X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FTODO;h=573917fa4c40cfb971c0b7a09afaed357d28326a;hb=c722e25aeb3ad55c3efa9e60503636939bed1bb2;hp=3092736bbf0208531c4d8b1f613c2bda31aa5d9b;hpb=7bbc9917c046d06f7d7e8d7cad10b9e3b27a8ec9;p=debhelper.git diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index 3092736..573917f 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -1,33 +1,32 @@ -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: +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. + a newer version. I won't hold my breath. (2 and 3 are getting close though.) * 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_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 +* debian/compress files +* deprecate dh_gconf for dh_installgsettings (stuff should be migrating + away from gconf, and then I can just remove it -- have not added warning + or depreaction docs yet) + +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.