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TODO.dan
This is my personal TODO list. No guarantees if it is out of date and things
  no longer apply. If you want to help out with any of it, send me an email.

* Variable names in makepkg.conf--confusing
  - some use 'USE_', others do not
  - some are 'NO', some are 'KEEP', etc.
  - some options use 0/1, others are y/n
* Should undocumented makepkg (and thus PKGBUILD) options be put in the
  manpage, as well as including sections for them in the makepkg.conf file?
* Go through all makepkg bugs in flyspray and see if they are rectified:
  http://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?tasks=&project=1&string=makepkg

* Documentation- no one likes to write it, but everyone reads it. Work on the
  man pages and make sure they are up to date.
* doc/PKGBUILD.5- continue cleanup work
* PKGBUILD man page should be in section 5 and not section 8

* Port the libdownload (libfetch) manpage from BSD style to Linux style, or at
  very least change references to BSD.

* Revise build system to a more static one (Aaron mentioned wmii system).

* NEWS file updating and cleanup. Get rid of items that are bugfixes of never-
  released code, etc.

* New cache cleaning functionality in pacman - keep installed version, choose
  number to keep, etc. Good python script in the forums that we should try to
  emulate, perhaps.
* pacman - downgrade feature - allow users to see cached packages and
  downgrade to (previous or any?) available options.

* alpm_log_action & install script logging interaction - producing duplicate
  entries in pacman logs (possibly fixed? needs more testing but looks good)

* Extreme similarity between some of the sync and add code...we have to be able
  to abstract more away from sync actions and add actions to just 'actions'
  (example: sync,c, add.c, and deptest.c all contain a switch on PM_DEP_MOD_*)

* Merge update, add, and sync code when possible, so we reduce duplication.

* For Pacman 3.1 - List every function, define, etc. in libalpm. Give one
  sentence description of each. If it sounds like two are similar, find a way
  to combine or refactor them. If it is unnecessary- delete it. Stop keeping
  everything clustered in little add/sync/remove parts, allow transactions to
  share code.

* Pacman 3.1 - Go through options list. Decide if namings are good, all options
  are still relevant, etc. Ideas for -Re (#6273), changing meaning of -c (has
  two meanings, another FS bug), etc. 

* Monotone suggestion- allow changing of a branch name after commit (example:
  I meant to commit to a new branch, but I forgot --branch option on the
  commit.  Can I remove the original branch cert and replace it with a new
  one?)

Quick hits:
* log_progress and cb_trans_progress - same function? not quite but commonality
* unsigned int vs. unsigned
* 'ldd' & 'ldd -u' - many linkages
* possibly split utilities/extras from pacman package
* makepkg3 produces files with arch appended- gensync can't deal with it