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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
d19e85f0 13After killing 'systemd --user', systemctl restart user@... fails.
afea8d38 14/run/user/1000/systemd/notify has to be removed manually.
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16ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
17
18 [Service]
19 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
20 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
21
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22MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the commandline.
23str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
24report the failure properly.
25
26
f38afcd0 27External:
f38afcd0 28* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 29
f38afcd0 30* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 31
81429136 32* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 33
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34* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
35
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36* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
37
38* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
39 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
40
81429136 41Features:
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43* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
44
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45* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
46
47* systemctl isolate should use ".target" as completion suffix, not ".service"
48
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49* bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
50 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
51 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
52 253 messages)
53
54* check for validity of ucred fields in bus-proxy, like we do in journald
55
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56* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231
57
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58* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
59
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60* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
61
62* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
63
64* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
65
66* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
67
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68* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
69
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70* 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...
71
72* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
73
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74* remove multi-seat-x now
75
76* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
77
78* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
79
d74f9e8e 80* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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81 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
82 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
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84* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
85 journals in.
86
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87* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
88
89* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
90 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
91 parsing callbacks should use it.
92
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93* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
94 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
95 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
96 complete.
97
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98* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
99
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100* remove readahead in 217
101
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102* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
103
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104* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
105 units are shown.
106
b873d33e 107* networkd:
d61bb44a 108 - add LLDP client side support
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109 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
110 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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111 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
112 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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113 - expose in the API the following bits:
114 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
115 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
116 - option 100, 101, timezone
117 - option 123, 144, geolocation
118 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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119 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
120 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
121 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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122 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
123 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 124
9d6db739 125* resolved:
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126 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
127 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 128 - DNSSEC
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129 - use base64 for key presentation?
130 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 131 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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132 - DNS
133 - search paths
9d6db739 134 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 135 - avahi compat
9d6db739 136 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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137 - edns0
138 - dname
b6b63571 139 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 140
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141* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
142 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
143 pull-in the policy.
144
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145* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
146
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147* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
148
fed515f0 149* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
22981162 150
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151* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
152
a01647e5 153* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 154 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 155 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 156 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 157
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158* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
159
160* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
161
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162* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
163
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164* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
165
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166* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
167
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168* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
169
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170* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
171
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172* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
173 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 174
f598ac3e 175* 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 176
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177* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
178
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179* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
180
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181* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
182
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183* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
184
185* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
186
6a3f892a 187* gpt-auto-generator:
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188 - Support LUKS for root devices
189 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 190 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 191
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192* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
193 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 194 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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195 the most common operations.
196
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197* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
198 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
199 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 200
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201* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
202
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203* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
204 /proc/$PID/exe
205
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206* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
207 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
208 for ReusePort=
209
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210* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
211 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
212 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
213 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
214 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
215
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216* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
217
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218* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
219 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
220 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
221 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
222 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
223 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
224
ef417cfd 225* completions:
ef417cfd 226 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 227
f38afcd0 228* cgroups:
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229 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
230 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
231 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
232 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
233 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
234 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
235 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 236
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237* transient units:
238 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
239 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
240 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 241
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242* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
243
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244* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
245
f38afcd0 246* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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248* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
249
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250* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
251
94676f3e 252* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 253
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254* 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
255
7f79cd71 256* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 257
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258* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
259 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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260 path anyway.
261
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262* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
263
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264* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
265 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 266 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 267
6aaa8c2f 268* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 269
d28315e4 270* 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 271
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272* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
273
274* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
275
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276* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
277 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
278
6bb648a1 279* sd-bus:
d28315e4 280 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 281 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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282 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
283 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
284 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 285 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 286 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 287 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 288 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 289 - 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 290 - longer term: priority inheritance
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291 - dbus spec updates:
292 - kdbus mapping
293 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
294 - GVariant
bee7e928 295 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 296 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 297 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 298 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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300* sd-event
12179984 301 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 302 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
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304* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
305 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
306 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
307
69af4503 308* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 309
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310* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
311 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
312
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313* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
314
315* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
316
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317* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
318
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319* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
320
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321* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
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324 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
325 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 326
b5c03638 327* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 328 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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329 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
330 destination.
331
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332* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
333 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
334
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335* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
336
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337* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
338 need manual exponential loops after all
339
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340* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
341 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
342 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
343 is installed.
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345* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
346 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
347 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
348 that automatically.
349
e5ec62c5 350* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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352* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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d28315e4 354* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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356* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
357
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358* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
359
360* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
361
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362* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
363
356ce991 364* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 365
81d112a8 366* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 367
b44be3ec 368* EFI:
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369 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
370 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 371 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 372
c0fe5db5 373* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 374
b44be3ec 375* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 376
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377* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
378 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 380* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 381
b44be3ec 382* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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384* logind:
385 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
386 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
387 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
388 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
389 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 390 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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391 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
392 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
393 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
394 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
395 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
396 needs setuid().
e673ad04 397
b44be3ec 398* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 399
b44be3ec 400* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 402* journal:
c06bf414 403 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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404 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
405 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
406 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 407 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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408 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
409 - journal: reuse XZ context
410 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
411 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
412 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
413 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
414 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
415 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
416 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 417 - 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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418 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
419 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 420 - 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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421 - 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.
422 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
423 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 424 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 425 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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426 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
427 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
428 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
429 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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430 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
431 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 432 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 433 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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434 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
435 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
436 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
437 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
438 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
439 to syslog when it works again.
440 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
441 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
442 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 443 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 444 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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446* document:
8b8f2591 447 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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448 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
449 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 450 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 451 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 452 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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453 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
454 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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455 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
456 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
457 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
458 - man: add more examples to man pages
459 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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461* systemctl:
462 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
463 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
464 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
465 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
466 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
467 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
468 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
469 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 470 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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471 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
472 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
473 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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474 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
475 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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477* unit install:
478 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
479 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 480 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 481
b44be3ec 482* timer units:
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483 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
484 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
485 o DST changes
eb124a97 486 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 487 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 488 - 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 489 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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491* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
492
493* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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494 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
495 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 496 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 497 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 498 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 499
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500* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
501
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502* 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().
503
504* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 505* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 506* fedup: generator
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508* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
509
b44be3ec 510* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 511
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512* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
513 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 514
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515* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
516
d28315e4 517* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 518
b44be3ec 519* nspawn:
b44be3ec 520 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 521 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 522 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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524* cryptsetup:
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525 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
526 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
527 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 528 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 529
424a19f8 530* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 531 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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533* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
534
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535* make timer units go away after they elapsed
536
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537* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
538
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539* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
540
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541* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
542
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543* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
544
68f16003 545* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 546
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547* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
548 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 549 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 550 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 551 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 552 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 553
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554* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
555
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556* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
557
88a6c589 558* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 559
9946996c 560* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 561 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 562
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563* introduce Type=pid-file
564
59cea26a 565* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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567* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
568
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569* automount: implement expire:
570 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
571 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
572 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
573 - blocking, needs a thread
574 - run until -EAGAIN
575 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
576 - call umount
577 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
578 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 579
e01a15b7 580* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 581
abd55b16 582* udev:
abd55b16 583 - move to LGPL
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584 - kill scsi_id
585 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 586 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 587
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588* 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
589
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590* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
591
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592* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
593
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594* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
595
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596* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
597
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598* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
599
600* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
601
70a44afe 602* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 603
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604* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
605 needs to be auto-respawned?
606
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607* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
608
f38afcd0 609* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 610 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 611
d28315e4 612* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 613
7f8aa671 614* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 615
d3c7d7dd 616* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 617
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618* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
619 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
620
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621* move PAM code into its own binary
622
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623* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
624 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
625
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626* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
627
55cdcbac 628* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 629
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630* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
631 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
632 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
633
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634* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
635 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
636
71092d70 637* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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639* readahead:
640 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
641 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
642 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
643 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
644 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 645
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646* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
647
68c7d001 648* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 649 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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650 - enabling dbus services
651 - status update
7a2a0b90 652 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 653 - remote access
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654 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
655 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 656 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 657 - auto-restart
e707c494 658 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 659 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 660 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 661 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 662 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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663 - calendar time events
664 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
665 - how to create your own target
666 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
667 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 668
44143309 669* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 670
260abb78 671* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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673* Support --test based on current system state
674
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675* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
676
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677* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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679* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
680
71092d70 681* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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683* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
684
7ba97195 685* systemd-python:
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687 works with ^C
b04c8c83 688 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 689
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690* bootchart:
691 - plot per-process IO utilization
692 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
693 - document initcall_debug
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694 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
695
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696* udev-link-config:
697 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
698 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
699 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 700 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 701
88e4d1d7 702* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 703 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 704 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 705
0a4b9a07 706* networkd:
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707 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
708 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 709 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 710 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 711 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 712 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 713 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 714 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 715 - add support for more bond options
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717* networkd-wait-online:
718 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 719
ac976532 720* dhcp:
424a8732 721 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 722 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 723 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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725* dhcp6:
726 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
727 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
728 - write more test cases
729 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
730 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
731 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
732 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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733 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
734 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
735 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
736 or interface down
737 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
738 this behavior
739
2f8cd170 740External:
74fe1fe3 741
cc9784c6 742* dbus:
3377af3e 743 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 744 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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747
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748* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
749
9096ad36 750* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 751
71092d70 752* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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754* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
755
d28315e4 756* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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758* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
759
760* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
761
762* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
763
d2bbca68 764* 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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766* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
767
768* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 769
4641a16b 770* 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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772* register catalog database signature as file magic
773
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774* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
775 does not
776
129126f3 777Regularly:
874aa2cc 778
129126f3 779* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 780
129126f3 781* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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783* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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785* pahole
786
d28315e4 787* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 788
4db17f29 789* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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791* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
792
9e5f3dbb 793Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 795* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)