> However, whilst I absolutely love the idea of packages using dh_missing, > I'm loathed to add a warning that essential recommends packagers add > small bits of boilerplate to their packages — this is surely what > debhelper intends to avoid. :)
I suggested dh_(install|missing) to default to --list-missing over at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=858834