaw replacments are dying, nothing uses it validly (bugs
+  filed on the few packages that use it by accident). Remove as soon as
+  nothing uses it, or by april 2002.