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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
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 18
f38afcd0 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 20
81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 22
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23* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
24
81429136 25Features:
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27* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
28
29* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
30 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
31 parsing callbacks should use it.
32
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33* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
34 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
35 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
36 complete.
37
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38* sd_notify("SHUTDOWN=1") to fix a dbus activation race.
39 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/020983.html
40
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41* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
42
43* make "systemctl suspend" block until we are back from suspend
44
45* remove readahead in 217
46
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47* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
48
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49* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
50 units are shown.
51
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52* sd-event: - make it possible to embedd our event loop into foreign
53 event loops by passing out the epoll fd and providing three functions
54 that fit into GSource nicely.
55
b873d33e 56* networkd:
d61bb44a 57 - add LLDP client side support
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58 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
59 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
60 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
61 - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even
62 if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might
63 theoretically match it.
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64 - we probably should introduce a new operational state that
65 indicates that we are trying to acquire some configuration for a
66 link but haven't acquired any yet. Just to inform the admin that
67 networkd cares about an interface, but is still in progress..
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68 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
69 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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70 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
71 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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72 - add per-network Domains= settings, with a special syntax Domains=*
73 for routing all non-otherwise routed traffic to this link
74 - add UseDomains= setting to [DHCP] to add dhcp supplied domains to
75 per-interface Domains= list.
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76 - expose in the API the following bits:
77 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
78 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
79 - option 100, 101, timezone
80 - option 123, 144, geolocation
81 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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82 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
83 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
84 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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85 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
86 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 87
9d6db739 88* resolved:
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89 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
90 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 91 - DNSSEC
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92 - use base64 for key presentation?
93 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 94 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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95 - DNS
96 - search paths
9d6db739 97 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 98 - avahi compat
9d6db739 99 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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100 - edns0
101 - dname
b6b63571 102 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 103
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104* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
105 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
106 pull-in the policy.
107
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108* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
109
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110* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
111
27f1e9eb 112* sysusers:
ca70bec9 113 - allow configuration of ranges to allocate items in
ce4a52a5 114
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115* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
116
fed515f0 117* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
22981162 118
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119* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
120
a01647e5 121* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 122 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 123 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 124 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 125
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126* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
127
128* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
129
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130* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
131
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132* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
133
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134* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
135
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136* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
137
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138* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
139
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140* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
141
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142* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
143 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 144
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145* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
146
f598ac3e 147* 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 148
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149* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
150
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151* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
152
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153* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
154
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155* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
156
157* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
158
6a3f892a 159* gpt-auto-generator:
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160 - Support LUKS for root devices
161 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 162 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 163
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164* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
165 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 166 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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167 the most common operations.
168
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169* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
170 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
171 when it is otherwise off
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173* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
174
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175* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
176 /proc/$PID/exe
177
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178* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
179 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
180 for ReusePort=
181
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182* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
183 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
184 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
185 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
186 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
187
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188* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
189
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190* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
191 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
192 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
193 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
194 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
195 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
196
ef417cfd 197* completions:
ef417cfd 198 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 199
f38afcd0 200* cgroups:
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201 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
202 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
203 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
204 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
205 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
206 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
207 the hierarchies of child processes
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209* transient units:
210 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
211 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
212 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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214* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
215
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216* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
217
f38afcd0 218* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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220* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
221
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222* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
223
94676f3e 224* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 225
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226* 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
227
7f79cd71 228* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 229
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230* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
231 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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232 path anyway.
233
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234* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
235
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236* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
237 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 238 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 239
6aaa8c2f 240* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 241
d28315e4 242* 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 243
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244* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
245
246* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
247
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248* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
249 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
250
6bb648a1 251* sd-bus:
d28315e4 252 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 253 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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254 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
255 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
256 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 257 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 258 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 259 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 260 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 261 - 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 262 - longer term: priority inheritance
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263 - dbus spec updates:
264 - kdbus mapping
265 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
266 - GVariant
bee7e928 267 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 268 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 269 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 270 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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272* sd-event
12179984 273 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 274
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275* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
276 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
277 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
278
69af4503 279* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 280
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281* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
282 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
283
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284* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
285
286* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
287
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288* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
289
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290* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
291
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292* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
293
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294* test/:
295 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
296 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 297
b5c03638 298* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 299 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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300 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
301 destination.
302
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303* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
304 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
305
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306* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
307
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308* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
309 need manual exponential loops after all
310
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311* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
312 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
313 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
314 is installed.
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316* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
317 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
318 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
319 that automatically.
320
e5ec62c5 321* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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323* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
324
d28315e4 325* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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327* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
328
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329* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
330
331* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
332
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333* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
334
356ce991 335* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 336
81d112a8 337* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 338
b44be3ec 339* EFI:
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340 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
341 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 342 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 343
c0fe5db5 344* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 345
b44be3ec 346* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 347
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348* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
349 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 351* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 352
b44be3ec 353* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 354
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355* logind:
356 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
357 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
358 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
359 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
360 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 361 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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362 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
363 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
364 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
365 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
366 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
367 needs setuid().
e673ad04 368
b44be3ec 369* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 370
b44be3ec 371* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 373* journal:
c06bf414 374 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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375 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
376 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
377 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 378 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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379 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
380 - journal: reuse XZ context
381 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
382 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
383 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
384 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
385 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
386 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
387 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 388 - 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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389 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
390 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 391 - 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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392 - 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.
393 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
394 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 395 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 396 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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397 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
398 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
399 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
400 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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401 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
402 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 403 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 404 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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405 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
406 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
407 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
408 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
409 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
410 to syslog when it works again.
411 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
412 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
413 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 414 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 415 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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417* document:
8b8f2591 418 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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419 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
420 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 421 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 422 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 423 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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424 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
425 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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426 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
427 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
428 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
429 - man: add more examples to man pages
430 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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432* systemctl:
433 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
434 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
435 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
436 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
437 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
438 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
439 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
440 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 441 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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442 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
443 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
444 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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445 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
446 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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448* unit install:
449 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
450 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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451 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
452 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 453
b44be3ec 454* timer units:
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455 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
456 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
457 o DST changes
eb124a97 458 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 459 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 460 - 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 461 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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463* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
464
465* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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466 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
467 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 468 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 469 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 470 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 471
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472* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
473
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474* 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().
475
476* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 477* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 478* fedup: generator
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480* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
481
b44be3ec 482* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 483
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484* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
485 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 486
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487* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
488
d28315e4 489* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 490
b44be3ec 491* nspawn:
b44be3ec 492 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 493 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 494 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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496* cryptsetup:
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497 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
498 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
499 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 500 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 501
424a19f8 502* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 503 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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505* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
506
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507* make timer units go away after they elapsed
508
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509* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
510
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511* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
512
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513* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
514
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515* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
516
68f16003 517* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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519* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
520 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 521 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 522 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 523 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 524 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 525
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526* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
527
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528* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
529
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530* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
531
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532* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
533
88a6c589 534* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 535
9946996c 536* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 537 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 538
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539* introduce Type=pid-file
540
59cea26a 541* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 542
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543* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
544
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545* automount: implement expire:
546 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
547 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
548 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
549 - blocking, needs a thread
550 - run until -EAGAIN
551 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
552 - call umount
553 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
554 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 555
e01a15b7 556* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 557
abd55b16 558* udev:
3f60bcb5 559 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 560 - move to LGPL
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561 - kill scsi_id
562 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 563 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 564
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565* 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
566
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567* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
568
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569* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
570
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571* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
572
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573* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
574
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575* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
576
577* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
578
70a44afe 579* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 580
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581* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
582 needs to be auto-respawned?
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584* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
585
f38afcd0 586* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 587 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 588
d28315e4 589* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 590
7f8aa671 591* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 592
d3c7d7dd 593* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 594
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595* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
596 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
597
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598* move PAM code into its own binary
599
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600* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
601 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
602
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603* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
604
7c697168 605* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 606
71092d70 607* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 608
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609* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
610 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
611 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
612
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613* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
614 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
615
71092d70 616* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 617
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618* readahead:
619 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
620 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
621 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
622 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
623 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 624
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625* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
626
68c7d001 627* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 628 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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630 - status update
7a2a0b90 631 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 632 - remote access
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633 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
634 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 635 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 636 - auto-restart
e707c494 637 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 638 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 639 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 640 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 641 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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642 - calendar time events
643 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
644 - how to create your own target
645 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
646 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 647
44143309 648* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 649
260abb78 650* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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652* Support --test based on current system state
653
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654* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
655
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656* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
657
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658* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
659
71092d70 660* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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662* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
663
7ba97195 664* systemd-python:
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666 works with ^C
b04c8c83 667 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 668
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669* bootchart:
670 - plot per-process IO utilization
671 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
672 - document initcall_debug
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673 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
674
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675* udev-link-config:
676 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
677 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
678 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 679 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 680
88e4d1d7 681* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 682 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 683 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 684
0a4b9a07 685* networkd:
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686 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
687 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 688 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 689 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 690 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 691 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 692 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 693 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 694 - add support for more bond options
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696* networkd-wait-online:
697 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 698
ac976532 699* dhcp:
424a8732 700 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 701 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 702 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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704* dhcp6:
705 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
706 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
707 - write more test cases
708 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
709 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
710 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
711 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
712 - implement elapsed time option
713 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
714 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
715 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
716 or interface down
717 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
718 this behavior
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2f8cd170 720External:
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cc9784c6 722* dbus:
3377af3e 723 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 724 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 725
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726* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
727
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728* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
729
9096ad36 730* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 731
71092d70 732* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 736* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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738* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
739
740* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
741
742* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
743
d2bbca68 744* 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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746* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
747
748* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 749
4641a16b 750* 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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753
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755 does not
756
129126f3 757Regularly:
874aa2cc 758
129126f3 759* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 760
129126f3 761* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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763* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 767* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 768
4db17f29 769* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 773Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 775* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)