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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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15* When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
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f38afcd0 18External:
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f38afcd0 20* 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 22* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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24* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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26* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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28* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
29 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
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31Before 220:
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33* rework fsckd/fsck's connection logic or remove fsck entirely
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35* fix userns support in nspawn, or remove it entirely
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37* make unmount-on-eject work again
38
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39* bus-proxy: GetConnectionSELinuxSecurityContext() is completely broken
40
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41* timer units triggering services with failing conditions run busy:
42 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030095.html
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44Features:
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46* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
47 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
48 state.
49 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
50
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51* Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
52 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
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54* fstab-generator should generate systemd-fsck-root.service when
55 running in the initrd, and operate on the right device.
56
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57* .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
58
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59* systemd-run should support a mode where we wait for the unit to be started up
60
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61* create a btrfs qgroup for /var/lib/machines, and add all container
62 subvolumes we create to it.
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64* nspawn: add --overlay= to support overlay file systems, similar to
65 --tmpfs= and --bind=.
66
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67* When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
68 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
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70* to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
71 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
72 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
73
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74* journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
75 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written
76 to.
77
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78* assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
79
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80* coredump: make the handler check /proc/$PID/rlimits for RLIMIT_CORE,
81 and supress coredump if turned off. Then change RLIMIT_CORE to
82 infinity by default for all services. This then allows per-service
83 control of coredumping.
84
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85* generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
86 that are not supported...
87 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
88
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89* PID 1: when invoking systemctl preset-all on first boots, operate in
90 an exclusively additive way, i.e. never remove any pre-existing
91 symlinks, only add new ones.
92
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93* Introduce $LISTEN_NAMES to complement $LISTEN_FDS, containing a
94 colon separated list of identifiers for the fds passed.
95
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96* when the fstab-generator runs in the initrd, it should create a /dev/null mask for systemd-fsck-root.service, to avoid that the the root fs is fsck'ed twice.
97
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98* maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
99 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
100
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101* rework kexec logic to use new kexec_file_load() syscall, so that we
102 don't have to call kexec tool anymore.
103
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104* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
105 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
106 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
107 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
108 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
109
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110* nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
111 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
112 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
113 from the kernel's logs.
114
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115* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
116 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
117
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118* When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set
119 for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it
120 useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for
121 systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under
122 their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns
123 is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the
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124 host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used
125 without User= we should warn and refuse operation.
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127* logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
128
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129* Set NoNewPriviliges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
130
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131* Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
132
133* rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
134
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135* import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
136
137* import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
138
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139* core/cgroup: support net_cls modules, and support automatically allocating class ids, then add support for making firewall changes depending on it, to implement a per-service firewall
140
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141* introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
142
fa607802 143* "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
a47e6701 144
92ff080b 145* "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
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147* nspawn: when start a container "foobar" look for its configuration in a file "foobar.nspawn" in /etc/systemd/nspawn/ as well as next to the actualy directory or image to boot
148
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149* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
150
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151* "machinectl history"
152
153* "machinectl diff"
154
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155* "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
156
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157* systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
158
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159* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
160
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161* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
162
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163* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
164 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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166* port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
167
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168* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
169 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
170 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
171 do, for example)
172
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173* resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
174 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
175 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
176
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177* systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
178 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
f131770b 179 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
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180 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
181
182* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
183 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
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185* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
186 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
187
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188* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
189
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190* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
191
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192* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
193
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194* sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
195
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196* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
197 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
198 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
199 returning from the "systemctl stop".
200
b568ef14 201* 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
c2d5b3c9 202
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203* timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
204
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205* 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
206
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207* machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
208
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209* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
210
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211* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
212
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213* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
214
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215* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
216
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217* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
218
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219* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
220
221* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
222 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
223
25e773ee 224* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 225
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226* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
227
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228* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
229
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230* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
231
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232* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
233
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234* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
235
279f0366 236* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 237
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238* systemctl edit:
239- allow creation of units from scratch
240- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
241 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
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243* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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245* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
246
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247* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
248 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
249 parsing callbacks should use it.
250
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251* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
252
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253* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
254 units are shown.
255
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256* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
257 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
258
b873d33e 259* networkd:
d61bb44a 260 - add LLDP client side support
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261 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
262 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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263 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
264 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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265 - expose in the API the following bits:
266 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
267 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
268 - option 100, 101, timezone
269 - option 123, 144, geolocation
270 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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271 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
272 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
273 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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274 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
275 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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276 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
277 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
823f4a91 278 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
b873d33e 279
9d6db739 280* resolved:
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281 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
282 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 283 - DNSSEC
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284 - use base64 for key presentation?
285 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 286 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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287 - DNS
288 - search paths
9d6db739 289 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 290 - avahi compat
9d6db739 291 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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292 - edns0
293 - dname
b6b63571 294 - cname on PTR (?)
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295 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
296 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
3f77a1b1 297
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298* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
299
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300* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
301
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302* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
303
a01647e5 304* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 305 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 306 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
a01647e5 307
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308* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
309
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310* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
311
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312* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
313
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314* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
315
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316* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
317
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318* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
319 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 320
f598ac3e 321* 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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323* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
324
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325* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
326
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327* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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329* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
330
6a3f892a 331* gpt-auto-generator:
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332 - Support LUKS for root devices
333 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 334 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 335
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336* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
337 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
338 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 339
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340* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
341
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342* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
343 /proc/$PID/exe
344
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345* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
346 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
347 for ReusePort=
348
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349* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
350 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
351 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
352 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
353 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
354
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355* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
356
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357* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
358 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
359 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
360 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
361 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
362 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
363
f38afcd0 364* cgroups:
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365 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
366 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
367 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
368 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
369 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
370 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
371 the hierarchies of child processes
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f38afcd0 373* transient units:
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374 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
375 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 376
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377* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
378
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379* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
380
f38afcd0 381* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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383* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
384
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385* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
386
94676f3e 387* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 388
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389* 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
390
7f79cd71 391* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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393* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
394 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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395 path anyway.
396
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397* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
398
6aaa8c2f 399* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 400
d28315e4 401* 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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403* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
404
405* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
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407* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
408 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
409
6bb648a1 410* sd-bus:
fa607802 411 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
d0928791 412 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
7212c608 413 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 414 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 415 - 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 416 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
f38afcd0 417 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 418 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 419 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 420 - 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 421 - longer term: priority inheritance
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422 - dbus spec updates:
423 - kdbus mapping
424 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
425 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 426 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 427 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 428 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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429 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
430 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
431 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
432 253 messages)
b568ef14 433 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 434 - 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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436* sd-event
12179984 437 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 438 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 439
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440* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
441 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
442 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
443
69af4503 444* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 445
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446* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
447 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
448
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449* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
450
451* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
452
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453* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
454
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455* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
456
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457* test/:
458 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
459 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 460
b5c03638 461* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 462 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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463 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
464 destination.
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466* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
467 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
468
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469* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
470
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472 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
473 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
474 is installed.
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477 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
478 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
479 that automatically.
480
e5ec62c5 481* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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483* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
484
d28315e4 485* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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488
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489* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
490
491* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
492
356ce991 493* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 494
81d112a8 495* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 496
b44be3ec 497* EFI:
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499 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 500 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 501
c0fe5db5 502* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 503
b44be3ec 504* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 505
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507 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
3040728b 508
b44be3ec 509* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 510
b44be3ec 511* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 512
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514 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
515 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
516 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
517 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
518 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 519 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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520 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
521 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
522 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
523 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
524 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
525 needs setuid().
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527 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
528 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
529 complete.
530 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
531 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
532 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
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534 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
535 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
536 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 537 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
e673ad04 538
b44be3ec 539* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 540
b44be3ec 541* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 542
b44be3ec 543* journal:
57f2a947 544 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 545 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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547 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
548 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 549 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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551 - journal: reuse XZ context
552 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
553 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
554 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
555 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
556 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
557 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
558 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 559 - 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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560 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
561 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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562 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
563 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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564 - 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.
565 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
566 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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567 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
568 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
569 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
570 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 571 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 572 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 573 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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574 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
575 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
576 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
577 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
578 to syslog when it works again.
579 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
580 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
581 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 582 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 583 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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585 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
586 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
587 journals in.
588 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
589 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
590 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
591 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
592 the most common operations.
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594* document:
8b8f2591 595 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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596 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
597 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 598 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 599 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 600 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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601 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
602 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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603 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
604 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
605 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
606 - man: add more examples to man pages
607 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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609* systemctl:
610 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
611 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
612 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
613 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
614 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
615 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
616 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
617 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 618 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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620 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
621 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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622 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
623 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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625* unit install:
626 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
627 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 628 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 629
b44be3ec 630* timer units:
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632 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
633 o DST changes
eb124a97 634 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 635 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 636 - 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 637 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 638
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640
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641* 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().
642
643* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 644* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 645* fedup: generator
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647* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
648
b44be3ec 649* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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652 waiting for the timeout
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654* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
655
d28315e4 656* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 657
b44be3ec 658* nspawn:
9cb74bcb 659 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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661* cryptsetup:
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662 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
663 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
664 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 665 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 666
424a19f8 667* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 668 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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670* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
671
a1cccad1 672* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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674* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
675
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676* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
677
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678* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
679
68f16003 680* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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682* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
683 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 684 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 685 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 686 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 687 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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689* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
690
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691* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
692
88a6c589 693* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 694
9946996c 695* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 696 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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699
59cea26a 700* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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702* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
703
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704* automount: implement expire:
705 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
706 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
707 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
708 - blocking, needs a thread
709 - run until -EAGAIN
710 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
711 - call umount
712 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
713 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
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e01a15b7 715* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 716
abd55b16 717* udev:
abd55b16 718 - move to LGPL
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720 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 721 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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726
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728
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729* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
730
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731* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
732
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734
735* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
736
70a44afe 737* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 738
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739* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
740 needs to be auto-respawned?
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743
f38afcd0 744* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 745 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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747 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
7d441ddb 748
d28315e4 749* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 750
7f8aa671 751* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 752
d3c7d7dd 753* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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756 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
757
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759
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761 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
762
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763* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
764
55cdcbac 765* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
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768 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
769 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
770
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771* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
772 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
773
71092d70 774* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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776* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
777
68c7d001 778* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 779 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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781 - status update
7a2a0b90 782 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 783 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 784 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 785 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 786 - auto-restart
e707c494 787 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 788 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 789 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 790 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 791 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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793 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
794 - how to create your own target
795 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
796 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 797
44143309 798* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 799
260abb78 800* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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802* Support --test based on current system state
803
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804* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
805
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806* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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808* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
809
71092d70 810* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 811
7ba97195 812* systemd-python:
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814 works with ^C
b04c8c83 815 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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818 - plot per-process IO utilization
819 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
820 - document initcall_debug
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822
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824 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
825 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
826 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 827 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 828
88e4d1d7 829* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 830 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 831 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 832
0a4b9a07 833* networkd:
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835 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 836 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 837 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 838 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 839 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 840 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 841 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 842 - add support for more bond options
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845 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 846
ac976532 847* dhcp:
424a8732 848 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 849 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 850 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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853 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
854 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
855 - write more test cases
37d8b536 856 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 857 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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859 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
860 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
861 or interface down
862 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
863 this behavior
864
2f8cd170 865External:
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cc9784c6 867* dbus:
3377af3e 868 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 869 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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872
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874
9096ad36 875* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 876
71092d70 877* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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880
d28315e4 881* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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883* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
884
885* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
886
887* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
888
d2bbca68 889* 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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891* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
892
893* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 894
4641a16b 895* 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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900 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 901 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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2c12a402 903
129126f3 904Regularly:
874aa2cc 905
129126f3 906* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 907
129126f3 908* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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909
910* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
8c6db833 911
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912* pahole
913
d28315e4 914* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 915
4db17f29 916* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 917
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918* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
919
9e5f3dbb 920Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 922* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)