diff -Nru ecasound-2.8.1/debian/changelog ecasound-2.8.1/debian/changelog
--- ecasound-2.8.1/debian/changelog	2011-07-28 14:34:24.000000000 +0000
+++ ecasound-2.8.1/debian/changelog	2011-12-15 14:01:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+ecasound (2.8.1-4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Add optional tools to Recommends: faad, lame, mikmod, mpg123, 
+    timidity, vorbis-tools (they are used by ecasound to write/read 
+    to/from specific audio formats)
+  * Relax one-dep-per-line policy a bit
+  * Remove versioned Depends on ecasound where the version is already 
+    satisfied in oldstable
+  * Bump debhelper compat level to 8
+
+ -- Alessandro Ghedini <al3xbio@gmail.com>  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:41:38 +0100
+
 ecasound (2.8.1-3) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Disable tests for now to see what happens.
diff -Nru ecasound-2.8.1/debian/compat ecasound-2.8.1/debian/compat
--- ecasound-2.8.1/debian/compat	2011-05-13 15:41:53.000000000 +0000
+++ ecasound-2.8.1/debian/compat	2011-12-15 14:01:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
\ No newline at end of file
+8
diff -Nru ecasound-2.8.1/debian/control ecasound-2.8.1/debian/control
--- ecasound-2.8.1/debian/control	2011-07-12 12:42:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ecasound-2.8.1/debian/control	2011-12-15 15:15:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Uploaders: Alessio Treglia <alessio@debian.org>,
  Alessandro Ghedini <al3xbio@gmail.com>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8),
  autotools-dev,
  ladspa-sdk,
  libasound2-dev,
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@
 
 Package: ecasound
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
- ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Recommends: faad,
+ lame,
+ mikmod,
+ mpg123,
+ timidity,
+ vorbis-tools
 Suggests: ecatools,
- mp3-encoder,
- mpg321 | mp3-decoder,
- vorbis-tools,
  swh-plugins | ladspa-plugin,
- timidity,
- mikmod,
  nama
 Description: Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor
  Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@
 
 Package: ecatools
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
- ${misc:Depends},
- ${python:Depends},
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
  python-ecasound (= ${source:Version})
 Description: Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (tools)
  Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@
 Package: libecasoundc1
 Architecture: any
 Section: libs
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
 Description: Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (C library)
  Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio
  processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback,
@@ -112,8 +110,7 @@
 Package: libecasoundc-dev
 Architecture: any
 Section: libdevel
-Depends: ${misc:Depends},
- libecasoundc1 (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libecasoundc1 (= ${binary:Version})
 Replaces: libecasoundc2.2-dev (<< 2.8.0)
 Breaks: libecasoundc2.2-dev (<< 2.8.0)
 Description: Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (C dev library)
@@ -134,8 +131,7 @@
  This package provides ecasound's C library development files.
 
 Package: libecasoundc2.2-dev
-Depends: libecasoundc-dev,
- ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libecasoundc-dev
 Architecture: all
 Section: oldlibs
 Description: transitional dummy package for libecasoundc-dev
@@ -147,8 +143,7 @@
 Package: libkvutils4
 Architecture: any
 Section: libs
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
- ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
 Description: Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (kvutils library)
  Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio
  processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback,
@@ -169,8 +164,7 @@
 Package: libkvutils-dev
 Architecture: any
 Section: libdevel
-Depends: ${misc:Depends},
- libkvutils4 (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libkvutils4 (= ${binary:Version})
 Replaces: libkvutils2.2-dev (<< 2.8.0)
 Breaks: libkvutils2.2-dev (<< 2.8.0)
 Description: Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (kvutils dev files)
@@ -191,8 +185,7 @@
  This package provides ecasound's kvutils library development files.
 
 Package: libkvutils2.2-dev
-Depends: libkvutils-dev,
- ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libkvutils-dev
 Architecture: all
 Section: oldlibs
 Description: transitional dummy package for libkvutils-dev
@@ -204,9 +197,7 @@
 Package: python-ecasound
 Architecture: all
 Section: python
-Depends: ${misc:Depends},
- ${python:Depends},
- ecasound (>= 2.2.0)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, ecasound
 Replaces: python-ecasound2.2 (<< 2.8.0)
 Breaks: python-ecasound2.2 (<< 2.8.0)
 Description: Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (python bindings)
@@ -227,8 +218,7 @@
  This package provides ecasound's Python bindings.
 
 Package: python-ecasound2.2
-Depends: python-ecasound,
- ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, python-ecasound
 Architecture: all
 Section: oldlibs
 Description: transitional dummy package for python-ecasound
@@ -240,9 +230,7 @@
 Package: libecasound-ruby1.8
 Architecture: any
 Section: ruby
-Depends: ${misc:Depends},
- ruby1.8,
- ecasound (>= 2.2.0)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ruby1.8, ecasound
 Provides: libecasound-ruby
 Description: Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (ruby bindings)
  Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio
@@ -263,8 +251,7 @@
 
 Package: ecasound-el
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends},
- ecasound (>= 2.2.0),
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ecasound,
  emacs23 | xemacs21 | emacsen
 Description: Multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (emacs)
  Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio