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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 18
f38afcd0 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 20
81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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23* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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81429136 25Features:
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27* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
28
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29* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
30
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31* sysusers:
32 - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
33 - allow setting the home directory of system users
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35* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
36
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37* order OnCalendar timer units after timer-sync.target if DefaultDependencies=no so that we don't trigger them prematurely
38
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39* refuse mounting on symlinks
40
fed515f0 41* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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43* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
44
a01647e5 45* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 46 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 47 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 48 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 49
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50* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
51
52* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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54* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
55* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
56
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57* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
58
81429136 59* timesyncd - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
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61* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
62
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63* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
64
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65* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
66
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67* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
68
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69* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
70
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71* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
72 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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74* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
75
f598ac3e 76* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
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78* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
79
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80* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
81
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82* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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84* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
85
86* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
87
6a3f892a 88* gpt-auto-generator:
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89 - Support LUKS for root devices
90 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 91 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 92
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93* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
94 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 95 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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96 the most common operations.
97
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98* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
99 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
100 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 101
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102* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
103
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104* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
105 /proc/$PID/exe
106
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107* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
108 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
109 for ReusePort=
110
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111* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
112 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
113 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
114 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
115 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
116
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117* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
118
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119* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
120 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
121 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
122 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
123 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
124 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
125
ef417cfd 126* completions:
ef417cfd 127 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 128
f38afcd0 129* cgroups:
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130 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
131 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
132 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
133 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
134 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
135 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
136 the hierarchies of child processes
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138* transient units:
139 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
140 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
141 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 142
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143* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
144
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145* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
146
f38afcd0 147* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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149* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
150
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151* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
152
94676f3e 153* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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155* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
156
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157* rfkill,backlight: we probably should run the load tools inside of the udev rules so that the state is properly initialized by the time other software sees it
158
7f79cd71 159* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 160
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161* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
162 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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163 path anyway.
164
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165* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
166
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167* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
168 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 169 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 170
6aaa8c2f 171* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 172
d28315e4 173* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 174
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175* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
176
177* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
178
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179* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
180 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
181
6bb648a1 182* sd-bus:
d28315e4 183 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 184 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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185 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
186 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
187 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 188 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 189 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 190 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 191 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 192 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
ab9716c2 193 - longer term: priority inheritance
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194 - dbus spec updates:
195 - kdbus mapping
196 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
197 - GVariant
bee7e928 198 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 199 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 200 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 201 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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203* sd-event
12179984 204 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
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206* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
207 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
208 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
209
69af4503 210* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 211
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212* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
213 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
214
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215* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
216
217* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
218
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219* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
220
221* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
222
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223* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
224
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225* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
226
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227* test/:
228 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
229 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 230
b5c03638 231* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 232 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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233 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
234 destination.
235
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236* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
237 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
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239* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
240
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241* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
242 need manual exponential loops after all
243
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244* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
245 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
246 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
247 is installed.
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249* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
250 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
251 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
252 that automatically.
253
e5ec62c5 254* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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256* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
257
d28315e4 258* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 259
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260* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
261
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262* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
263
264* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
265
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266* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
267
356ce991 268* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 269
81d112a8 270* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 271
b44be3ec 272* EFI:
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273 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
274 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 275 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 276
c0fe5db5 277* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 278
b44be3ec 279* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 280
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281* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
282 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 284* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 285
b44be3ec 286* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 287
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288* logind:
289 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
290 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
291 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
292 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
293 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 294 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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295 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
296 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
297 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
298 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
299 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
300 needs setuid().
e673ad04 301
b44be3ec 302* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 303
b44be3ec 304* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 305
b44be3ec 306* journal:
c06bf414 307 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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308 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
309 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
310 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 311 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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312 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
313 - journal: reuse XZ context
314 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
315 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
316 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
317 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
318 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
319 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
320 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 321 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
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322 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
323 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 324 - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs.
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325 - journal-send.c, log.c: when the log socket is clogged, and we drop, count this and write a message about this when it gets unclogged again.
326 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
327 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 328 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 329 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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330 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
331 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
332 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
333 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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334 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
335 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 336 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 337 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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338 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
339 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
340 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
341 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
342 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
343 to syslog when it works again.
344 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
345 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
346 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 347 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 348 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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350* document:
8b8f2591 351 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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352 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
353 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 354 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 355 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 356 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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357 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
358 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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359 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
360 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
361 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
362 - man: add more examples to man pages
363 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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365* systemctl:
366 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
367 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
368 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
369 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
370 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
371 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
372 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
373 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 374 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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375 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
376 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
377 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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378 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
379 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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381* unit install:
382 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
383 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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384 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
385 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 387* timer units:
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388 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
389 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
390 o DST changes
eb124a97 391 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 392 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 393 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we will not support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
90e071d1 394 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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396* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
397
398* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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399 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
400 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 401 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 402 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 403 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 404
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405* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
406
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407* If we show an error about a unit (such as not showing up) and it has no Description string, then show a description string generated form the reverse of unit_name_mangle().
408
409* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 410* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 411* fedup: generator
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413* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
414
b44be3ec 415* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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417* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
418 waiting for the timeout
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420* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
421
d28315e4 422* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
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b44be3ec 424* nspawn:
b44be3ec 425 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 426 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 427 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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429* cryptsetup:
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430 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
431 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
432 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 433 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 434
424a19f8 435* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 436 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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438* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
439
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440* make timer units go away after they elapsed
441
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442* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
443
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444* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
445
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446* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
447
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448* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
449
68f16003 450* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 451
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452* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
453 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 454 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 455 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 456 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 457 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 458
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459* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
460
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461* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
462
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463* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
464
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465* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
466
88a6c589 467* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 468
9946996c 469* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 470 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 471
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472* introduce Type=pid-file
473
59cea26a 474* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 475
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476* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
477
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478* automount: implement expire:
479 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
480 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
481 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
482 - blocking, needs a thread
483 - run until -EAGAIN
484 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
485 - call umount
486 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
487 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 488
e01a15b7 489* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 490
abd55b16 491* udev:
3f60bcb5 492 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 493 - move to LGPL
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495 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 496 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 497
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498* when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
499
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500* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
501
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502* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
503
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504* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
505
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506* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
507
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508* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
509
510* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
511
70a44afe 512* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 513
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514* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
515 needs to be auto-respawned?
516
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517* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
518
f38afcd0 519* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 520 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 521
d28315e4 522* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 523
7f8aa671 524* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 525
d3c7d7dd 526* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 527
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528* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
529 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
530
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532
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533* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
534 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
535
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536* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
537
7c697168 538* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 539
71092d70 540* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 541
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542* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
543 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
544 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
545
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547 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
548
71092d70 549* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 550
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551* readahead:
552 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
553 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
554 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
555 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
556 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 557
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558* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
559
68c7d001 560* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 561 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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562 - enabling dbus services
563 - status update
7a2a0b90 564 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 565 - remote access
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566 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
567 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 568 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 569 - auto-restart
e707c494 570 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 571 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 572 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 573 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 574 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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575 - calendar time events
576 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
577 - how to create your own target
578 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
579 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 580
44143309 581* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 582
260abb78 583* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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585* Support --test based on current system state
586
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587* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
588
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589* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
590
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591* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
592
71092d70 593* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 594
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596
7ba97195 597* systemd-python:
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599 works with ^C
b04c8c83 600 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 601
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603 - plot per-process IO utilization
604 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
605 - document initcall_debug
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606 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
607
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609 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
610 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
611 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 612 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 613
88e4d1d7 614* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 615 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 616 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 617
0a4b9a07 618* networkd:
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620 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 621 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 622 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 623 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 624 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
c9467d65 625 - default to DHCP unicast, but make broadcast opt-in. detect devices that needs broadcast and opt-in automatically (needs kernel patch?)
8477107d 626 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 627 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 628 - add support for more bond options
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631 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
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ac976532 633* dhcp:
424a8732 634 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
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636 - FORCERENEW
99f9dd8d 637 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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639* dhcp6:
640 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
641 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
642 - write more test cases
643 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
644 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
645 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
646 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
647 - implement elapsed time option
648 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
649 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
650 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
651 or interface down
652 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
653 this behavior
654
2f8cd170 655External:
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cc9784c6 657* dbus:
3377af3e 658 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 659 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 660
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661* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
662
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663* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
664
9096ad36 665* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 666
71092d70 667* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 671* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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673* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
674
675* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
676
677* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
678
d2bbca68 679* fedora: suggest auto-restart on failure, but not on success and not on coredump. also, ask people to think about changing the start limit logic. Also point people to RestartPreventExitStatus=, SuccessExitStatus=
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681* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
682
683* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 684
4641a16b 685* fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
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688
129126f3 689Regularly:
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129126f3 691* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 692
129126f3 693* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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695* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 699* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 700
4db17f29 701* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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704
9e5f3dbb 705Scheduled for removal or fixing:
a3a3e5b6 706
9e5f3dbb 707* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)