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 * 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_undocumented * dh_installinit --init-script * 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, dh_scrollkeeper. Remove eventually..