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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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5* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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afe3ab58 9* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
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11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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3f85ef0f 15* MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the command line.
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16 str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
17 report the failure properly.
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19* When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
20 bus_close does not kill children?
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f38afcd0 22External:
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f38afcd0 24* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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81429136 26* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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28* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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30* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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32* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
33 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
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35Features:
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37* When runlevel3.target is used to define dependencies on other units,
38 then we don't pick it up currently, since nothing ever references
39 runlevel3.target, and never figure out it actually is just an alias
40 for multi-user.target. A hackish fix could be to add a .wants link
41 from multi-user.target to runlevel3.target, if it is a symlink to
42 it. Best would be to create this .wants/ symlink from
43 sysv-generator. systemd would then load the referenced unit, figure
44 out it is just an alias and that the dependency would be on itself
45 and suppress it. Thus the alias and its deps would be loaded as
46 desired.
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48* PID 1: when invoking systemctl preset-all on first boots, operate in
49 an exclusively additive way, i.e. never remove any pre-existing
50 symlinks, only add new ones.
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52* Introduce $LISTEN_NAMES to complement $LISTEN_FDS, containing a
53 colon separated list of identifiers for the fds passed.
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55* networkd: implement BindCarrier= logic to .network units that binds
56 application of the file to the carrier sense on another interface,
57 in order to implement uplink/downlink logic.
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59* make networkd subscribe to PrepareForSleep(false) and refresh all
60 DHCP leases then.
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62* when the fstab-generator runs in the initrd, it should create a /dev/null mask for systemd-fsck-root.service, to avoid that the the root fs is fsck'ed twice.
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64* maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
65 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
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67* rework kexec logic to use new kexec_file_load() syscall, so that we
68 don't have to call kexec tool anymore.
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70* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
71 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
72 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
73 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
74 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
75
76* We should remove really old cruft from cdrom_id
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78* nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
79 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
80 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
81 from the kernel's logs.
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83* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
84 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
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86* When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set
87 for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it
88 useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for
89 systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under
90 their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns
91 is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the
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92 host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used
93 without User= we should warn and refuse operation.
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95* logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
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97* Set NoNewPriviliges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
98
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99* Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
100
101* rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
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103* import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
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105* import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
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107* import: support import from local files, and export to local files
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109* core/cgroup: support net_cls modules, and support automatically allocating class ids, then add support for making firewall changes depending on it, to implement a per-service firewall
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111* introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
112
cc98b302 113* logind,machined: add generic catch-all polkit verbs for most privileged operations, similar to systemd itself
a47e6701 114
fa607802 115* "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
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92ff080b 117* "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
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119* nspawn: when start a container "foobar" look for its configuration in a file "foobar.nspawn" in /etc/systemd/nspawn/ as well as next to the actualy directory or image to boot
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121* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
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123* "machinectl history"
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125* "machinectl diff"
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127* "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
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129* "machinectl status" should show 10 most recent log lines of both the host logs of the unit of the machine, plus the logs generated in the machine
130
91f4347e 131* add transparent btrfs pool in a loopback file in /var if btrfs operations (such as systemd-import pull-dkr) are used and /var is not a btrfs file system
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133* systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
134
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135* move machinectl's mount and copy commands into machined
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137* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
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139* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
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141* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
142 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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144* port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
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146* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
147 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
148 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
149 do, for example)
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151* resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
152 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
153 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
154
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155* systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
156 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
f131770b 157 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
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158 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
159
160* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
161 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
162
163* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
164 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
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166* set $REMOTE_IP (or $REMOTE_ADDR/$REMOTE_PORT) environment variable when doing per-connection socket activation. use format introduced by xinetd or CGI for this
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168* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
169
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170* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
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172* we should try harder to collapse start jobs for swaps that end up being the same:
173 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-November/025359.html
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175* timedated should compensate on SetTime for the time spent in polkit
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177* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
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179* sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
180
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181* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
182 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
183 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
184 returning from the "systemctl stop".
185
b568ef14 186* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
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188* timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
189
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190* add infrastructure to allocate dynamic/transient users and UID ranges, for use in user-namespaced containers, per-seat gdm login screens and gdm guest sessions
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192* machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
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194* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
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196* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
197
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198* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
199
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200* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
201
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202* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
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204* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
205
206* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
207 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
208
25e773ee 209* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
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211* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
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213* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
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215* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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217* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
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219* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
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279f0366 221* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 222
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223* systemctl edit:
224- allow creation of units from scratch
225- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
226 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
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228* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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230* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
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232* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
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234* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
235 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
236 parsing callbacks should use it.
237
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238* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
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240* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
241 units are shown.
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b873d33e 243* networkd:
d61bb44a 244 - add LLDP client side support
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245 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
246 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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247 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
248 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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249 - expose in the API the following bits:
250 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
251 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
252 - option 100, 101, timezone
253 - option 123, 144, geolocation
254 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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255 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
256 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
257 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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258 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
259 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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260 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
261 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
823f4a91 262 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
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9d6db739 264* resolved:
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265 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
266 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 267 - DNSSEC
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268 - use base64 for key presentation?
269 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 270 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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271 - DNS
272 - search paths
9d6db739 273 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 274 - avahi compat
9d6db739 275 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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276 - edns0
277 - dname
b6b63571 278 - cname on PTR (?)
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279 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
280 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
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282* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
283
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284* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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286* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
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a01647e5 288* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 289 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 290 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
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292* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
293
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294* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
295
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296* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
297
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298* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
299
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300* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
301
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302* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
303 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
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f598ac3e 305* 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)
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307* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
308
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309* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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311* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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313* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
314
6a3f892a 315* gpt-auto-generator:
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316 - Support LUKS for root devices
317 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 318 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 319
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320* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
321 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
322 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 323
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324* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
325
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326* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
327 /proc/$PID/exe
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329* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
330 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
331 for ReusePort=
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333* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
334 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
335 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
336 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
337 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
338
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339* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
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341* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
342 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
343 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
344 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
345 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
346 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
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f38afcd0 348* cgroups:
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349 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
350 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
351 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
352 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
353 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
354 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
355 the hierarchies of child processes
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357* transient units:
358 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
359 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
360 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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362* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
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364* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
365
f38afcd0 366* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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368* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
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370* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
371
94676f3e 372* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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374* 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
375
7f79cd71 376* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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378* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
379 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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380 path anyway.
381
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382* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
383
6aaa8c2f 384* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 385
d28315e4 386* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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388* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
389
390* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
391
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392* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
393 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
394
6bb648a1 395* sd-bus:
fa607802 396 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
d0928791 397 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
7212c608 398 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 399 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 400 - see if we can introduce a new sd_bus_get_owner_machine_id() call to retrieve the machine ID of the machine of the bus itself
d28315e4 401 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
f38afcd0 402 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 403 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 404 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 405 - 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 406 - longer term: priority inheritance
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407 - dbus spec updates:
408 - kdbus mapping
409 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
410 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 411 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 412 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 413 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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414 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
415 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
416 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
417 253 messages)
b568ef14 418 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 419 - kdbus: add counter for refused unicast messages that is passed out via the RECV ioctl. SImilar to the counter for dropped multicast messages we already have.
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421* sd-event
12179984 422 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 423 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
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425* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
426 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
427 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
428
69af4503 429* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
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431* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
432 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
433
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434* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
435
436* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
437
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438* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
439
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440* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
441
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442* test/:
443 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
444 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 445
b5c03638 446* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 447 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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448 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
449 destination.
450
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451* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
452 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
453
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454* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
455
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456* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
457 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
458 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
459 is installed.
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462 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
463 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
464 that automatically.
465
e5ec62c5 466* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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469
d28315e4 470* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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473
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474* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
475
476* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
477
356ce991 478* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 479
81d112a8 480* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 481
b44be3ec 482* EFI:
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484 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 485 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 486
c0fe5db5 487* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 488
b44be3ec 489* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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492 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
3040728b 493
b44be3ec 494* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 495
b44be3ec 496* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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499 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
500 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
501 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
502 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
503 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 504 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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505 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
506 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
507 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
508 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
509 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
510 needs setuid().
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512 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
513 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
514 complete.
515 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
516 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
517 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
518 - logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
519 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
520 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
521 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
522 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 523 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
e673ad04 524
b44be3ec 525* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 526
b44be3ec 527* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 528
b44be3ec 529* journal:
57f2a947 530 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 531 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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533 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
534 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 535 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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537 - journal: reuse XZ context
538 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
539 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
540 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
541 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
542 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
543 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
544 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 545 - 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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546 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
547 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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549 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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550 - 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.
551 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
552 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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553 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
554 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
555 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
556 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 557 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 558 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 559 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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560 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
561 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
562 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
563 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
564 to syslog when it works again.
565 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
566 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
567 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 568 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 569 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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571 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
572 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
573 journals in.
574 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
575 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
576 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
577 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
578 the most common operations.
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580* document:
8b8f2591 581 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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583 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 584 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 585 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 586 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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587 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
588 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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589 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
590 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
591 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
592 - man: add more examples to man pages
593 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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595* systemctl:
596 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
597 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
598 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
599 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
600 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
601 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
602 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
603 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 604 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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606 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
607 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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608 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
609 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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611* unit install:
612 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
613 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 614 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 615
b44be3ec 616* timer units:
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618 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
619 o DST changes
eb124a97 620 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 621 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 622 - 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 623 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 624
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626
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627* 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().
628
629* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 630* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 631* fedup: generator
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634
b44be3ec 635* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 636
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637* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
638 waiting for the timeout
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640* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
641
d28315e4 642* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 643
b44be3ec 644* nspawn:
9cb74bcb 645 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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647* cryptsetup:
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648 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
649 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
650 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 651 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 652
424a19f8 653* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 654 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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656* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
657
a1cccad1 658* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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660* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
661
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662* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
663
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665
68f16003 666* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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669 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 670 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 671 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 672 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 673 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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675* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
676
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677* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
678
88a6c589 679* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 680
9946996c 681* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 682 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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685
59cea26a 686* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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688* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
689
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690* automount: implement expire:
691 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
692 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
693 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
694 - blocking, needs a thread
695 - run until -EAGAIN
696 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
697 - call umount
698 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
699 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
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e01a15b7 701* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 702
abd55b16 703* udev:
abd55b16 704 - move to LGPL
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706 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 707 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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709* 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
710
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712
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715* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
716
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717* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
718
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720
721* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
722
70a44afe 723* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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725* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
726 needs to be auto-respawned?
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729
f38afcd0 730* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 731 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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733 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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d28315e4 735* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 736
7f8aa671 737* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 738
d3c7d7dd 739* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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747 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
748
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750
55cdcbac 751* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
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753* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
754 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
755 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
756
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758 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
759
71092d70 760* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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762* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
763
68c7d001 764* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 765 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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767 - status update
7a2a0b90 768 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 769 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 770 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 771 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 772 - auto-restart
e707c494 773 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 774 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 775 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 776 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 777 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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779 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
780 - how to create your own target
781 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
782 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 783
44143309 784* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 785
260abb78 786* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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790* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
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795
71092d70 796* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 797
7ba97195 798* systemd-python:
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800 works with ^C
b04c8c83 801 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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804 - plot per-process IO utilization
805 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
806 - document initcall_debug
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808
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810 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
811 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
812 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 813 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 814
88e4d1d7 815* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 816 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 817 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 818
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821 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 822 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 823 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 824 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 825 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 826 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 827 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 828 - add support for more bond options
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831 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 832
ac976532 833* dhcp:
424a8732 834 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 835 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 836 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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839 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
840 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
841 - write more test cases
842 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
843 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 844 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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846 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
847 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
848 or interface down
849 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
850 this behavior
851
2f8cd170 852External:
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cc9784c6 854* dbus:
3377af3e 855 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 856 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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859
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860* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
861
9096ad36 862* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 863
71092d70 864* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 868* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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870* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
871
872* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
873
874* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
875
d2bbca68 876* 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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878* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
879
880* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 881
4641a16b 882* 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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885
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887 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 888 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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2c12a402 890
129126f3 891Regularly:
874aa2cc 892
129126f3 893* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 894
129126f3 895* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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897* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 901* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
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4db17f29 903* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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905* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
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9e5f3dbb 907Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 909* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)