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+README for debootstrap
+======================
+
+See the manpage for (some) documentation.
+
+Future
+------
+
+  * Cross-strap support - so you can bootstrap a filesystem to the
+    point where it will successfully boot, and finish installing itself
+    without having to be running the target architecture or OS yourself.
+    This means you should be able to run 
+
+	debootstrap --arch powerpc sarge ./sarge-ppc-chroot ...
+
+    on an i386 system, boot a powerpc box with sarge-ppc-chroot as its
+    root files system, and have it "work". The cross-hurd package does
+    something similar, and should be replaced by this feature.
+
+  * There should be some (better) way of telling debootstrap what "base"
+    packages you want to install -- this varies between making a chroot,
+    doing an install, and doing a buildd. Also, some installs want
+    different base packages (to setup networking, or kernels, eg)
+
+  * There should be some be some way of intuiting required/base from the
+    Packages file. Unfortunately this requires changes to apt-ftparchive
+    so we can have different packages be required or in base on different
+    architectures.
+
+NMUing
+------
+
+If you're working on boot-floppies or debian-installer or similar, and
+there's a problem with debootstrap that you need fixed, feel free to do
+an NMU to fix it. Usual rules: try not to break anything, and mail the
+patch to the BTS. Don't worry about asking first though.