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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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3* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
4 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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6* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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8* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
9 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
10 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
11
a40593a0 12* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 13
d19e85f0 14After killing 'systemd --user', systemctl restart user@... fails.
afea8d38 15/run/user/1000/systemd/notify has to be removed manually.
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17ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
18
19 [Service]
20 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
21 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
22
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23MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the commandline.
24str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
25report the failure properly.
26
27
f38afcd0 28External:
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
81429136 33* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 34
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35* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
36
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37* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
38
39* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
40 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
41
81429136 42Features:
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44* kdbus: maybe rename "connection name" concept to something that doesn't reuse the word "name"?
45
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46* PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy
47
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48* rework journal-send.c to use memfds for large blobs if they are available instead of unlinked files in /tmp. Also, if we detect that the kernel knows memfds, refuse anything but sealed memfds.
49
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50* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
51
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52* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
53
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54* bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
55 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
56 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
57 253 messages)
58
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59* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231
60
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61* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
62
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63* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
64
65* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
66
67* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
68
69* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
70
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71* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
72
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73* 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...
74
75* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
76
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77* remove multi-seat-x now
78
79* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
80
81* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
82
d74f9e8e 83* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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84 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
85 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
d74f9e8e 86
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87* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
88 journals in.
89
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90* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
91
92* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
93 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
94 parsing callbacks should use it.
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96* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
97 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
98 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
99 complete.
100
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101* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
102
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103* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
104
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105* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
106 units are shown.
107
b873d33e 108* networkd:
d61bb44a 109 - add LLDP client side support
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110 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
111 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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112 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
113 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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114 - expose in the API the following bits:
115 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
116 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
117 - option 100, 101, timezone
118 - option 123, 144, geolocation
119 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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120 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
121 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
122 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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123 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
124 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 125
9d6db739 126* resolved:
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127 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
128 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 129 - DNSSEC
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130 - use base64 for key presentation?
131 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 132 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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133 - DNS
134 - search paths
9d6db739 135 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 136 - avahi compat
9d6db739 137 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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138 - edns0
139 - dname
b6b63571 140 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 141
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142* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
143 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
144 pull-in the policy.
145
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146* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
147
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148* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
149
fed515f0 150* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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152* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
153
a01647e5 154* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 155 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 156 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 157 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 158
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159* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
160
161* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
162
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163* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
164
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165* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
166
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167* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
168
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169* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
170
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171* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
172
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173* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
174 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 175
f598ac3e 176* 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 177
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178* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
179
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180* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
181
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182* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
183
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184* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
185
186* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
187
6a3f892a 188* gpt-auto-generator:
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189 - Support LUKS for root devices
190 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 191 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 192
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193* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
194 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 195 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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196 the most common operations.
197
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198* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
199 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
200 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 201
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202* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
203
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204* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
205 /proc/$PID/exe
206
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207* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
208 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
209 for ReusePort=
210
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211* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
212 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
213 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
214 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
215 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
216
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217* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
218
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219* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
220 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
221 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
222 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
223 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
224 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
225
ef417cfd 226* completions:
ef417cfd 227 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 228
f38afcd0 229* cgroups:
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230 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
231 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
232 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
233 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
234 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
235 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
236 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 237
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238* transient units:
239 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
240 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
241 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 242
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243* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
244
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245* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
246
f38afcd0 247* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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249* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
250
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251* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
252
94676f3e 253* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 254
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255* 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
256
7f79cd71 257* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 258
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259* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
260 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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261 path anyway.
262
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263* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
264
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265* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
266 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 267 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 268
6aaa8c2f 269* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 270
d28315e4 271* 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 272
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273* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
274
275* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
276
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277* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
278 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
279
6bb648a1 280* sd-bus:
d28315e4 281 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 282 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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283 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
284 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
285 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 286 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 287 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 288 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 289 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 290 - 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 291 - longer term: priority inheritance
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292 - dbus spec updates:
293 - kdbus mapping
294 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
295 - GVariant
bee7e928 296 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 297 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 298 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 299 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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301* sd-event
12179984 302 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 303 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 304
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305* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
306 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
307 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
308
69af4503 309* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 310
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311* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
312 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
313
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314* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
315
316* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
317
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318* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
319
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320* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
321
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322* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
323
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324* test/:
325 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
326 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 327
b5c03638 328* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 329 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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330 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
331 destination.
332
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333* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
334 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
335
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336* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
337
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338* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
339 need manual exponential loops after all
340
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341* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
342 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
343 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
344 is installed.
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346* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
347 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
348 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
349 that automatically.
350
e5ec62c5 351* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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353* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
354
d28315e4 355* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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357* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
358
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359* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
360
361* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
362
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363* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
364
356ce991 365* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 366
81d112a8 367* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 368
b44be3ec 369* EFI:
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370 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
371 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 372 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 373
c0fe5db5 374* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 375
b44be3ec 376* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 377
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378* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
379 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 381* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 382
b44be3ec 383* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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385* logind:
386 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
387 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
388 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
389 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
390 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 391 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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392 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
393 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
394 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
395 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
396 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
397 needs setuid().
e673ad04 398
b44be3ec 399* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 400
b44be3ec 401* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 403* journal:
c06bf414 404 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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405 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
406 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
407 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 408 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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409 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
410 - journal: reuse XZ context
411 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
412 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
413 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
414 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
415 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
416 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
417 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 418 - 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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419 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
420 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 421 - 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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422 - 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.
423 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
424 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 425 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 426 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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427 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
428 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
429 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
430 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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431 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
432 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 433 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 434 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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435 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
436 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
437 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
438 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
439 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
440 to syslog when it works again.
441 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
442 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
443 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 444 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 445 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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447* document:
8b8f2591 448 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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449 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
450 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 451 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 452 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 453 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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454 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
455 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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456 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
457 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
458 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
459 - man: add more examples to man pages
460 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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462* systemctl:
463 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
464 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
465 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
466 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
467 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
468 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
469 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
470 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 471 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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472 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
473 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
474 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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475 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
476 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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478* unit install:
479 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
480 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 481 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 482
b44be3ec 483* timer units:
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484 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
485 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
486 o DST changes
eb124a97 487 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 488 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 489 - 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 490 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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492* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
493
494* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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495 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
496 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 497 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 498 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 499 user did not request anything like it.
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502
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503* 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().
504
505* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 506* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 507* fedup: generator
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509* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
510
b44be3ec 511* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 512
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513* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
514 waiting for the timeout
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516* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
517
d28315e4 518* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 519
b44be3ec 520* nspawn:
b44be3ec 521 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 522 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 523 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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525* cryptsetup:
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526 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
527 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
528 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 529 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 530
424a19f8 531* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 532 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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534* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
535
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536* make timer units go away after they elapsed
537
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538* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
539
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540* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
541
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542* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
543
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544* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
545
68f16003 546* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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548* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
549 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 550 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 551 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 552 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 553 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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555* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
556
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557* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
558
88a6c589 559* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 560
9946996c 561* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 562 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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565
59cea26a 566* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 567
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568* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
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570* automount: implement expire:
571 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
572 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
573 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
574 - blocking, needs a thread
575 - run until -EAGAIN
576 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
577 - call umount
578 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
579 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 580
e01a15b7 581* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 582
abd55b16 583* udev:
abd55b16 584 - move to LGPL
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586 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 587 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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589* 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
590
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591* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
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593* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
594
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595* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
596
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597* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
598
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599* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
600
601* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
602
70a44afe 603* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 604
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605* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
606 needs to be auto-respawned?
607
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608* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
609
f38afcd0 610* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 611 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 612
d28315e4 613* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 614
7f8aa671 615* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 616
d3c7d7dd 617* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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620 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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624* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
625 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
626
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627* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
628
55cdcbac 629* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
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632 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
633 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
634
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635* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
636 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
637
71092d70 638* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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641 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
642 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
643 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
644 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
645 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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647* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
648
68c7d001 649* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 650 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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651 - enabling dbus services
652 - status update
7a2a0b90 653 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 654 - remote access
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655 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
656 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 657 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 658 - auto-restart
e707c494 659 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 660 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 661 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 662 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 663 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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665 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
666 - how to create your own target
667 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
668 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 670* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 671
260abb78 672* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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674* Support --test based on current system state
675
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676* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
677
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678* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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680* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
681
71092d70 682* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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685
7ba97195 686* systemd-python:
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688 works with ^C
b04c8c83 689 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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691* bootchart:
692 - plot per-process IO utilization
693 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
694 - document initcall_debug
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695 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
696
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698 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
699 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
700 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 701 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 702
88e4d1d7 703* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 704 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 705 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 706
0a4b9a07 707* networkd:
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709 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 710 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 711 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 712 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 713 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 714 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 715 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 716 - add support for more bond options
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719 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 720
ac976532 721* dhcp:
424a8732 722 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 723 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 724 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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727 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
728 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
729 - write more test cases
730 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
731 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
732 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
733 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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734 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
735 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
736 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
737 or interface down
738 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
739 this behavior
740
2f8cd170 741External:
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cc9784c6 743* dbus:
3377af3e 744 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 745 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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9096ad36 751* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 752
71092d70 753* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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755* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
756
d28315e4 757* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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759* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
760
761* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
762
763* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
764
d2bbca68 765* 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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767* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
768
769* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 770
4641a16b 771* 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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776 does not
777
129126f3 778Regularly:
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129126f3 780* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 781
129126f3 782* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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784* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 788* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 789
4db17f29 790* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 794Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 796* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)