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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.
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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* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
28
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29* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
30 units are shown.
31
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32* sd-event: - make it possible to embedd our event loop into foreign
33 event loops by passing out the epoll fd and providing three functions
34 that fit into GSource nicely.
35
b873d33e 36* networkd:
dae1e55b 37 - add LLDP support
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38 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
39 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
40 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
41 - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even
42 if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might
43 theoretically match it.
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44 - we probably should introduce a new operational state that
45 indicates that we are trying to acquire some configuration for a
46 link but haven't acquired any yet. Just to inform the admin that
47 networkd cares about an interface, but is still in progress..
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48 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
49 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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50 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
51 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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52 - add per-network Domains= settings, with a special syntax Domains=*
53 for routing all non-otherwise routed traffic to this link
54 - add UseDomains= setting to [DHCP] to add dhcp supplied domains to
55 per-interface Domains= list.
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56 - expose in the API the following bits:
57 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
58 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
59 - option 100, 101, timezone
60 - option 123, 144, geolocation
61 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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62 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
63 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
64 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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65 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
66 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 67
9d6db739 68* resolved:
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69 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
70 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 71 - DNSSEC
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72 - use base64 for key presentation?
73 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 74 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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75 - DNS
76 - search paths
9d6db739 77 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 78 - avahi compat
9d6db739 79 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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80 - edns0
81 - dname
b6b63571 82 - cname on PTR (?)
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84* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
85 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
86 pull-in the policy.
87
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88* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
89
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90* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
91
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92* sysusers:
93 - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
94 - allow setting the home directory of system users
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95 - allow configuration of ranges to allocate items in
96 - add mode where we read sysusers data from stdin, so that we can run this from rpm scriptlets
ce4a52a5 97
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98* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
99
fed515f0 100* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
22981162 101
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102* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
103
a01647e5 104* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 105 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 106 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 107 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 108
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109* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
110
111* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
112
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113* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
114* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
115
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116* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
117
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118* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
119
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120* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
121
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122* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
123
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124* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
125
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126* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
127
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128* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
129 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 130
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131* 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
132
f598ac3e 133* 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 134
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135* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
136
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137* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
138
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139* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
140
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141* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
142
143* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
144
6a3f892a 145* gpt-auto-generator:
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146 - Support LUKS for root devices
147 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 148 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 149
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150* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
151 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 152 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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153 the most common operations.
154
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155* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
156 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
157 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 158
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159* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
160
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161* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
162 /proc/$PID/exe
163
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164* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
165 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
166 for ReusePort=
167
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168* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
169 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
170 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
171 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
172 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
173
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174* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
175
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176* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
177 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
178 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
179 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
180 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
181 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
182
ef417cfd 183* completions:
ef417cfd 184 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 185
f38afcd0 186* cgroups:
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187 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
188 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
189 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
190 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
191 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
192 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
193 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 194
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195* transient units:
196 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
197 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
198 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 199
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200* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
201
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202* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
203
f38afcd0 204* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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206* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
207
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208* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
209
94676f3e 210* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 211
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212* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
213
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214* 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
215
7f79cd71 216* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 217
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218* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
219 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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220 path anyway.
221
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222* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
223
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224* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
225 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 226 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 227
6aaa8c2f 228* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 229
d28315e4 230* 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 231
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232* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
233
234* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
235
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236* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
237 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
238
6bb648a1 239* sd-bus:
d28315e4 240 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 241 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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242 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
243 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
244 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 245 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 246 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 247 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 248 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 249 - 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 250 - longer term: priority inheritance
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251 - dbus spec updates:
252 - kdbus mapping
253 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
254 - GVariant
bee7e928 255 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 256 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 257 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 258 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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260* sd-event
12179984 261 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 262
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263* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
264 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
265 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
266
69af4503 267* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 268
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269* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
270 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
271
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272* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
273
274* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
275
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276* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
277
278* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
279
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280* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
281
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282* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
283
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284* test/:
285 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
286 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 287
b5c03638 288* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 289 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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290 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
291 destination.
292
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293* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
294 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
295
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296* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
297
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298* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
299 need manual exponential loops after all
300
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301* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
302 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
303 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
304 is installed.
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306* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
307 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
308 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
309 that automatically.
310
e5ec62c5 311* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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313* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
314
d28315e4 315* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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317* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
318
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319* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
320
321* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
322
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323* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
324
356ce991 325* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 326
81d112a8 327* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 328
b44be3ec 329* EFI:
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330 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
331 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 332 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 333
c0fe5db5 334* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 335
b44be3ec 336* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 337
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338* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
339 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 341* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 342
b44be3ec 343* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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345* logind:
346 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
347 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
348 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
349 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
350 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 351 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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352 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
353 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
354 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
355 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
356 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
357 needs setuid().
e673ad04 358
b44be3ec 359* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 360
b44be3ec 361* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 363* journal:
c06bf414 364 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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365 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
366 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
367 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 368 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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369 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
370 - journal: reuse XZ context
371 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
372 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
373 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
374 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
375 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
376 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
377 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 378 - 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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379 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
380 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 381 - 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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382 - 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.
383 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
384 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 385 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 386 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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387 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
388 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
389 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
390 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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391 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
392 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 393 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 394 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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395 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
396 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
397 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
398 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
399 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
400 to syslog when it works again.
401 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
402 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
403 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 404 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 405 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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407* document:
8b8f2591 408 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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409 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
410 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 411 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 412 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 413 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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414 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
415 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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416 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
417 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
418 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
419 - man: add more examples to man pages
420 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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422* systemctl:
423 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
424 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
425 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
426 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
427 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
428 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
429 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
430 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 431 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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432 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
433 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
434 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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435 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
436 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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438* unit install:
439 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
440 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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441 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
442 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 443
b44be3ec 444* timer units:
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445 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
446 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
447 o DST changes
eb124a97 448 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 449 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 450 - 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 451 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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453* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
454
455* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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456 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
457 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 458 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 459 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 460 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 461
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462* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
463
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464* 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().
465
466* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 467* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 468* fedup: generator
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470* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
471
b44be3ec 472* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 473
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474* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
475 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 476
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477* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
478
d28315e4 479* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 480
b44be3ec 481* nspawn:
b44be3ec 482 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 483 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 484 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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486* cryptsetup:
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487 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
488 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
489 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 490 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 491
424a19f8 492* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 493 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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495* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
496
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497* make timer units go away after they elapsed
498
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499* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
500
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501* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
502
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503* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
504
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505* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
506
68f16003 507* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 508
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509* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
510 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 511 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 512 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 513 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 514 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 515
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516* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
517
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518* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
519
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520* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
521
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522* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
523
88a6c589 524* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 525
9946996c 526* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 527 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 528
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529* introduce Type=pid-file
530
59cea26a 531* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 532
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533* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
534
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535* automount: implement expire:
536 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
537 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
538 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
539 - blocking, needs a thread
540 - run until -EAGAIN
541 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
542 - call umount
543 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
544 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 545
e01a15b7 546* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 547
abd55b16 548* udev:
3f60bcb5 549 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 550 - move to LGPL
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551 - kill scsi_id
552 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 553 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 554
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555* 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
556
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557* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
558
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559* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
560
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561* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
562
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563* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
564
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565* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
566
567* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
568
70a44afe 569* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 570
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571* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
572 needs to be auto-respawned?
573
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574* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
575
f38afcd0 576* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 577 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 578
d28315e4 579* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 580
7f8aa671 581* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 582
d3c7d7dd 583* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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585* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
586 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
587
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588* move PAM code into its own binary
589
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590* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
591 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
592
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593* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
594
7c697168 595* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 596
71092d70 597* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 598
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599* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
600 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
601 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
602
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603* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
604 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
605
71092d70 606* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 607
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608* readahead:
609 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
610 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
611 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
612 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
613 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 614
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615* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
616
68c7d001 617* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 618 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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619 - enabling dbus services
620 - status update
7a2a0b90 621 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 622 - remote access
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624 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 625 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 626 - auto-restart
e707c494 627 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 628 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 629 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 630 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 631 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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632 - calendar time events
633 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
634 - how to create your own target
635 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
636 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 638* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 639
260abb78 640* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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642* Support --test based on current system state
643
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644* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
645
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646* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
647
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648* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
649
71092d70 650* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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652* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
653
7ba97195 654* systemd-python:
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656 works with ^C
b04c8c83 657 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 658
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659* bootchart:
660 - plot per-process IO utilization
661 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
662 - document initcall_debug
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663 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
664
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665* udev-link-config:
666 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
667 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
668 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 669 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 670
88e4d1d7 671* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 672 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 673 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 674
0a4b9a07 675* networkd:
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676 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
677 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 678 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 679 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 680 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 681 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 682 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 683 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 684 - add support for more bond options
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686* networkd-wait-online:
687 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 688
ac976532 689* dhcp:
424a8732 690 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 691 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 692 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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694* dhcp6:
695 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
696 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
697 - write more test cases
698 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
699 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
700 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
701 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
702 - implement elapsed time option
703 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
704 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
705 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
706 or interface down
707 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
708 this behavior
709
2f8cd170 710External:
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cc9784c6 712* dbus:
3377af3e 713 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 714 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 715
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716* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
717
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718* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
719
9096ad36 720* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 721
71092d70 722* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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725
d28315e4 726* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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728* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
729
730* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
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732* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
733
d2bbca68 734* 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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736* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
737
738* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 739
4641a16b 740* 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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744* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
745 does not
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129126f3 747Regularly:
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129126f3 749* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 750
129126f3 751* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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753* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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755* pahole
756
d28315e4 757* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 758
4db17f29 759* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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761* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
762
9e5f3dbb 763Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 765* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)