X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FTODO;h=cd2721f6bee0efb94047fc4fef7ecdf7a8c3c63b;hb=78d072a8d942283723d94fbfb8f40e61d1f7fbe4;hp=0a7354ffc263c8a89cef1853d7ba1ba234264510;hpb=3c458775d1180d034217c4b44e3871d8b87bf382;p=debhelper.git diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index 0a7354f..cd2721f 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -1,36 +1,34 @@ -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: - -* All debhelper programs should only accept the options they are documented - to accept (rather than accepting all debhelper options). This is mostly a - matter of moving command-specific options out of Dh_Getopt and into the - individial command's calls to init(). (#112349) - -v8: +v10: * 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. 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. +* make a missing debian/compat an error. (started printing warning messages + in 20120115) +* 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. (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. -* 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) +* 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.