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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
23
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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
27
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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36* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
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38* remove Capabilities=, after all AmbientCapabilities= and CapabilityBoundingSet= should be enough.
39
40* support for the new copy_file_range() syscall
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42* add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
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44* coredump logic should use prlimit() to query RLIMIT_CORE of the dumpee and honour it
45
46* Add a MaxRuntimeSec= setting for service units (or units in general) to terminate units after they ran for a certain
47 amount of time
48
49* Maybe add a way how users can "pin" units into memory, so that they are not subject to automatic GC?
50
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51* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
52 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
53
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54* add an explicit parser for LimitNICE= and LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
55 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
56 specifications. Also, for LimitNICE= maybe introduce a syntax such
57 as "+5" or "-7" in order to make the limits more readable as they
58 are otherwise shifted by 20.
59
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60* do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
61
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62* when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
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06ce859b 64* push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
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66* add a new command "systemctl revert" or so, that removes all dropin
67 snippets in /run and /etc, and all unit files with counterparts in
68 /usr, and thus undoes what "systemctl set-property" and "systemctl
69 edit" create. Maybe even add "systemctl revert -a" to do this for
70 all units.
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72* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
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74* consider throwing a warning if a service declares it wants to be "Before=" a .device unit.
75
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76* "systemctl edit" should know a mode to create a new unit file
77
78* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
79 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
80 prefixed with /sys generally special.
81 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
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83* man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
84
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85* install: include generator dirs in unit file search paths
86
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87* rework C11 utf8.[ch] to use char32_t instead of uint32_t when referring
88 to unicode chars, to make things more expressive.
89
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90* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
91
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92* docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
93
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94* mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
95 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
96 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
97
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98* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
99 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
100 state.
101 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
102
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103* Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
104 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
105
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106* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
107 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
108 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
109 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
110 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
111
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112* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
113 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
114
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115* Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
116
39609489 117* implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
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119* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
120
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121* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
122
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123* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
124
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125* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
126 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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128* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
129 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
130 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
131 do, for example)
132
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133* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
134 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
135
136* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
137 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
138
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139* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
140
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141* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
142
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143* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
144
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145* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
146 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
147 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
148 returning from the "systemctl stop".
149
b568ef14 150* 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 151
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152* add infrastructure to allocate dynamic/transient users and UID ranges, for use in user-namespaced containers, per-seat gdm login screens and gdm guest sessions
153
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154* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
155
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156* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
157
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158* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
159
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160* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
161
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162* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
163 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
164
25e773ee 165* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 166
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167* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
168
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169* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
170
279f0366 171* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 172
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173* systemctl edit:
174- allow creation of units from scratch
175- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
176 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
202aea45 177
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178* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
179
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180* timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
181
68685607 182* extract_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
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183 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
184 parsing callbacks should use it.
185
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186* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
187
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188* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
189 units are shown.
190
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191* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
192 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
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9d6db739 194* resolved:
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195 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
196 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 197 - DNSSEC
ff3d6560 198 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
22505924 199 - synthesize negative cache entries from NSEC/NSEC3 and drop explicit negative caching of authenticated answers
9d6db739 200 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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201 - mDNS RR resolving
202 - service registration
203 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 204 - avahi compat
9d6db739 205 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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206 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
207 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
208 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
ccc3e8a1 209 - add API so NM can push DNS server info into resolved
3f77a1b1 210
e25b5a8d 211* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
e2a69298 212
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213* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
214
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215* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
216
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 $container_headless= or so...
224
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225* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
226
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227* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
228
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229* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
230 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 231
f598ac3e 232* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 233
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234* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
235
6a3f892a 236* gpt-auto-generator:
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237 - Support LUKS for root devices
238 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 239 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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241* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
242 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
243 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 244
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245* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
246
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247* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
248 /proc/$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=
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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
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260* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
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
268
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
6fd4d020 291
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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
0aafd43d 295
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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
301
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.
312
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
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333 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
334 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
335 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
336 253 messages)
b568ef14 337 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 338 - 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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340* sd-event
12179984 341 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 342 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
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343 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
344 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
345 - maybe add support for inotify events
eb01ba5d 346
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347* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
348 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
349 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
350
69af4503 351* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 352
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353* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
354 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
355
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356* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
357
358* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
359
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360* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
361
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362* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
363
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364* test/:
365 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
366 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 367
b5c03638 368* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 369 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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370 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
371 destination.
372
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373* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
374 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
375
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376* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
377
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378* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
379 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
380 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
381 is installed.
795607b2 382
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383* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
384 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
385 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
386 that automatically.
387
e5ec62c5 388* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 389
d28315e4 390* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 391
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392* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
393
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394* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
395
356ce991 396* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 397
81d112a8 398* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 399
b44be3ec 400* EFI:
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401 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
402 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 403 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 404
c0fe5db5 405* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 406
b44be3ec 407* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 408
b44be3ec 409* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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411* logind:
412 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
413 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
414 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
415 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
416 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 417 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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418 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
419 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
420 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
421 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
422 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
423 needs setuid().
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424 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
425 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
426 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
427 complete.
428 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
429 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
430 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
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431 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
432 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
433 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
434 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 435 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
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436 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
437 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
438 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
439 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
440 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
441 relogins
e673ad04 442
b44be3ec 443* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 444
b44be3ec 445* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 446
b44be3ec 447* journal:
57f2a947 448 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 449 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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450 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
451 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
452 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 453 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 454 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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455 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
456 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
457 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
458 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
459 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
460 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
461 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 462 - 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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463 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
464 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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465 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
466 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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467 - 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.
468 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
469 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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470 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
471 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
472 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
473 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 474 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 475 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 476 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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477 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
478 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
479 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
480 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
481 to syslog when it works again.
482 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
483 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
484 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 485 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 486 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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487 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
488 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
489 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
490 journals in.
491 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
492 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
493 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
494 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
495 the most common operations.
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496 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
497 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
498 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
499 - systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
500 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
501 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
502 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
503 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
504 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
505 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
506 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
507 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
508 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
509 operation.
510 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
511 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
512 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
513 binary logs data
514 - change journalctl -M to acquire fd to journal directory via machined, and
515 then operate on that via openat() instead of absolute paths
516 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
517 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
518 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
519 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
520 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
521 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
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523* document:
8b8f2591 524 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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525 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
526 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 527 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 528 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 529 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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530 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
531 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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532 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
533 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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534 - man: add more examples to man pages
535 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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537* systemctl:
538 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
539 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
540 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
541 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
542 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
543 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
544 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
545 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 546 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 547 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
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548 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
549 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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551* unit install:
552 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
553 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 554 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 555
b44be3ec 556* timer units:
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557 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
558 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
559 o DST changes
eb124a97 560 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 561 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
90e071d1 562 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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564* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
565
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566* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
567
b44be3ec 568* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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570* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
571 waiting for the timeout
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573* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
574
d28315e4 575* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 576
b44be3ec 577* nspawn:
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578 - to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
579 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
580 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
581 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty
582 /etc/machine-id (not OK).
583 - nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
584 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
585 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
586 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
587 from the kernel's logs.
588 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
589 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
590 interface be missing
591 - don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in
592 shared-network mode
593 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
594 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
595 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
596 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
597 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
598 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
599 PID 1...
600 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
601 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
602 running, remove them when shut down.
603 - add a logic for cleaning up read-only, hidden container images in
604 /var/lib/machines that are not ancestors of any non-hidden containers
605 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
606 directory
607 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
608 is used
609
610* machined:
611 - "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP
612 addresses
613 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
614 removed or added to an existing machine
615 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
616 difference host, via ssh
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617 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
618 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
619 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
620 question
621 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
622 machine-info data (including deployment level)
623 - "machinectl history"
624 - "machinectl diff"
625 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
626 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
627
628* importd:
e25b5a8d 629 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
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631* cryptsetup:
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632 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
633 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
634 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 635 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 636
424a19f8 637* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 638 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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640* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
641
68f16003 642* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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644* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
645
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646* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
647
88a6c589 648* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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abd55b16 650* udev:
abd55b16 651 - move to LGPL
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653 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 654 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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656* 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
657
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658* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
659
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660* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
661
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662* coredump:
663 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
664 - move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
665 - make the handler check /proc/$PID/rlimits for RLIMIT_CORE,
666 and supress coredump if turned off. Then change RLIMIT_CORE to
667 infinity by default for all services. This then allows per-service
668 control of coredumping.
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670* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
671
70a44afe 672* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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674* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
675 needs to be auto-respawned?
676
f38afcd0 677* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 678 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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680 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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681 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
682 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
683 calls follow symlinks.
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685* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
686
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687* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
688 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
689 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
690
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691* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
692 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
693
71092d70 694* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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68c7d001 696* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 697 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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698 - enabling dbus services
699 - status update
7a2a0b90 700 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 701 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 702 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 703 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 704 - auto-restart
e707c494 705 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 706 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 707 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 708 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 709 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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710 - calendar time events
711 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
712 - how to create your own target
713 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
714 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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716* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
717
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718* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
719
71092d70 720* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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722* pid1:
723 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
724 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
725 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
726 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
727 that are not supported...
728 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
729 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
730 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
731 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
732 - GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
733 - move PAM code into its own binary
734 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
735 - for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
736 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
737 - Support --test based on current system state
738 - 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().
739 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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740 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
741 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
742 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
743 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
744 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
745 but much rather a disconnect on success.
746 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
747 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
748
749* unit files:
750 - allow port=0 in .socket units
751 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
752 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
753 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
754 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
755 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
756 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
757 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
758 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
759 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
760 - introduce Type=pid-file
761 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
762 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
763 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
764 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
765 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
766 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
767
7ba97195 768* systemd-python:
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770 works with ^C
b04c8c83 771 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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774 - plot per-process IO utilization
775 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
776 - document initcall_debug
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777 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
778
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779* udev-link-config:
780 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
781 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
782 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 783 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 784
88e4d1d7 785* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 786 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 787 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 788
0a4b9a07 789* networkd:
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790 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
791 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 792 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 793 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 794 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 795 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 796 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
a8eaaee7 797 - work with non-Ethernet devices
c9fa3670 798 - add support for more bond options
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799 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
800 - add LLDP client side support
801 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
802 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
803 - expose in the API the following bits:
804 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
805 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
806 - option 123, 144, geolocation
807 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
808 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
809 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
810 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
811 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
812 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
813 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
814 - support configuration option for TSO (tcp segmentation offload)
815 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
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818 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 819
ac976532 820* dhcp:
424a8732 821 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
99f9dd8d 822 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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825 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
826 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
827 - write more test cases
37d8b536 828 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 829 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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830 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
831 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
832 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
833 or interface down
834 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
835 this behavior
836
2f8cd170 837External:
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cc9784c6 839* dbus:
3377af3e 840 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 841 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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844
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845* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
846
9096ad36 847* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 848
71092d70 849* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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852
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853* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
854
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855* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
856
d2bbca68 857* 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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859* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
860
861* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 862
4641a16b 863* 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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865* register catalog database signature as file magic
866
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867* zsh shell completion:
868 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 869 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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2c12a402 871
129126f3 872Regularly:
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129126f3 874* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 875
129126f3 876* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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878* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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880* pahole
881
d28315e4 882* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 883
4db17f29 884* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 885
d05c556b 886* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields