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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 16* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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81429136 18* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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20* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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22* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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24* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
25 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
26
81429136 27Features:
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29* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231
30
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31* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
32
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33* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
34
35* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
36
37* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
38
39* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
40
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41* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
42
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43* dbus: add new message hdr field for allowing interactive auth, write spec for it. update dbus spec to mandate that unknown flags *must* be ignored...
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45* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
46
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47* remove multi-seat-x now
48
49* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
50
51* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
52
d74f9e8e 53* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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54 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
55 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
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57* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
58 journals in.
59
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60* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
61
62* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
63 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
64 parsing callbacks should use it.
65
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66* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
67 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
68 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
69 complete.
70
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71* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
72
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73* remove readahead in 217
74
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75* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
76
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77* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
78 units are shown.
79
b873d33e 80* networkd:
d61bb44a 81 - add LLDP client side support
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82 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
83 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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84 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
85 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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86 - expose in the API the following bits:
87 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
88 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
89 - option 100, 101, timezone
90 - option 123, 144, geolocation
91 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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92 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
93 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
94 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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95 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
96 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 97
9d6db739 98* resolved:
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99 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
100 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 101 - DNSSEC
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102 - use base64 for key presentation?
103 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 104 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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105 - DNS
106 - search paths
9d6db739 107 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 108 - avahi compat
9d6db739 109 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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110 - edns0
111 - dname
b6b63571 112 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 113
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114* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
115 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
116 pull-in the policy.
117
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118* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
119
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120* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
121
fed515f0 122* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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124* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
125
a01647e5 126* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 127 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 128 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 129 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 130
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131* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
132
133* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
134
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135* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
136
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137* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
138
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139* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
140
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141* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
142
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143* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
144
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145* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
146
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147* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
148 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 149
f598ac3e 150* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 151
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152* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
153
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154* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
155
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156* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
157
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158* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
159
160* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
161
6a3f892a 162* gpt-auto-generator:
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163 - Support LUKS for root devices
164 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 165 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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167* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
168 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 169 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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170 the most common operations.
171
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172* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
173 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
174 when it is otherwise off
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176* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
177
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178* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
179 /proc/$PID/exe
180
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181* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
182 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
183 for ReusePort=
184
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185* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
186 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
187 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
188 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
189 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
190
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191* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
192
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193* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
194 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
195 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
196 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
197 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
198 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
199
ef417cfd 200* completions:
ef417cfd 201 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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f38afcd0 203* cgroups:
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204 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
205 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
206 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
207 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
208 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
209 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
210 the hierarchies of child processes
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212* transient units:
213 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
214 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
215 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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217* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
218
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219* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
220
f38afcd0 221* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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223* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
224
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225* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
226
94676f3e 227* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 228
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229* 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
230
7f79cd71 231* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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233* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
234 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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235 path anyway.
236
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237* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
238
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239* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
240 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 241 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 242
6aaa8c2f 243* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 244
d28315e4 245* 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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247* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
248
249* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
250
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251* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
252 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
253
6bb648a1 254* sd-bus:
d28315e4 255 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 256 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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257 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
258 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
259 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 260 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 261 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 262 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 263 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 264 - 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 265 - longer term: priority inheritance
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266 - dbus spec updates:
267 - kdbus mapping
268 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
269 - GVariant
bee7e928 270 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 271 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 272 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 273 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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275* sd-event
12179984 276 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 277 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 278
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279* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
280 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
281 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
282
69af4503 283* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 284
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285* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
286 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
287
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288* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
289
290* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
291
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292* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
293
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294* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
295
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296* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
297
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298* test/:
299 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
300 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 301
b5c03638 302* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 303 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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304 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
305 destination.
306
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307* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
308 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
309
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310* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
311
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312* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
313 need manual exponential loops after all
314
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315* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
316 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
317 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
318 is installed.
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320* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
321 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
322 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
323 that automatically.
324
e5ec62c5 325* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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327* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
328
d28315e4 329* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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331* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
332
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333* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
334
335* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
336
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337* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
338
356ce991 339* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 340
81d112a8 341* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 342
b44be3ec 343* EFI:
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344 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
345 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 346 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 347
c0fe5db5 348* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 349
b44be3ec 350* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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352* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
353 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 355* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 356
b44be3ec 357* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 358
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359* logind:
360 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
361 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
362 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
363 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
364 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 365 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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366 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
367 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
368 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
369 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
370 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
371 needs setuid().
e673ad04 372
b44be3ec 373* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 374
b44be3ec 375* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 377* journal:
c06bf414 378 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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379 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
380 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
381 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 382 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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383 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
384 - journal: reuse XZ context
385 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
386 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
387 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
388 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
389 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
390 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
391 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 392 - 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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393 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
394 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 395 - 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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396 - 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.
397 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
398 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 399 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 400 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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401 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
402 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
403 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
404 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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405 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
406 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 407 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 408 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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409 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
410 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
411 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
412 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
413 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
414 to syslog when it works again.
415 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
416 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
417 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 418 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 419 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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421* document:
8b8f2591 422 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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423 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
424 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 425 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 426 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 427 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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428 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
429 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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430 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
431 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
432 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
433 - man: add more examples to man pages
434 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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436* systemctl:
437 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
438 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
439 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
440 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
441 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
442 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
443 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
444 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 445 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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446 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
447 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
448 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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449 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
450 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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452* unit install:
453 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
454 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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455 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
456 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 457
b44be3ec 458* timer units:
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459 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
460 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
461 o DST changes
eb124a97 462 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 463 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 464 - 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 465 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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467* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
468
469* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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470 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
471 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 472 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 473 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 474 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 475
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476* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
477
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478* 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().
479
480* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 481* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 482* fedup: generator
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484* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
485
b44be3ec 486* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 487
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488* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
489 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 490
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491* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
492
d28315e4 493* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 494
b44be3ec 495* nspawn:
b44be3ec 496 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 497 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 498 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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500* cryptsetup:
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501 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
502 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
503 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 504 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 505
424a19f8 506* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 507 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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509* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
510
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511* make timer units go away after they elapsed
512
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513* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
514
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515* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
516
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517* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
518
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519* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
520
68f16003 521* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 522
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523* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
524 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 525 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 526 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 527 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 528 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 529
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530* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
531
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532* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
533
88a6c589 534* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 535
9946996c 536* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 537 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 538
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539* introduce Type=pid-file
540
59cea26a 541* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 542
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543* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
544
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545* automount: implement expire:
546 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
547 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
548 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
549 - blocking, needs a thread
550 - run until -EAGAIN
551 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
552 - call umount
553 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
554 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 555
e01a15b7 556* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 557
abd55b16 558* udev:
abd55b16 559 - move to LGPL
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560 - kill scsi_id
561 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 562 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 563
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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* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
567
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568* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
569
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570* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
571
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572* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
573
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574* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
575
576* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
577
70a44afe 578* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 579
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580* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
581 needs to be auto-respawned?
582
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583* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
584
f38afcd0 585* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 586 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 587
d28315e4 588* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 589
7f8aa671 590* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 591
d3c7d7dd 592* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 593
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594* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
595 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
596
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597* move PAM code into its own binary
598
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599* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
600 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
601
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602* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
603
55cdcbac 604* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 605
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606* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
607 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
608 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
609
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610* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
611 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
612
71092d70 613* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 614
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615* readahead:
616 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
617 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
618 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
619 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
620 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 621
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622* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
623
68c7d001 624* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 625 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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626 - enabling dbus services
627 - status update
7a2a0b90 628 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 629 - remote access
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630 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
631 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 632 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 633 - auto-restart
e707c494 634 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 635 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 636 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 637 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 638 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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639 - calendar time events
640 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
641 - how to create your own target
642 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
643 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 645* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 646
260abb78 647* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 648
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649* Support --test based on current system state
650
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651* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
652
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653* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
654
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655* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
656
71092d70 657* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 658
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659* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
660
7ba97195 661* systemd-python:
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663 works with ^C
b04c8c83 664 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 665
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666* bootchart:
667 - plot per-process IO utilization
668 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
669 - document initcall_debug
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670 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
671
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672* udev-link-config:
673 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
674 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
675 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 676 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 677
88e4d1d7 678* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 679 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 680 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 681
0a4b9a07 682* networkd:
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683 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
684 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 685 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 686 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 687 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 688 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 689 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 690 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 691 - add support for more bond options
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693* networkd-wait-online:
694 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 695
ac976532 696* dhcp:
424a8732 697 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 698 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 699 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 700
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701* dhcp6:
702 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
703 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
704 - write more test cases
705 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
706 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
707 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
708 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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709 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
710 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
711 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
712 or interface down
713 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
714 this behavior
715
2f8cd170 716External:
74fe1fe3 717
cc9784c6 718* dbus:
3377af3e 719 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 720 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 721
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722* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
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724* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
725
9096ad36 726* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 727
71092d70 728* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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730* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
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d28315e4 732* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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734* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
735
736* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
737
738* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
739
d2bbca68 740* 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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742* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
743
744* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 745
4641a16b 746* 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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750* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
751 does not
752
129126f3 753Regularly:
874aa2cc 754
129126f3 755* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 756
129126f3 757* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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759* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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761* pahole
762
d28315e4 763* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 764
4db17f29 765* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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767* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
768
9e5f3dbb 769Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 771* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)