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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
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23* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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81429136 25Features:
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27* sd-event: - make it possible to embedd our event loop into foreign
28 event loops by passing out the epoll fd and providing three functions
29 that fit into GSource nicely.
30
b873d33e 31* networkd:
dae1e55b 32 - add LLDP support
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33 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
34 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
35 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
36 - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even
37 if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might
38 theoretically match it.
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39 - we probably should introduce a new operational state that
40 indicates that we are trying to acquire some configuration for a
41 link but haven't acquired any yet. Just to inform the admin that
42 networkd cares about an interface, but is still in progress..
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43 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
44 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
b873d33e 45
9d6db739 46* resolved:
9d6db739 47 - DNSSEC
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48 - use base64 for key presentation?
49 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 50 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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51 - DNS
52 - search paths
9d6db739 53 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 54 - avahi compat
9d6db739 55 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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56 - edns0
57 - dname
b6b63571 58 - cname on PTR (?)
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60* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
61 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
62 pull-in the policy.
63
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64* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
65
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66* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
67
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68* sysusers:
69 - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
70 - allow setting the home directory of system users
ce4a52a5 71
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72* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
73
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74* refuse mounting on symlinks
75
fed515f0 76* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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78* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
79
a01647e5 80* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 81 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 82 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 83 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 84
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85* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
86
87* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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89* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
90* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
91
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92* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
93
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94* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
95
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96* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
97
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98* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
99
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100* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
101
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102* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
103
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104* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
105 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 106
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107* 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
108
f598ac3e 109* 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 110
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111* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
112
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113* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
114
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115* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
116
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117* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
118
119* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
120
6a3f892a 121* gpt-auto-generator:
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122 - Support LUKS for root devices
123 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 124 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 125
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126* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
127 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 128 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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129 the most common operations.
130
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131* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
132 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
133 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 134
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135* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
136
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137* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
138 /proc/$PID/exe
139
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140* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
141 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
142 for ReusePort=
143
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144* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
145 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
146 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
147 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
148 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
149
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150* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
151
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152* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
153 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
154 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
155 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
156 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
157 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
158
ef417cfd 159* completions:
ef417cfd 160 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 161
f38afcd0 162* cgroups:
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163 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
164 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
165 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
166 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
167 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
168 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
169 the hierarchies of child processes
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171* transient units:
172 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
173 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
174 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 175
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176* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
177
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178* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
179
f38afcd0 180* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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182* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
183
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184* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
185
94676f3e 186* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 187
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188* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
189
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190* 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
191
7f79cd71 192* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 193
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194* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
195 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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196 path anyway.
197
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198* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
199
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200* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
201 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 202 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 203
6aaa8c2f 204* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 205
d28315e4 206* 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 207
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208* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
209
210* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
211
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212* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
213 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
214
6bb648a1 215* sd-bus:
d28315e4 216 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 217 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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218 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
219 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
220 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 221 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 222 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 223 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 224 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 225 - 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 226 - longer term: priority inheritance
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227 - dbus spec updates:
228 - kdbus mapping
229 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
230 - GVariant
bee7e928 231 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 232 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 233 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 234 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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236* sd-event
12179984 237 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 238
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239* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
240 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
241 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
242
69af4503 243* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 244
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245* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
246 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
247
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248* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
249
250* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
251
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252* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
253
254* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
255
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256* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
257
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258* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
259
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260* test/:
261 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
262 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 263
b5c03638 264* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 265 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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266 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
267 destination.
268
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269* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
270 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
271
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272* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
273
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274* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
275 need manual exponential loops after all
276
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277* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
278 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
279 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
280 is installed.
795607b2 281
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282* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
283 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
284 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
285 that automatically.
286
e5ec62c5 287* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 288
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289* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
290
d28315e4 291* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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293* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
294
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295* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
296
297* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
298
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299* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
300
356ce991 301* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 302
81d112a8 303* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 304
b44be3ec 305* EFI:
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306 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
307 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 308 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 309
c0fe5db5 310* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 311
b44be3ec 312* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 313
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314* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
315 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 317* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 318
b44be3ec 319* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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321* logind:
322 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
323 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
324 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
325 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
326 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 327 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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328 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
329 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
330 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
331 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
332 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
333 needs setuid().
e673ad04 334
b44be3ec 335* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 336
b44be3ec 337* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 339* journal:
c06bf414 340 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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341 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
342 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
343 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 344 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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345 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
346 - journal: reuse XZ context
347 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
348 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
349 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
350 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
351 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
352 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
353 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 354 - 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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355 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
356 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 357 - 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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358 - 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.
359 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
360 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 361 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 362 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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363 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
364 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
365 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
366 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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367 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
368 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 369 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 370 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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371 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
372 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
373 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
374 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
375 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
376 to syslog when it works again.
377 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
378 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
379 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 380 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 381 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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383* document:
8b8f2591 384 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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385 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
386 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 387 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 388 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 389 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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390 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
391 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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392 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
393 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
394 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
395 - man: add more examples to man pages
396 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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398* systemctl:
399 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
400 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
401 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
402 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
403 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
404 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
405 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
406 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 407 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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408 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
409 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
410 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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411 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
412 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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414* unit install:
415 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
416 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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417 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
418 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 419
b44be3ec 420* timer units:
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421 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
422 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
423 o DST changes
eb124a97 424 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 425 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 426 - 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 427 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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429* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
430
431* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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432 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
433 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 434 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 435 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 436 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 437
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438* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
439
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440* 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().
441
442* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 443* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 444* fedup: generator
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446* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
447
b44be3ec 448* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 449
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450* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
451 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 452
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453* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
454
d28315e4 455* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 456
b44be3ec 457* nspawn:
b44be3ec 458 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 459 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 460 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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462* cryptsetup:
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463 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
464 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
465 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 466 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 467
424a19f8 468* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 469 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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471* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
472
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473* make timer units go away after they elapsed
474
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475* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
476
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477* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
478
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479* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
480
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481* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
482
68f16003 483* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 484
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485* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
486 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 487 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 488 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 489 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 490 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 491
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492* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
493
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494* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
495
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496* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
497
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498* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
499
88a6c589 500* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 501
9946996c 502* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 503 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 504
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505* introduce Type=pid-file
506
59cea26a 507* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 508
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509* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
510
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511* automount: implement expire:
512 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
513 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
514 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
515 - blocking, needs a thread
516 - run until -EAGAIN
517 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
518 - call umount
519 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
520 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 521
e01a15b7 522* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 523
abd55b16 524* udev:
3f60bcb5 525 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 526 - move to LGPL
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527 - kill scsi_id
528 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 529 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 530
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531* 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
532
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533* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
534
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535* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
536
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537* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
538
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539* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
540
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541* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
542
543* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
544
70a44afe 545* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 546
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547* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
548 needs to be auto-respawned?
549
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550* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
551
f38afcd0 552* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 553 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 554
d28315e4 555* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 556
7f8aa671 557* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 558
d3c7d7dd 559* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 560
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561* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
562 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
563
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564* move PAM code into its own binary
565
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566* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
567 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
568
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569* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
570
7c697168 571* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 572
71092d70 573* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 574
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575* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
576 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
577 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
578
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579* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
580 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
581
71092d70 582* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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584* readahead:
585 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
586 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
587 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
588 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
589 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 590
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591* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
592
68c7d001 593* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 594 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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595 - enabling dbus services
596 - status update
7a2a0b90 597 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 598 - remote access
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599 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
600 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 601 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 602 - auto-restart
e707c494 603 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 604 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 605 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 606 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 607 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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608 - calendar time events
609 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
610 - how to create your own target
611 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
612 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 613
44143309 614* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 615
260abb78 616* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 617
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618* Support --test based on current system state
619
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620* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
621
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622* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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624* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
625
71092d70 626* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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7ba97195 630* systemd-python:
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632 works with ^C
b04c8c83 633 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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635* bootchart:
636 - plot per-process IO utilization
637 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
638 - document initcall_debug
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639 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
640
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642 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
643 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
644 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 645 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 646
88e4d1d7 647* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 648 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 649 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 650
0a4b9a07 651* networkd:
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652 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
653 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 654 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 655 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 656 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 657 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 658 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 659 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 660 - add support for more bond options
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662* networkd-wait-online:
663 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 664
ac976532 665* dhcp:
424a8732 666 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 667 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 668 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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670* dhcp6:
671 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
672 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
673 - write more test cases
674 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
675 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
676 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
677 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
678 - implement elapsed time option
679 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
680 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
681 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
682 or interface down
683 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
684 this behavior
685
2f8cd170 686External:
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cc9784c6 688* dbus:
3377af3e 689 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 690 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 691
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692* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
693
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694* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
695
9096ad36 696* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 697
71092d70 698* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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700* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
701
d28315e4 702* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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704* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
705
706* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
707
708* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
709
d2bbca68 710* 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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712* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
713
714* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 715
4641a16b 716* 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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720* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
721 does not
722
129126f3 723Regularly:
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129126f3 725* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 726
129126f3 727* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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729* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 733* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 734
4db17f29 735* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 739Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 741* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)