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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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f38afcd0 19External:
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f38afcd0 21* 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 23* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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25* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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27* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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29* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
30 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
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81429136 32Features:
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34* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
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36* Check all invocations of access() and consider turning them into laccess()
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38* "machinectl run" that works like systemd-run, but allocates a pty in the container and attached the service to it
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40* "machinectl start/enable/disable foo" as aliases for "systemctl start/enable/disable systemd-nspawn@foo.service"
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42* "machinectl list-images" for showing a list of container trees collected from /var/lib/containers
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44* "machinectl snapshot" to make a snapshot of a tree or container into /var/lib/containers
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46* "machinectl rm" to remove a container tree from /var/lib/containers
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48* "machinectl history"
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50* "machinectl diff"
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52* machined: open up certain commands to unprivileged clients via polkit
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54* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
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56* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
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58* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
59 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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61* port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
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63* bash completion for busctl, to make it truly useful
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65* journald: broken file systems are real (btrfs), we need to handle
66 SIGBUS in some way if we cannot write or read from the disk.
67 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151848
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69* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
70 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
71 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
72 do, for example)
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74* resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
75 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
76 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
77
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78* systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
79 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
80 continously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
81 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
82
83* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
84 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
85
86* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
87 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
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89* 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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91* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
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93* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
94
95* we should try harder to collapse start jobs for swaps that end up being the same:
96 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-November/025359.html
97
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98* timedated should compensate on SetTime for the time spent in polkit
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100* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
101
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102* sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
103
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104* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
105 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
106 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
107 returning from the "systemctl stop".
108
b568ef14 109* 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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111* timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
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113* networkd-wait-online really should have a timeout by default
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115* 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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117* 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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119* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
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121* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
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123* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
124
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125* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
126
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127* configure.ac pretends dbus was optional but actually hardcodes use of dbus' pkg-config file to determine various dbus dirs such as policy and activation dirs
128
129* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
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131* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
132
133* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
134 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
135
25e773ee 136* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
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138* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
139
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140* 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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142* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
143
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144* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
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146* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
147
279f0366 148* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 149
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150* systemctl edit:
151- allow creation of units from scratch
152- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
153 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
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155* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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157* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
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159* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
160
161* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
162 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
163 parsing callbacks should use it.
164
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165* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
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167* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
168 units are shown.
169
b873d33e 170* networkd:
d61bb44a 171 - add LLDP client side support
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172 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
173 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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174 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
175 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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176 - expose in the API the following bits:
177 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
178 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
179 - option 100, 101, timezone
180 - option 123, 144, geolocation
181 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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182 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
183 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
184 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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185 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
186 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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187 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
188 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
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9d6db739 190* resolved:
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191 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
192 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 193 - DNSSEC
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194 - use base64 for key presentation?
195 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 196 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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197 - DNS
198 - search paths
9d6db739 199 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 200 - avahi compat
9d6db739 201 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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202 - edns0
203 - dname
b6b63571 204 - cname on PTR (?)
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205 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
206 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
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208* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
209
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210* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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212* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
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a01647e5 214* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 215 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 216 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
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218* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
219
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220* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
221
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222* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
223
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224* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
225
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226* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
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228* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
229 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 230
f598ac3e 231* 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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233* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
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235* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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237* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
238
239* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
240
6a3f892a 241* gpt-auto-generator:
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242 - Support LUKS for root devices
243 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 244 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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246* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
247 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
248 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 249
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250* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
251
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252* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
253 /proc/$PID/exe
254
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255* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
256 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
257 for ReusePort=
258
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259* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
260 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
261 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
262 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
263 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
264
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265* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
266
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267* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
268 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
269 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
270 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
271 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
272 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
273
ef417cfd 274* completions:
ef417cfd 275 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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f38afcd0 277* cgroups:
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278 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
279 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
280 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
281 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
282 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
283 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
284 the hierarchies of child processes
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286* transient units:
287 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
288 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
289 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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291* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
292
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293* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
294
f38afcd0 295* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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297* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
298
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299* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
300
94676f3e 301* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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303* rfkill,backlight: we probably should run the load tools inside of the udev rules so that the state is properly initialized by the time other software sees it
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7f79cd71 305* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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307* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
308 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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309 path anyway.
310
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311* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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6aaa8c2f 313* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 314
d28315e4 315* 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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317* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
318
319* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
320
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321* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
322 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
323
6bb648a1 324* sd-bus:
d0928791 325 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
4a02e686 326 - make dsrt happy, and change userspace header for kdbus to yyyyuta{tv}v
e7100587 327 - kdbus: PID/TID goes missing for method calls from outside the PID namespace?
bca3e263 328 - kdbus: the kernel should not allow messages to be delivered that have a reply serial != 0, reply-expect unset, but no appropriate window
e8bbb7c7 329 - kdbus: timestamps on kernel's NameOwnerChanged messages?
e8bbb7c7 330 - kdbus' busnames.target should get pulled in by basic.target
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331 - Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
332 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
333 pull-in the policy.
334 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 335 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 336 - 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 337 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 338 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
f38afcd0 339 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 340 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 341 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 342 - 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 343 - longer term: priority inheritance
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344 - dbus spec updates:
345 - kdbus mapping
346 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
347 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 348 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 349 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 350 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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351 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
352 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
353 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
354 253 messages)
b568ef14 355 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 356 - 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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358* sd-event
12179984 359 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 360 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 361
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362* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
363 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
364 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
365
69af4503 366* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 367
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368* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
369 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
370
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371* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
372
373* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
374
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375* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
376
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377* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
378
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379* test/:
380 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
381 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 382
b5c03638 383* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 384 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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385 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
386 destination.
387
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388* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
389 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
390
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391* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
392
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393* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
394 need manual exponential loops after all
395
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396* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
397 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
398 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
399 is installed.
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401* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
402 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
403 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
404 that automatically.
405
e5ec62c5 406* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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408* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
409
d28315e4 410* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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412* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
413
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414* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
415
416* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
417
356ce991 418* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 419
81d112a8 420* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 421
b44be3ec 422* EFI:
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423 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
424 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 425 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 426
c0fe5db5 427* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 428
b44be3ec 429* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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431* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
432 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 434* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 435
b44be3ec 436* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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438* logind:
439 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
440 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
441 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
442 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
443 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 444 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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445 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
446 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
447 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
448 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
449 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
450 needs setuid().
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451 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
452 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
453 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
454 complete.
455 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
456 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
457 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
458 - logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
459 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
460 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
461 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
462 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 463 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
e673ad04 464
b44be3ec 465* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 466
b44be3ec 467* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 468
b44be3ec 469* journal:
57f2a947 470 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 471 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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472 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
473 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
474 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 475 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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476 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
477 - journal: reuse XZ context
478 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
479 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
480 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
481 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
482 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
483 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
484 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 485 - 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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486 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
487 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 488 - 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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489 - 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.
490 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
491 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
f47ec8eb 492 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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493 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
494 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
495 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
496 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 497 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 498 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 499 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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500 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
501 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
502 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
503 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
504 to syslog when it works again.
505 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
506 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
507 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 508 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 509 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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510 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
511 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
512 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
513 journals in.
514 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
515 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
516 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
517 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
518 the most common operations.
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520* document:
8b8f2591 521 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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522 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
523 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 524 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 525 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 526 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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527 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
528 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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529 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
530 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
531 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
532 - man: add more examples to man pages
533 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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535* systemctl:
536 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
537 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
538 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
539 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
540 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
541 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
542 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
543 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 544 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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545 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
546 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
547 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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548 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
549 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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551* unit install:
552 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
553 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 554 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 555
b44be3ec 556* timer units:
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557 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
558 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
559 o DST changes
eb124a97 560 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 561 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 562 - 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 563 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 564
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565* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
566
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567* 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().
568
569* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 570* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 571* fedup: generator
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573* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
574
b44be3ec 575* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 576
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577* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
578 waiting for the timeout
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580* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
581
d28315e4 582* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 583
b44be3ec 584* nspawn:
b44be3ec 585 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 586 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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587 - introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
588 - systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
589 - PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy
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591* cryptsetup:
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592 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
593 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
594 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 595 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 596
424a19f8 597* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 598 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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600* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
601
a1cccad1 602* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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604* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
605
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606* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
607
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608* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
609
68f16003 610* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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612* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
613 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 614 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 615 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 616 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 617 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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620
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621* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
622
88a6c589 623* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 624
9946996c 625* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 626 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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629
59cea26a 630* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 631
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632* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
633
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634* automount: implement expire:
635 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
636 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
637 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
638 - blocking, needs a thread
639 - run until -EAGAIN
640 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
641 - call umount
642 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
643 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 644
e01a15b7 645* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 646
abd55b16 647* udev:
abd55b16 648 - move to LGPL
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650 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 651 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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653* 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
654
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655* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
656
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657* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
658
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659* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
660
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661* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
662
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663* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
664
665* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
666
70a44afe 667* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 668
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669* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
670 needs to be auto-respawned?
671
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672* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
673
f38afcd0 674* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 675 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 676
d28315e4 677* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 678
7f8aa671 679* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 680
d3c7d7dd 681* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 682
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683* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
684 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
685
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686* move PAM code into its own binary
687
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688* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
689 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
690
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691* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
692
55cdcbac 693* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 694
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695* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
696 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
697 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
698
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699* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
700 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
701
71092d70 702* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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704* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
705
68c7d001 706* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 707 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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708 - enabling dbus services
709 - status update
7a2a0b90 710 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 711 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 712 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 713 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 714 - auto-restart
e707c494 715 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 716 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 717 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 718 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 719 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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720 - calendar time events
721 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
722 - how to create your own target
723 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
724 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 725
44143309 726* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 727
260abb78 728* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 729
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730* Support --test based on current system state
731
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732* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
733
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735
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736* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
737
71092d70 738* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 739
7ba97195 740* systemd-python:
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742 works with ^C
b04c8c83 743 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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746 - plot per-process IO utilization
747 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
748 - document initcall_debug
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749 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
750
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751* udev-link-config:
752 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
753 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
754 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 755 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 756
88e4d1d7 757* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 758 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 759 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 760
0a4b9a07 761* networkd:
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762 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
763 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 764 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 765 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 766 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 767 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 768 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 769 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 770 - add support for more bond options
155e8b9a 771
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772* networkd-wait-online:
773 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 774
ac976532 775* dhcp:
424a8732 776 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 777 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 778 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 779
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780* dhcp6:
781 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
782 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
783 - write more test cases
784 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
785 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
786 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
787 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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788 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
789 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
790 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
791 or interface down
792 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
793 this behavior
794
2f8cd170 795External:
74fe1fe3 796
cc9784c6 797* dbus:
3377af3e 798 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 799 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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802
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804
9096ad36 805* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 806
71092d70 807* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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810
d28315e4 811* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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813* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
814
815* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
816
817* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
818
d2bbca68 819* 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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821* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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823* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 824
4641a16b 825* 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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828
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830 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 831 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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2c12a402 833
129126f3 834Regularly:
874aa2cc 835
129126f3 836* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 837
129126f3 838* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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840* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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843
d28315e4 844* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 845
4db17f29 846* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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849
9e5f3dbb 850Scheduled for removal or fixing:
a3a3e5b6 851
9e5f3dbb 852* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)