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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!
 
-Wishlist items:
-
 v8:
 
 * escaping in config files (for whitespace)?
-* make dh_install use hard links for efficiency
+* make dh_install use hard links for efficiency (maybe?)
 * dh_installinit --restart-after-upgrade as default?
 * #487006: dh_installman with 3-letter codes
+* apply patch in #557603 (breaks compatibility slightly; see #560120)
+* 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)
+* better package arch filtering for -N , -p (#576990)
+* Convert warning about unknown command-line options back to an error.
 
 Deprecated:
 
-* DH_COMPAT 1, 2, 3. Can be removed once all packages are seen to be using
+* 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,
@@ -22,13 +27,15 @@ Deprecated:
 * 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.
-* debconf-mergetemplates support and the debian/template.ll files and the
-  debconf-utils dependency.
+* 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_clean -k (make it warn (need to make alien not use it 1st!))
+* 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.