-* use debconf for the pre-apt prompting, so it will work better when run from
- frontend like synaptic
+* keep an origin branch with the files debian ships
+
+ Not sure quite how to do this yet, it seems it would need to clone
+ the repo, switch to origin, and commit, then push back to /etc,
+ and either merge origin or commit a second time.
+ And do this after apt runs only, of course.
+
+ Alternatively, commit in /etc, then clone the repo, switch to origin, and
+ cherry pick the commit into origin?
+
+ Of coure, unless etckeeper is installed by debootstrap or thereabouts,
+ you won't have a true pristine origin branch.
+
+* split the repo
+
+ One way to split it would be to put private (non-world-readable) files
+ in one repo, and public in another. This would need either symlink
+ farming or git "fake bare" repos, both of which are not pleasant, yet.
+
+ Another way would be to allow splitting out subdirs into their own repos.
+ This is already doable, would just need modifying the pre-install and
+ post-instlal stuff (ie, it needs to commit in the subdirs too). Using mr
+ would be a possibility..
+
+* Figure out what packages were acted on, and include that info in the commit
+ message
+
+ Done for dpkg, but not for other package managers like rpm.
+
+* bzr: Somehow support etckeeper's pre-commit hook.