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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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5* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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8adaf7bd 9* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_extract:
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11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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15* When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
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f38afcd0 18External:
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f38afcd0 20* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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22* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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24Janitorial Clean-ups:
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26* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to extract_first_word() loops instead
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28* replace manual readdir() loops with FOREACH_DIRENT or FOREACH_DIRENT_ALL
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30* Get rid of the last strerror() invocations in favour of %m and strerror_r()
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32* Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
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fd6c2363 34Features:
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e40a326c 36* IAID field must move from [Link] to [DHCP] section in .network files
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e40a326c 38* make sure the ratelimit object can deal with USEC_INFINITY as way to turn off things
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40* journalctl: make sure -f ends when the container indicated by -M terminates
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42* rework fopen_temporary() to make use of open_tmpfile_linkable() (problem: the
43 kernel doesn't support linkat() that replaces existing files, currently)
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45* check if DeviceAllow= should split first, resolve specifiers later
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47* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
48 reload the unit file anyway
49
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50* make sure resolved can be restarted without losing pushed-in dns config
51
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52* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
53 from the SIGBUS handler
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1e555cb5 55* when using UTF8, ellipsize with "…" rather than "...", so that we can show more contents before truncating
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57* move specifier expansion from service_spawn() into load-fragment.c
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59* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
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c8349594 61* resolved: maybe, after all, implement local listening for DNS packets on port
1e555cb5 62 127.0.0.53:53.
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64* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
65 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
66
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67* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
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69* add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
70
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71* Maybe add a way how users can "pin" units into memory, so that they are not subject to automatic GC?
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73* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
74 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
75
f9bf1b8f 76* add an explicit parser for LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
de7399eb 77 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
f9bf1b8f 78 specifications.
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80* do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
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82* when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
83
06ce859b 84* push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
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86* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
87
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88* consider throwing a warning if a service declares it wants to be "Before=" a .device unit.
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90* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
91 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
92 prefixed with /sys generally special.
93 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
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95* man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
96
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97* install: include generator dirs in unit file search paths
98
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99* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
100
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101* docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
102
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103* mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
104 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
105 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
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107* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
108 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
109 state.
110 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
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112* Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
113 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
114
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115* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
116 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
117 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
118 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
119 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
120
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121* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
122 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
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124* Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
125
39609489 126* implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
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128* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
129
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130* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
131
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132* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
133
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134* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
135 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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137* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
138 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
139 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
140 do, for example)
141
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142* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
143 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
144
145* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
146 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
147
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148* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
149
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150* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
151
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152* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
153 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
154 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
155 returning from the "systemctl stop".
156
b568ef14 157* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
c2d5b3c9 158
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159* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
160
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161* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
162
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163* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
164
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165* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
166
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167* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
168 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
169
25e773ee 170* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 171
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172* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
173
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174* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
175
279f0366 176* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 177
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178* systemctl edit:
179- allow creation of units from scratch
180- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
181 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
202aea45 182
720652b3 183* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 184
720652b3 185* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
e25b5a8d 186
68685607 187* extract_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
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188 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
189 parsing callbacks should use it.
190
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191* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
192
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193* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
194 units are shown.
195
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196* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
197 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
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9d6db739 199* resolved:
9d6db739 200 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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201 - service registration
202 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 203 - avahi compat
9d6db739 204 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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205 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
206 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
207 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
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208 - enable DNSSEC by default
209 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3f77a1b1 210
e25b5a8d 211* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
e2a69298 212
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213* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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215* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
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a01647e5 217* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 218 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 219 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
a01647e5 220
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221* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
222
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223* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
224
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225* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
226
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227* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
228
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229* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
230 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 231
f598ac3e 232* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 233
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234* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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6a3f892a 236* gpt-auto-generator:
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237 - Support LUKS for root devices
238 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 239 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 240
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241* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
242 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
243 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 244
f9bf1b8f 245* MessageQueueMessageSize= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
eda8f067 246
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247* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
248 /proc/$PID/exe
249
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250* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
251 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
252 for ReusePort=
253
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254* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
255 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
256 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
257 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
258 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
259
6809de5b 260* New service property: maximum CPU runtime for a service
47c94a96 261
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262* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
263 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
264 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
265 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
266 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
267 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
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f38afcd0 269* cgroups:
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270 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
271 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
272 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
273 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
274 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
275 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
276 the hierarchies of child processes
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f38afcd0 278* transient units:
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279 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
280 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 281
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282* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
283
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284* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
285
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286* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
287
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288* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
289
94676f3e 290* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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292* 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
293
7f79cd71 294* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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296* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
297 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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298 path anyway.
299
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300* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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6aaa8c2f 302* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 303
d28315e4 304* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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306* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
307
308* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
309
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310* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
311 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
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6bb648a1 313* sd-bus:
0d43ffef 314 - EBADSLT handling
fa607802 315 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
d0928791 316 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
7212c608 317 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 318 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 319 - see if we can introduce a new sd_bus_get_owner_machine_id() call to retrieve the machine ID of the machine of the bus itself
d28315e4 320 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
f38afcd0 321 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 322 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 323 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 324 - 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 325 - longer term: priority inheritance
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326 - dbus spec updates:
327 - kdbus mapping
328 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
329 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 330 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 331 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 332 - test bloom filter generation indexes
b568ef14 333 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 334 - kdbus: add counter for refused unicast messages that is passed out via the RECV ioctl. SImilar to the counter for dropped multicast messages we already have.
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336* sd-event
12179984 337 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 338 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
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339 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
340 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
341 - maybe add support for inotify events
eb01ba5d 342
69af4503 343* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 344
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345* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
346 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
347
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348* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
349
350* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
351
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352* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
353
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354* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
355
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356* test/:
357 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
358 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 359
b5c03638 360* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 361 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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362 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
363 destination.
364
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365* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
366 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
367
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368* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
369
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370* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
371 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
372 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
373 is installed.
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375* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
376 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
377 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
378 that automatically.
379
e5ec62c5 380* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 381
ccddd104 382* remove any syslog support from log.c — we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 383
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384* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
385
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386* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
387
356ce991 388* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 389
81d112a8 390* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 391
b44be3ec 392* EFI:
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393 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
394 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 395 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 396
c0fe5db5 397* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 398
b44be3ec 399* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 400
b44be3ec 401* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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403* logind:
404 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
405 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
406 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
407 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
408 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 409 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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410 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
411 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
412 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
413 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
414 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
415 needs setuid().
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416 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
417 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
418 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
419 complete.
420 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
421 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
422 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
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423 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
424 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
425 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
426 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 427 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
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428 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
429 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
430 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
431 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
432 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
433 relogins
e673ad04 434
b44be3ec 435* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 436
b44be3ec 437* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 438
b44be3ec 439* journal:
57f2a947 440 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 441 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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442 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
443 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
444 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 445 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 446 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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447 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
448 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
449 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
450 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
451 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
452 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
453 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 454 - 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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455 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
456 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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457 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
458 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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459 - 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.
460 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
461 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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462 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
463 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
464 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
465 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 466 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 467 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 468 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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469 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
470 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
471 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
472 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
473 to syslog when it works again.
474 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
475 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
476 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 477 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 478 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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479 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
480 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
481 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
482 journals in.
483 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
484 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
485 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
486 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
487 the most common operations.
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488 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
489 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
490 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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491 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
492 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
493 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
494 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
495 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
496 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
497 operation.
498 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
499 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
500 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
501 binary logs data
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502 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
503 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
504 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
505 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
506 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
507 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
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509* document:
8b8f2591 510 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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511 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
512 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 513 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 514 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 515 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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516 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
517 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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518 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
519 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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520 - man: add more examples to man pages
521 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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523* systemctl:
524 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
525 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
526 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
527 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
528 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
529 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
530 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
531 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 532 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 533 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
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534 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
535 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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537* unit install:
538 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
539 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
8b04b925 540
b44be3ec 541* timer units:
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542 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
543 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
544 o DST changes
eb124a97 545 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 546 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
90e071d1 547 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 548
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549* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
550
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551* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
552
b44be3ec 553* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 554
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555* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
556 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 557
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558* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
559
d28315e4 560* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 561
b44be3ec 562* nspawn:
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563 - to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
564 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
565 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
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566 - nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
567 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
568 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
569 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
570 from the kernel's logs.
571 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
572 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
573 interface be missing
574 - don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in
575 shared-network mode
576 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
577 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
578 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
579 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
580 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
581 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
582 PID 1...
583 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
584 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
585 running, remove them when shut down.
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586 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
587 directory
588 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
589 is used
590
591* machined:
592 - "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP
593 addresses
594 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
595 removed or added to an existing machine
596 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
597 difference host, via ssh
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598 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
599 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
600 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
601 question
602 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
603 machine-info data (including deployment level)
604 - "machinectl history"
605 - "machinectl diff"
606 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
607 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
608
609* importd:
e25b5a8d 610 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
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612* cryptsetup:
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613 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
614 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
615 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 616 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 617
424a19f8 618* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 619 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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621* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
622
68f16003 623* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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625* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
626
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627* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
628
abd55b16 629* udev:
abd55b16 630 - move to LGPL
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631 - kill scsi_id
632 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 633 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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635* 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
636
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637* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
638
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639* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
640
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641* coredump:
642 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
643 - move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
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645* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
646
70a44afe 647* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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649* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
650 needs to be auto-respawned?
651
f38afcd0 652* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 653 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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655 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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656 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
657 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
658 calls follow symlinks.
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660* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
661
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662* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
663 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
664 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
665
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666* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
667 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
668
71092d70 669* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 670
68c7d001 671* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 672 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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673 - enabling dbus services
674 - status update
7a2a0b90 675 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 676 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 677 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 678 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 679 - auto-restart
e707c494 680 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 681 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 682 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 683 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 684 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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685 - calendar time events
686 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
687 - how to create your own target
688 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
689 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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691* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
692
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693* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
694
71092d70 695* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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697* pid1:
698 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
699 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
700 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
701 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
702 that are not supported...
703 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
704 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
705 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
706 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
707 - GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
708 - move PAM code into its own binary
709 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
710 - for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
711 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
712 - Support --test based on current system state
713 - 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().
714 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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715 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
716 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
717 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
718 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
719 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
720 but much rather a disconnect on success.
721 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
722 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
723
724* unit files:
725 - allow port=0 in .socket units
726 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
727 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
728 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
729 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
730 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
731 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
732 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
733 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
734 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
735 - introduce Type=pid-file
736 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
737 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
738 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
739 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
740 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
741 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
742
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743* udev-link-config:
744 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
745 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
746 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 747 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
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88e4d1d7 749* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 750 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 751 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 752
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754 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
755 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 756 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 757 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 758 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 759 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 760 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
a8eaaee7 761 - work with non-Ethernet devices
c9fa3670 762 - add support for more bond options
e25b5a8d 763 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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764 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
765 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
766 - expose in the API the following bits:
767 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
768 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
769 - option 123, 144, geolocation
770 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
771 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
772 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
773 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
774 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
775 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
776 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
777 - support configuration option for TSO (tcp segmentation offload)
778 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
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780* networkd-wait-online:
781 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 782
ac976532 783* dhcp:
424a8732 784 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
99f9dd8d 785 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 786
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787* dhcp6:
788 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
789 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
790 - write more test cases
37d8b536 791 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 792 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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793 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
794 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
795 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
796 or interface down
797 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
798 this behavior
799
2f8cd170 800External:
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cc9784c6 802* dbus:
3377af3e 803 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 804 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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806* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
807
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808* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
809
9096ad36 810* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 811
71092d70 812* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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814* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
815
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816* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
817
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818* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
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d2bbca68 820* 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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822* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
823
824* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 825
4641a16b 826* 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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829
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830* zsh shell completion:
831 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 832 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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2c12a402 834
129126f3 835Regularly:
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129126f3 837* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 838
129126f3 839* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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841* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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843* pahole
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d28315e4 845* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 846
4db17f29 847* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 848
d05c556b 849* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields