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1Bugfixes:
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19aadacf 3* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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4 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
5 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
6 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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8* check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
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10* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
11
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12* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
13 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
14 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
15
a40593a0 16* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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19aadacf 18* When we detect invalid UTF-8, we cannot use it in an error message:
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19 log...("Path is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
20
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21* shorten the message to sane length:
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23 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
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466784c8 25Fedora 20:
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dc7adf20 27* external: ps should gain colums for slice and machine
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81d112a8 29* localed:
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30 - localectl: support new converted x11→console keymaps
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55d32caf 32* when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 33 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 34
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35CGroup Rework Completion:
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94bbc991 37* introduce "mainpid" for scopes (or maybe not?)
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39* implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
40
41* implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
42
43* handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
44
049b4474 45* introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
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eb124a97 47Features:
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49* increase journal files by a few MB each time, instead of piecemeal
50
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51* add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
52
477def80 53* wait filter, unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends, convert all to bus_log_create_error()
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55* bus: access policy as vtable flag
56
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57* journalctl: support -M to read journal of containers and determine journal directory from root directory of container
58
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59* tmpfiles: to make sure we don't delete unpacked tarballs with old timestamps right-away never delete stuff that is inside a directory with a new mtime
60
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61* "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
62 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
63
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64* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
65
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66* remove NSS usage from PID 1 (notably the specifiers)
67
a427c13d 68* socket-proxyd:
fd201fda 69 - Support multiple inherited sockets mapped to different remote hosts
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70 - Use a nonblocking alternative to getaddrinfo
71 - Until we can start daemons directly, find a less ugly, less racy alternative than shell scripts for the second man page example.
72 - Support starting daemons directly without requiring a shell script; update man pages
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74* optimize the cgroup propagation bits, especially unit_get_members_mask(), cgroup_context_get_mask()
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76* "systemctl cat" or "systemctl view" command or or so, that cats the backing unit file of a service, plus its drop-ins and shows them in a pager
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78* 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
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80* Add a new Distribute=$NUMBER key to socket units that makes use of SO_REUSEPORT to distribute network traffic on $NUMBER instances
81
19aadacf 82* tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
7f79cd71 83
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84* we probably should replace the left-over uses of strv_append() and replace them by strv_push() or strv_extend()
85
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86* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
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88* libdsystemd-bus should expose utf8 validation calls
89
7f79cd71 90* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 91
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92* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
93 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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94 path anyway.
95
19aadacf 96* When a Type=forking service fails and needed another service, that
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97 service is not cleaned up again when it has StopWhenUnneeded=yes
98 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-July/012141.html
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100* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
101
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102* ensure scope units may be started only a single time
103
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104* better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
105
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106* systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
107
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108* for transient units, instead of writing out drop-ins for all properties consider serializing them in the normal serialization stream
109
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110* logind: when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
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112* session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
113
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114* add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
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116* journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
117
19aadacf 118* given that logind/machined now let PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
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119 probably reduce the capability set they retain substantially.
120
6aaa8c2f 121* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
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123* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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125* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
126
e1b7e7ec 127* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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129* when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we won't support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
130
19aadacf 131* when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
fa7deadb 132
19aadacf 133* "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
69af4503 134 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
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135 unit however should remove them all).
136
137* journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
138
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139* systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
140
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141* journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
142 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
143 to syslog when it works again.
144
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145* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
146
147* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
148
19aadacf 149* service_coldplug() appears to reinstall the wrong stop timeout watch.
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151* transient units: allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
152
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153* how to reset dynamically changed attributes sanely?
154
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155* when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
156
4ad49000 157* journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
3d3ee759 158
9444b1f2 159* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 160 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 161 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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162 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
163 check for that and suppress event handling.
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165* when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
166 the hierarchies of child processes
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168* document logic of auto/noauto and fail/nofail in fstab in systemd.mount or systemd-fstab-generator man page
169
19aadacf 170* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
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172* document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
173
a65f06bb 174* change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
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175 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
176 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
177 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
178
179* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
180 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
181
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182* libsystemd-bus:
183 - default policy (allow uid == 0 and our own uid)
184 - enforce alignment of pointers passed in
eb01ba5d 185 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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186 - implement translator service
187 - port systemd to new library
188 - implement busname unit type in systemd
189 - move to gvariant
eb01ba5d 190 - merge busctl into systemctl or so?
e4ee6e5c 191 - synthesize sd_bus_message objects from kernel messages
c7819669 192 - properly implement name registry ioctls for kdbus
86312ab8 193 - implement monitor logic
07459db6 194 - properly map matches with well-known names against messages with unique names
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195 - longer term:
196 * priority queues
86312ab8 197 * priority inheritance
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199* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
200 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
201 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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203* add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
204 SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
205 makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
206 kernel.
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208* Introduce a way how we can kill the main process of a service with KillSignal, but all processes with SIGKILL later on
209 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952634
210
69af4503 211* maybe add a warning to the unit file parses where the access mode of unit files is nonsensical.
19aa7c4f 212
69af4503 213* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
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215* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
216 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
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218* if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
219 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
220 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
221 needs setuid().
222
223* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
224
225* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
226
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227* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
228
229* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
230
4a449ed7 231* logind: add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
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233* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
234
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235* test/:
236 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
237 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
889a9042 238 - qemu wrapper script: http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg72389.html
b8b4d3dd 239
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240* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
241
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242* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
243 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
244 file.
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246* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
247 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
248 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
249 destination.
250
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251* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
252 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
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254* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
255
256* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
257
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258* Support SO_REUSEPORT with socket activation:
259 - Let systemd maintain a pool of servers.
260 - Use for seamless upgrades, by running the new server before stopping the
261 old.
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263* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
264 need manual exponential loops after all
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266* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
267 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
268 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
269 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
270
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271* man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
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273* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
274 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
275 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
276 that automatically.
277
69af4503 278* rework specifier logic so that we can distinguish OOM errors from other errors
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e5ec62c5 280* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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282* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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54c31a79 284* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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8973790e 286* documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
3679d112 287
69af4503 288* add a tool that lists active timer units plus their next elapse and the time the units ran last
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290* man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
291
292* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
293
69af4503 294* man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
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296* systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
297
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298* man: add more examples to man pages
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300* man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
301
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302* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
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304* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
305
306* msgcatalog determine default language of entries from the catalog
307 file name. i.e. foobar.de_DE.catalog would set the default entry
308 name for the entries to de_DE if they aren't explicitly suffixed
309 individually.
310
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311* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
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313* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
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315* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
316 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
317 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
318 will be activated.
319
356ce991 320* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 321
81d112a8 322* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 323
b44be3ec 324* EFI:
b44be3ec 325 - write man page for efi boot generator
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326 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
327 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 328 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 329
c0fe5db5 330* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 331
b44be3ec 332* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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334* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
335 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 337* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 338
b44be3ec 339* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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341* logind:
342 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
343 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
344 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
345 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
346 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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347 - logind: non-local X11 server handling
348 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
b44be3ec 349 - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
e5ec62c5 350 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
e673ad04 351
b44be3ec 352* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
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b44be3ec 354* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 356* journal:
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357 - do not use magic msync() in src/journal/journal-file.c, just call fsync()
358 <alxchk> poettering: looks like msync just calls vfs_fsync
359 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/mm/msync.c#n18
c06bf414 360 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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361 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
362 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
363 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
364 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
365 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
366 - journal: reuse XZ context
367 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
368 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
369 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
370 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
371 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
372 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
373 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 374 - 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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375 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
376 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
377 - journal: when rotating, copy over old acls/access mode
b44be3ec 378 - 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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379 - 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.
380 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
381 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 382 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 383 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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384 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
385 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
386 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
387 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
77a9e8de 388 - journalctl: expand tabs
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389 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
390 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
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391 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
392 - Port upower to use the journal for historical power information used in future calculations
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394* document:
395 - document unit_name_mangle()
396 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fileds in
397 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
398 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
399 - Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends
400 - document that units from /etc override those from /usr and /run
401 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 402 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 403 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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405* systemctl:
406 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
407 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
408 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
409 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
410 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
411 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
412 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
413 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
414 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
415 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
416 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
417 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
418 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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420* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
421
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422* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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424* timer units:
425 - configurable jitter for timer events
90e071d1 426 - Adjust timers to be triggered at the same time as sd-event timers
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427 - timer events with system resume
428 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
429 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
430 o DST changes
eb124a97 431 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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432 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
433 - anacron-like feature
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435* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
436
437* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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438 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
439 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 440 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 441 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 442 user did not request anything like it.
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444* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
445 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
446 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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448* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
449 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
450 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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452 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
453 better supported alternative.
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459* 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().
460
461* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
462* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
463* fedup: generator
603cd8fe 464
b44be3ec 465* timedated:
b44be3ec 466 - timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
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468* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
469
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470* introduce generic AUGMENT_PID=, AUGMENT_DEVICE= fields
471
b44be3ec 472* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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475 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
476 - superset of tmpfiles model
477 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
478 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
479 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
480
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481* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
482 waiting for the timeout
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484* high level net_prio setting in execution context
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486* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
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488* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
489
15abdb9a 490* refuse boot if /etc/machine-id is not useful (or set taint?)
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493 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly
494 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
495 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
496 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
497 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
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499 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
500 interfaces to the container
501 - nspawn: maybe add a way to drop additional caps, in addition to add additional caps
502 - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid?
3679d112 503 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
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505* cryptsetup:
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506 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
507 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
508 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 509 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
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512
424a19f8 513* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 514 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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516* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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8556879e 520* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 521 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
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524
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525* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
526
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527* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
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529* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
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531* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
532
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533* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
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535* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
536
68f16003 537* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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539* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
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542 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
543 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
544 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 545 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 546 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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550* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
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552* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
553
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554* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
555
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556* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
557
88a6c589 558* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
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561 - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
562 - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
563 - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
564 - syscall filter: port to libseccomp
565 - system-wide seccomp filter
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570 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
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573
59cea26a 574* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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576* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
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578* automount: implement expire:
579 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
580 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
581 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
582 - blocking, needs a thread
583 - run until -EAGAIN
584 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
585 - call umount
586 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
587 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
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590
e01a15b7 591* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 592
abd55b16 593* udev:
3f60bcb5 594 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 595 - move to LGPL
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597 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 598
18b754d3 599* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
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601* 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
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603* support container_ttys=
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605* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
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607* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
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609* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
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611* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
612
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613* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
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615* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
616
617* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
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621* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
622 needs to be auto-respawned?
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625
de6c78f8 626* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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b44be3ec 628* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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d3c7d7dd 632* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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634* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
635 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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640 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
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642* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
643
7c697168 644* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 645
71092d70 646* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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649 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
650 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
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655 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
656
71092d70 657* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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660 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
661 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
662 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
663 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
664 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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669
68c7d001 670* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 671 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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673 - status update
7a2a0b90 674 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 675 - remote access
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677 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 678 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 679 - auto-restart
e707c494 680 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 681 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 682 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 683 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 684 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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686 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
687 - how to create your own target
688 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
689 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 691* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 692
71092d70 693* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 694
260abb78 695* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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698
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699* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
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704
129126f3 705* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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707 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 708 - postfix, saslauthd
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710 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
711 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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71092d70 714* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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50f2a90d 716* io priority during initialization
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7ba97195 720* systemd-python:
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722 works with ^C
b04c8c83 723 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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726 - plot per-process IO utilization
727 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
728 - document initcall_debug
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732 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
733 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
734 on Path= matching
735 - NamePolicy= replace the current naming rules
736 - MACPolicy= support 'firmware', 'synthetic' and 'random'
737 - Check if Driver= is broken, or just my driver (bcma)
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2f8cd170 739External:
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cc9784c6 741* dbus:
cc9784c6 742 - dbus --user
3377af3e 743 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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745 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 746 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
b69d29ce 747 - always pass cred data along each message
b44be3ec 748 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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753
9096ad36 754* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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756* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
757 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
758 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
759 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
760 the RTC to sync up.
761
71092d70 762* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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766* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
767
768* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
769
770* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
771
772* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
773
d2bbca68 774* 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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776* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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778* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
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4641a16b 780* 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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129126f3 782Regularly:
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129126f3 784* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
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129126f3 786* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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788* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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792* pahole
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71092d70 794* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
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4db17f29 796* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 800Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 802* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)