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@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +RoadMap +======= + + <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/RoadMap> + +TODO +==== + +1.19.x +~~~~~~ + + * Review this file and remove or update the old entries. + + * Look for FIXME and XXX items in the source. + + * Triage as much bugs as possible to get the bug count below 300 ;) and + merge as much patches as possible. + + * Code cleanup / bug fixes: + - Get rid of static variables inside functions. + - Coalesce hash and checksum functions. + - Split modstatdb_rw into mode and flags. + - Move fd function out of mlib. + - Cleanup status chars -> strings hardcoded mappings all over the place. + (Fix tied field enum with its dselect description (pkgdisplay.cc)) + - Refactor src/unpack.c. + - Split dpkg.h into independent headers. + - Do more unused header include removal. + - Add needed includes to all header files. + - Get rid of useless "unsigned" modifiers. + - Use enums for currently hardcoded literals (replacingfilesandsaid, + filetriggers_edited, etc). + - Do not use nfmalloc (and friends) for non in-core db memory. + - Call nffreeall on exit (need to detangle nfmalloc from non-db first). + - Add a size parameter to the buffer API to avoid some useless + pipe+fork+copy. + - Handle instdir '/' separator consistently. + - Check if caching selinux context for second call is possible. + - Add missing newlines in --version output. + - Handle symlinks in statcmd.c statdb_node_apply(). + - Fix dpkg termination on SIGPIPE from status-fd. + + * libcompat cleanup: + - Add fnmatch, IRIX5 doesn't have it. + + * Man pages: + - Add example to dpkg-scanfoo manpages? + - Merge synopsis lines in dpkg-triggers. + - Check all command vs action. + - Check usage of '|' instead of ', '. + - Check position of short option before long option. + - Fix dpkg man page, refs to dpkg-deb and dpkg-split, etc. + - Fix «. ». + + * L10n: + - Check dpkg-divert strings for new and fixable ones. + - Standardize translated error messages in the perl code to avoid useless + work for translators. + - Check https://d-i.alioth.debian.org/spellcheck/level5/index.html + + * Discuss and implement + https://www.hadrons.org/~guillem/debian/docs/origin.proposal + + * Deprecate --force-not-root flag (remove modstatdb_rw rootneeded flags). + + * Test and re-enable --command-fd. + + * Check --no-act for log_action(). + + * Add non-regression tests for Dpkg::Source::* + + * Add UTF-8 support to all programs. + + * Allow packages to register additional files, declare ownership of files for + dpkg -S and -L without having dpkg act on this (.psuedolist?). + + * Make dpkg-checkbuilddeps easier to use by other programs such as pbuilder + or sbuild, so that they can start using the new architecture wildcards + automatically. + - Support for output format. (#214566) + + * Fix conflicting action -%c, when short is 0. + + * We should set our own obstack_alloc_failed_handler. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Old TODO entries from Scott: + +start-stop-daemon +* capabilities support + +dpkg +* allow external program to specify how to handle conffiles +* dpkg --call-maint-script=<script> --maint-script-arg=<arg> + --maint-script-arg=<arg> <pkg> <pkg> + dpkg will not allow <script> to be one of {pre,post}{inst,rm}. Only + unknown scripts can be called this way. dpkg will also not keep track + of any state for these scripts. + +Fix: +<joeyh_> package a conflicted with old versions of package b. package b + conflicted with old versions of package a. I had the old versions of both + installed, and told dpkg to install the new versions of a and b + simultaneously. It refused. + +dselect: +* support Enhances + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Old TODO entries from IWJ: + +Here are some currently-known inadequacies: + +urgent + * Conflicts << installation ordering + * Version numbers in pre-depends stuff + * Search for all pre-depends things at once, bomb out if any not found + * _always_ show section in --yet-to-unpack + * automatically do --yet-to-unpack in installation methods + * check depending packages when installing new version. + * Several things ought to be configurable but aren't. + * Filenames containing newlines. Conffile names containing spaces. + * dpkg --status for virtual packages + * openpgp signatures in the package archive + +other stuff unlikely to get done soon + * Automatically remove <file>.gz if <file> can't be found ? and maybe, + remove <file> if <file.gz> can't be found? Big mess when we start + thinking about bz2 :/ + * Local version number (using non-numeric epoch, perhaps, or better yet, + a --local option in dpkg, so that it marks this package as a local install + (when running dpkg -i)? Keeps it from being listed as obsolete, and maybe + from being considered for auto-upgrades (apt-get needs to know about this + too) + * Filename field generated by --record-avail + * understand Replaces in dselect + * diversions list as control archive entry + * single maintainer script, and new package getting there first + * local conffiles, as well as local files that dpkg should check before + overwriting + * dselect per-half focus and keybindings improvements. + !missing bug report #1555! + + * how to change case of package names + * 'fake' or 'null' packages + * dpkg --query | -Q |