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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.
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13After killing 'systemd --user', systemctl restart user@... fails.
14
15ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
16
17 [Service]
18 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
19 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
20
f38afcd0 21External:
f38afcd0 22* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 23
f38afcd0 24* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 25
81429136 26* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 27
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28* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
29
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30* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
31
32* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
33 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
34
81429136 35Features:
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37* bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
38 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
39 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
40 253 messages)
41
42* check for validity of ucred fields in bus-proxy, like we do in journald
43
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44* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231
45
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46* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
47
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48* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
49
50* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
51
52* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
53
54* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
55
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56* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
57
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58* dbus: add new message hdr field for allowing interactive auth, write spec for it. update dbus spec to mandate that unknown flags *must* be ignored...
59
60* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
61
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62* remove multi-seat-x now
63
64* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
65
66* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
67
d74f9e8e 68* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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69 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
70 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
d74f9e8e 71
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72* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
73 journals in.
74
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75* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
76
77* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
78 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
79 parsing callbacks should use it.
80
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81* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
82 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
83 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
84 complete.
85
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86* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
87
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88* remove readahead in 217
89
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90* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
91
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92* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
93 units are shown.
94
b873d33e 95* networkd:
d61bb44a 96 - add LLDP client side support
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97 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
98 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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99 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
100 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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101 - expose in the API the following bits:
102 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
103 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
104 - option 100, 101, timezone
105 - option 123, 144, geolocation
106 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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107 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
108 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
109 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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110 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
111 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 112
9d6db739 113* resolved:
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114 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
115 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 116 - DNSSEC
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117 - use base64 for key presentation?
118 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 119 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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120 - DNS
121 - search paths
9d6db739 122 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 123 - avahi compat
9d6db739 124 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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125 - edns0
126 - dname
b6b63571 127 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 128
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129* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
130 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
131 pull-in the policy.
132
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133* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
134
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135* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
136
fed515f0 137* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
22981162 138
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139* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
140
a01647e5 141* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 142 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 143 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 144 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 145
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146* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
147
148* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
149
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150* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
151
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152* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
153
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154* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
155
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156* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
157
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158* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
159
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160* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
161
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162* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
163 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 164
f598ac3e 165* 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 166
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167* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
168
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169* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
170
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171* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
172
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173* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
174
175* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
176
6a3f892a 177* gpt-auto-generator:
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178 - Support LUKS for root devices
179 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 180 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 181
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182* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
183 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 184 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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185 the most common operations.
186
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187* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
188 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
189 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 190
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191* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
192
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193* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
194 /proc/$PID/exe
195
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196* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
197 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
198 for ReusePort=
199
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200* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
201 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
202 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
203 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
204 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
205
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206* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
207
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208* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
209 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
210 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
211 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
212 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
213 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
214
ef417cfd 215* completions:
ef417cfd 216 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 217
f38afcd0 218* cgroups:
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219 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
220 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
221 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
222 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
223 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
224 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
225 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 226
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227* transient units:
228 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
229 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
230 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 231
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232* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
233
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234* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
235
f38afcd0 236* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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238* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
239
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240* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
241
94676f3e 242* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 243
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244* 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
245
7f79cd71 246* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 247
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248* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
249 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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250 path anyway.
251
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252* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
253
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254* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
255 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 256 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 257
6aaa8c2f 258* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 259
d28315e4 260* 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 261
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262* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
263
264* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
265
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266* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
267 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
268
6bb648a1 269* sd-bus:
d28315e4 270 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 271 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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272 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
273 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
274 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 275 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 276 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 277 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 278 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 279 - 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 280 - longer term: priority inheritance
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281 - dbus spec updates:
282 - kdbus mapping
283 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
284 - GVariant
bee7e928 285 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 286 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 287 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 288 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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290* sd-event
12179984 291 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 292 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 293
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294* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
295 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
296 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
297
69af4503 298* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 299
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300* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
301 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
302
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303* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
304
305* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
306
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307* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
308
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309* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
310
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311* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
312
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313* test/:
314 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
315 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 316
b5c03638 317* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 318 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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319 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
320 destination.
321
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322* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
323 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
324
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325* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
326
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327* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
328 need manual exponential loops after all
329
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330* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
331 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
332 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
333 is installed.
795607b2 334
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335* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
336 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
337 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
338 that automatically.
339
e5ec62c5 340* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 341
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342* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
343
d28315e4 344* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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346* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
347
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348* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
349
350* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
351
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352* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
353
356ce991 354* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 355
81d112a8 356* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 357
b44be3ec 358* EFI:
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359 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
360 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 361 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 362
c0fe5db5 363* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 364
b44be3ec 365* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 366
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367* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
368 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 370* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 371
b44be3ec 372* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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374* logind:
375 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
376 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
377 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
378 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
379 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 380 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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381 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
382 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
383 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
384 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
385 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
386 needs setuid().
e673ad04 387
b44be3ec 388* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 389
b44be3ec 390* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 392* journal:
c06bf414 393 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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394 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
395 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
396 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 397 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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398 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
399 - journal: reuse XZ context
400 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
401 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
402 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
403 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
404 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
405 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
406 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 407 - 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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408 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
409 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 410 - 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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411 - 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.
412 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
413 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 414 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 415 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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416 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
417 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
418 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
419 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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420 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
421 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 422 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 423 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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424 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
425 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
426 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
427 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
428 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
429 to syslog when it works again.
430 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
431 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
432 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 433 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 434 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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436* document:
8b8f2591 437 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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438 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
439 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 440 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 441 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 442 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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443 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
444 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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445 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
446 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
447 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
448 - man: add more examples to man pages
449 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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451* systemctl:
452 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
453 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
454 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
455 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
456 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
457 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
458 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
459 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 460 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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461 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
462 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
463 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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464 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
465 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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467* unit install:
468 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
469 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 470 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 471
b44be3ec 472* timer units:
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473 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
474 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
475 o DST changes
eb124a97 476 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 477 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 478 - 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 479 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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481* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
482
483* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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484 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
485 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 486 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 487 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 488 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 489
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490* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
491
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492* 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().
493
494* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 495* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 496* fedup: generator
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498* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
499
b44be3ec 500* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 501
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502* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
503 waiting for the timeout
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505* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
506
d28315e4 507* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 508
b44be3ec 509* nspawn:
b44be3ec 510 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 511 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 512 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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514* cryptsetup:
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515 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
516 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
517 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 518 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 519
424a19f8 520* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 521 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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523* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
524
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525* make timer units go away after they elapsed
526
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527* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
528
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529* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
530
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531* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
532
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533* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
534
68f16003 535* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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537* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
538 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 539 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 540 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 541 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 542 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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544* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
545
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546* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
547
88a6c589 548* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 549
9946996c 550* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 551 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 552
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553* introduce Type=pid-file
554
59cea26a 555* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 556
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557* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
558
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559* automount: implement expire:
560 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
561 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
562 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
563 - blocking, needs a thread
564 - run until -EAGAIN
565 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
566 - call umount
567 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
568 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 569
e01a15b7 570* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 571
abd55b16 572* udev:
abd55b16 573 - move to LGPL
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574 - kill scsi_id
575 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 576 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 577
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578* 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
579
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580* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
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582* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
583
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584* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
585
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586* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
587
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588* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
589
590* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
591
70a44afe 592* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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594* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
595 needs to be auto-respawned?
596
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597* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
598
f38afcd0 599* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 600 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 601
d28315e4 602* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 603
7f8aa671 604* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 605
d3c7d7dd 606* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 607
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608* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
609 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
610
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611* move PAM code into its own binary
612
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613* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
614 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
615
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616* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
617
55cdcbac 618* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 619
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620* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
621 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
622 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
623
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624* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
625 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
626
71092d70 627* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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630 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
631 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
632 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
633 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
634 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 635
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636* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
637
68c7d001 638* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 639 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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640 - enabling dbus services
641 - status update
7a2a0b90 642 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 643 - remote access
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644 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
645 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 646 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 647 - auto-restart
e707c494 648 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 649 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 650 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 651 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 652 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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654 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
655 - how to create your own target
656 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
657 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 658
44143309 659* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 660
260abb78 661* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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663* Support --test based on current system state
664
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665* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
666
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667* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
668
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669* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
670
71092d70 671* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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673* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
674
7ba97195 675* systemd-python:
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677 works with ^C
b04c8c83 678 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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680* bootchart:
681 - plot per-process IO utilization
682 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
683 - document initcall_debug
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684 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
685
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686* udev-link-config:
687 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
688 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
689 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 690 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 691
88e4d1d7 692* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 693 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 694 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 695
0a4b9a07 696* networkd:
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698 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 699 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 700 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 701 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 702 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 703 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 704 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 705 - add support for more bond options
155e8b9a 706
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707* networkd-wait-online:
708 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 709
ac976532 710* dhcp:
424a8732 711 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 712 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 713 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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716 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
717 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
718 - write more test cases
719 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
720 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
721 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
722 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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724 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
725 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
726 or interface down
727 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
728 this behavior
729
2f8cd170 730External:
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cc9784c6 732* dbus:
3377af3e 733 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 734 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 735
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739
9096ad36 740* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 741
71092d70 742* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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744* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
745
d28315e4 746* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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748* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
749
750* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
751
752* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
753
d2bbca68 754* 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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756* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
757
758* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 759
4641a16b 760* 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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765 does not
766
129126f3 767Regularly:
874aa2cc 768
129126f3 769* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 770
129126f3 771* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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773* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 777* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 778
4db17f29 779* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 783Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 785* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)