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71092d70 1Bugfixes:
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2* check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
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4* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
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6* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
7 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
8 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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10* make polkit checks async
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a40593a0 12* 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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466784c8 14Fedora 20:
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dc7adf20 16* external: ps should gain colums for slice and machine
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81d112a8 18* localed:
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19 - localectl: support new converted x11→console keymaps
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55d32caf 21* when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 22 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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24CGroup Rework Completion:
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26* introduce "mainpid" for scopes
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28* implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
29
30* implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
31
32* handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
33
34* logind: implement session kill exceptions
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36* make BlockIODeviceWeight=, BlockIODeviceBandwidth= runtime settable
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049b4474 38* introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
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431c72dc 40* wiki: document new bus APIs of PID 1 (transient units, Reloading signal)
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42* Send SIGHUP and SIGTERM in session scopes
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eb124a97 44Features:
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46* session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
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48* add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
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50* journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
51
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52* given that logind/machined now let PID 1 do all nasty work we can
53 probably reduce the capability set they retain substantially.
54
6aaa8c2f 55* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
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57* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
58
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59* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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e1b7e7ec 61* 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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63* 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
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65* when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop we should ratelimit that too.
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c5757cc8 67* "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, should
69af4503 68 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
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69 unit however should remove them all).
70
71* journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
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73* systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
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75* do we really need both hasprefix() and startswith()?
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77* journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
78 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
79 to syslog when it works again.
80
81* prohibit Restart= set with Type=oneshot
82
83* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
84
85* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
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87* add a fixed dbus path for "my own unit", "my own session", ... to PID1, logind, ...
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89* service_coldplug() appears to reinstall the wrong stop timeout watch?
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91* transient units: allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
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93* how to reset dynamically changed attributes sanely?
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95* when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
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4ad49000 97* journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
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99* libsystemd-logind: sd_session_is_active() and friends: verify
100 validity of session name before appending it to a path
101
9444b1f2 102* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 103 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 104 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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105 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
106 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 107
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108* when a service changes state make reflect that in the
109 RUNNING/LISTENING states of its socket
110
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111* when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
112 the hierarchies of child processes
113
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114* document logic of auto/noauto and fail/nofail in fstab in systemd.mount or systemd-fstab-generator man page
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9444b1f2 116* we should properly escape ssh hostnames we add into dbus server strings
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118* something pulls in pcre as so dep into our daemons such as hostnamed.
119
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120* document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
121
a65f06bb 122* change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
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123 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
124 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
125 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
126
127* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
128 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
129
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130* libsystemd-bus:
131 - default policy (allow uid == 0 and our own uid)
132 - enforce alignment of pointers passed in
eb01ba5d 133 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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134 - implement translator service
135 - port systemd to new library
136 - implement busname unit type in systemd
137 - move to gvariant
eb01ba5d 138 - merge busctl into systemctl or so?
e4ee6e5c 139 - synthesize sd_bus_message objects from kernel messages
c7819669 140 - properly implement name registry ioctls for kdbus
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141 - get rid of object hash table, use decision tree everyhwere instead?
142 - implement monitor logic
143 - object vtable logic
144 - longer term:
145 * priority queues
86312ab8 146 * priority inheritance
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148* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
149 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
150 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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152* add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
153 SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
154 makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
155 kernel.
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157* Introduce a way how we can kill the main process of a service with KillSignal, but all processes with SIGKILL later on
158 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952634
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69af4503 160* maybe add a warning to the unit file parses where the access mode of unit files is nonsensical.
19aa7c4f 161
69af4503 162* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
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164* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
165 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
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167* if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
168 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
169 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
170 needs setuid().
171
172* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
173
174* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
175
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176* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
177
178* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
179
4a449ed7 180* 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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182* we need dynamic units
183
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184* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
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186* test/:
187 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
188 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
189 - remove all the duplicated code in test/
b8b4d3dd 190
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191* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
192
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193* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
194 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
195 file.
196
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197* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
198 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
199 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
200 destination.
201
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202* remove duplicate default deps logic from fstab-generator vs. mount.c
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204* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
205 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
206
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207* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
208
209* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
210
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211* Support SO_REUSEPORT with socket activation:
212 - Let systemd maintain a pool of servers.
213 - Use for seamless upgrades, by running the new server before stopping the
214 old.
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216* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
217 need manual exponential loops after all
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219* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
220 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
221 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
222 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
223
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224* man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
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226* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
227 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
228 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
229 that automatically.
230
69af4503 231* rework specifier logic so that we can distinguish OOM errors from other errors
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e5ec62c5 233* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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235* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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54c31a79 237* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 238
8973790e 239* documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
3679d112 240
69af4503 241* add a tool that lists active timer units plus their next elapse and the time the units ran last
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243* man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
244
245* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
246
69af4503 247* 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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249* systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
250
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251* man: add more examples to man pages
252
253* man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
254
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255* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
256
257* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
258
259* msgcatalog determine default language of entries from the catalog
260 file name. i.e. foobar.de_DE.catalog would set the default entry
261 name for the entries to de_DE if they aren't explicitly suffixed
262 individually.
263
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264* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
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266* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
267
990ffbe5 268* Honour "-" prefix for InaccessibleDirectories= and ReadOnlyDirectories= to
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269 suppress errors of the specified path doesn't exist
270
271* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
272 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
273 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
274 will be activated.
275
356ce991 276* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 277
81d112a8 278* introduce ExecCondition= in services
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280* EFI:
281 - fsck hookup for the ESP mount is missing
282 - write man page for efi boot generator
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283 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
284 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 285 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 286
c0fe5db5 287* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 288
b44be3ec 289* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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291* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
292 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 294* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 295
b44be3ec 296* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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298* logind:
299 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
300 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
301 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
302 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
303 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
304 - logind: spawn user@..service on login
305 - logind: non-local X11 server handling
306 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
b44be3ec 307 - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
eb124a97 308 - logind: GetSessionByPID() should accept 0 as PID value
e5ec62c5 309 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
e673ad04 310
b44be3ec 311* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 312
b44be3ec 313* DeviceAllow/DeviceDeny: disallow everything by default, but whitelist /dev/zero, /dev/null and friends
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b44be3ec 315* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 317* journal:
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318 - do not use magic msync() in src/journal/journal-file.c, just call fsync()
319 <alxchk> poettering: looks like msync just calls vfs_fsync
320 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/mm/msync.c#n18
c06bf414 321 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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322 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
323 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
324 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
325 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
326 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
327 - journal: reuse XZ context
328 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
329 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
330 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
331 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
332 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
333 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
334 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 335 - 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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336 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
337 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
338 - journal: when rotating, copy over old acls/access mode
b44be3ec 339 - 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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340 - 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.
341 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
342 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 343 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 344 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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345 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
346 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
347 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
348 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
77a9e8de 349 - journalctl: expand tabs
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350 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
351 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
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352 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
353 - Port upower to use the journal for historical power information used in future calculations
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355* document:
356 - document unit_name_mangle()
357 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fileds in
358 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
359 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
360 - Document word splitting syntax for ExecStart= and friends
361 - document that units from /etc override those from /usr and /run
362 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 363 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 364 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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366* systemctl:
367 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
368 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
369 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
370 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
371 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
372 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
373 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
374 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
375 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
376 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
377 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
378 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
379 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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381* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
382
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383* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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385* timer units:
386 - configurable jitter for timer events
387 - timer events with system resume
388 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
389 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
390 o DST changes
eb124a97 391 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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393* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
394
395* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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396 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
397 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 398 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 399 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 400 user did not request anything like it.
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402* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
403 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
404 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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406* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
407 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
408 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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409 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
410 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
411 better supported alternative.
e707c494 412
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413* figure out relation of --all and --full in the various tools
414
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415* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
416
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417* 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().
418
419* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
420* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
421* fedup: generator
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b44be3ec 423* timedated:
b44be3ec 424 - timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 425
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426* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
427
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428* introduce generic AUGMENT_PID=, AUGMENT_DEVICE= fields
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b44be3ec 430* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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432* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
433 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
434 - superset of tmpfiles model
435 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
436 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
437 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
438
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439* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
440 waiting for the timeout
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442* high level net_prio setting in execution context
443
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444* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
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446* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
447
15abdb9a 448* refuse boot if /etc/machine-id is not useful (or set taint?)
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450* nspawn:
451 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly
452 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
453 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
454 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
455 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
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456 - nspawn: investigate whether we can support the same as LXC's
457 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
458 interfaces to the container
459 - nspawn: maybe add a way to drop additional caps, in addition to add additional caps
460 - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid?
3679d112 461 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
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463* cryptsetup:
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464 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
465 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
466 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 467 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
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470
424a19f8 471* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 472 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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474* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
475
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476* make timer units go away after they elapsed
477
8556879e 478* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 479 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
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481* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
482
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483* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
484
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485* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
486
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487* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
488
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489* system.conf should have controls for cgroups
490
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491* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
492
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493* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
494
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495* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
496
68f16003 497* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 498
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499* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
500
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501* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
502 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
503 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
504 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 505 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 506 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 507
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508* use opterr = 0 for all getopt tools
509
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510* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
511
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512* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
513
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514* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
515
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516* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
517
88a6c589 518* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 519
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520* syscall filter:
521 - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
522 - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
523 - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
524 - syscall filter: port to libseccomp
525 - system-wide seccomp filter
c66d36e5 526
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527* .device aliases need to be implemented with the "following" logic, probably.
528
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529* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
530 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
531
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532* introduce Type=pid-file
533
59cea26a 534* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 535
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536* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
537
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538* move passno parsing to fstab generator
539
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540* automount: implement expire:
541 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
542 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
543 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
544 - blocking, needs a thread
545 - run until -EAGAIN
546 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
547 - call umount
548 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
549 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
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552
e01a15b7 553* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 554
abd55b16 555* udev:
3f60bcb5 556 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
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558 - unify utf8 validator code with shared/
559 - kill scsi_id
560 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 561
18b754d3 562* cleanup syslog 'priority' vs. 'level' wording
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564* 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
565
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566* support container_ttys=
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568* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
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570* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
571
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572* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
573
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574* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
575
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576* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
577
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578* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
579
580* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
581
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582* clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty
583
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584* when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible.
585
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586* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
587
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588* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
589 needs to be auto-respawned?
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591* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
592
de6c78f8 593* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 594
b44be3ec 595* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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598
d3c7d7dd 599* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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601* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
602 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
603
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604* move PAM code into its own binary
605
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606* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
607 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
608
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609* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
610
7c697168 611* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 612
71092d70 613* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 614
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615* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
616 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
617 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
618
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619* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
620 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
621
71092d70 622* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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625 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
626 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
627 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
628 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
629 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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631* add support for /bin/mount -s
632
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633* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
634
68c7d001 635* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 636 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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637 - enabling dbus services
638 - status update
7a2a0b90 639 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 640 - remote access
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641 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
642 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 643 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 644 - auto-restart
e707c494 645 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 646 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 647 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 648 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 649 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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651 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
652 - how to create your own target
653 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
654 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 655
44143309 656* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 657
71092d70 658* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 659
260abb78 660* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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662* Support --test based on current system state
663
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664* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
665
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666* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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668* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
669
129126f3 670* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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671 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
672 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 673 - postfix, saslauthd
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674 - apache/samba
675 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
676 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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677 - distccd
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71092d70 679* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 680
50f2a90d 681* io priority during initialization
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684
7ba97195 685* systemd-python:
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687 works with ^C
b04c8c83 688 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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690* bootchart:
691 - plot per-process IO utilization
692 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
693 - document initcall_debug
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694 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
695
2f8cd170 696External:
74fe1fe3 697
cc9784c6 698* dbus:
cc9784c6 699 - dbus --user
3377af3e 700 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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702 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 703 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
b69d29ce 704 - always pass cred data along each message
b44be3ec 705 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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707* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
708
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709* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
710
9096ad36 711* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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713* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
714 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
715 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
716 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
717 the RTC to sync up.
718
71092d70 719* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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722
723* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
724
725* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
726
727* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
728
729* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
730
d2bbca68 731* 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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733* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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735* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 736
4641a16b 737* 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 739Regularly:
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129126f3 741* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 742
129126f3 743* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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745* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
8c6db833 746
14212119 747* %m in printf() instead of strerror(errno);
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749* pahole
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71092d70 751* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 752
4db17f29 753* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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756
9e5f3dbb 757Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 759* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)