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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.
20ffc4c4 12
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* 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 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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23* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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81429136 25Features:
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27* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
28 instead of both "initializing" and "starting".
29
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30* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
31 journals in.
32
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33* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
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35* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
36 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
37 parsing callbacks should use it.
38
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39* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
40 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
41 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
42 complete.
43
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44* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
45
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46* remove readahead in 217
47
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48* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
49
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50* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
51 units are shown.
52
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53* sd-event:
54 - make it possible to embedd our event loop into foreign event loops
55 by passing out the epoll fd and providing three functions that fit
56 into GSource nicely.
f6e81de4 57
b873d33e 58* networkd:
d61bb44a 59 - add LLDP client side support
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60 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
61 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
62 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
63 - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even
64 if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might
65 theoretically match it.
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66 - we probably should introduce a new operational state that
67 indicates that we are trying to acquire some configuration for a
68 link but haven't acquired any yet. Just to inform the admin that
69 networkd cares about an interface, but is still in progress..
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70 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
71 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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72 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
73 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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74 - add per-network Domains= settings, with a special syntax Domains=*
75 for routing all non-otherwise routed traffic to this link
76 - add UseDomains= setting to [DHCP] to add dhcp supplied domains to
77 per-interface Domains= list.
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78 - expose in the API the following bits:
79 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
80 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
81 - option 100, 101, timezone
82 - option 123, 144, geolocation
83 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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84 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
85 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
86 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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87 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
88 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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9d6db739 90* resolved:
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91 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
92 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 93 - DNSSEC
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94 - use base64 for key presentation?
95 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 96 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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97 - DNS
98 - search paths
9d6db739 99 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 100 - avahi compat
9d6db739 101 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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102 - edns0
103 - dname
b6b63571 104 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 105
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106* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
107 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
108 pull-in the policy.
109
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110* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
111
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112* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
113
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114* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
115
fed515f0 116* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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118* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
119
a01647e5 120* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 121 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 122 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 123 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 124
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125* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
126
127* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
128
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129* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
130
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131* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
132
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133* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
134
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135* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
136
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137* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
138
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139* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
140
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141* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
142 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 143
f598ac3e 144* 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 145
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146* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
147
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148* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
149
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150* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
151
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152* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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154* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
155
6a3f892a 156* gpt-auto-generator:
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157 - Support LUKS for root devices
158 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 159 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 160
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161* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
162 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 163 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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164 the most common operations.
165
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166* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
167 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
168 when it is otherwise off
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170* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
171
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172* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
173 /proc/$PID/exe
174
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175* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
176 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
177 for ReusePort=
178
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179* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
180 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
181 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
182 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
183 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
184
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185* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
186
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187* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
188 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
189 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
190 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
191 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
192 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
193
ef417cfd 194* completions:
ef417cfd 195 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 196
f38afcd0 197* cgroups:
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198 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
199 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
200 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
201 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
202 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
203 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
204 the hierarchies of child processes
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206* transient units:
207 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
208 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
209 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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211* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
212
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213* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
214
f38afcd0 215* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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217* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
218
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219* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
220
94676f3e 221* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 222
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223* 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
224
7f79cd71 225* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 226
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227* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
228 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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229 path anyway.
230
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231* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
232
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233* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
234 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 235 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 236
6aaa8c2f 237* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 238
d28315e4 239* 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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241* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
242
243* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
244
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245* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
246 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
247
6bb648a1 248* sd-bus:
d28315e4 249 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 250 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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251 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
252 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
253 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 254 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 255 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 256 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 257 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 258 - 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 259 - longer term: priority inheritance
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260 - dbus spec updates:
261 - kdbus mapping
262 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
263 - GVariant
bee7e928 264 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 265 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 266 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 267 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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269* sd-event
12179984 270 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 271
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272* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
273 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
274 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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69af4503 276* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 277
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278* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
279 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
280
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281* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
282
283* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
284
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285* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
286
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287* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
288
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289* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
290
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291* test/:
292 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
293 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 294
b5c03638 295* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 296 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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297 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
298 destination.
299
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300* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
301 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
302
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303* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
304
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305* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
306 need manual exponential loops after all
307
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308* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
309 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
310 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
311 is installed.
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313* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
314 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
315 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
316 that automatically.
317
e5ec62c5 318* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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320* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
321
d28315e4 322* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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324* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
325
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326* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
327
328* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
329
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330* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
331
356ce991 332* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 333
81d112a8 334* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 335
b44be3ec 336* EFI:
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337 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
338 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 339 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 340
c0fe5db5 341* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 342
b44be3ec 343* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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345* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
346 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 348* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 349
b44be3ec 350* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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352* logind:
353 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
354 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
355 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
356 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
357 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 358 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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359 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
360 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
361 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
362 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
363 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
364 needs setuid().
e673ad04 365
b44be3ec 366* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 367
b44be3ec 368* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 370* journal:
c06bf414 371 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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372 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
373 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
374 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 375 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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376 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
377 - journal: reuse XZ context
378 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
379 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
380 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
381 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
382 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
383 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
384 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 385 - 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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386 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
387 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 388 - 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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389 - 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.
390 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
391 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 392 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 393 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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394 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
395 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
396 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
397 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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398 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
399 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 400 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 401 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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402 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
403 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
404 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
405 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
406 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
407 to syslog when it works again.
408 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
409 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
410 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 411 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 412 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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414* document:
8b8f2591 415 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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416 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
417 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 418 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 419 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 420 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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421 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
422 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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423 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
424 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
425 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
426 - man: add more examples to man pages
427 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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429* systemctl:
430 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
431 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
432 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
433 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
434 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
435 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
436 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
437 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 438 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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439 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
440 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
441 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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442 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
443 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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445* unit install:
446 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
447 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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448 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
449 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 450
b44be3ec 451* timer units:
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452 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
453 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
454 o DST changes
eb124a97 455 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 456 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 457 - 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 458 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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460* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
461
462* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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463 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
464 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 465 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 466 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 467 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 468
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469* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
470
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471* 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().
472
473* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 474* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 475* fedup: generator
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477* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
478
b44be3ec 479* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 480
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481* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
482 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 483
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484* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
485
d28315e4 486* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 487
b44be3ec 488* nspawn:
b44be3ec 489 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 490 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 491 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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493* cryptsetup:
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494 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
495 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
496 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 497 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 498
424a19f8 499* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 500 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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502* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
503
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504* make timer units go away after they elapsed
505
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506* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
507
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508* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
509
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510* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
511
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512* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
513
68f16003 514* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 515
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516* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
517 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 518 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 519 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 520 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 521 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 522
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523* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
524
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525* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
526
88a6c589 527* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 528
9946996c 529* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 530 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 531
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532* introduce Type=pid-file
533
59cea26a 534* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 535
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536* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
537
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538* automount: implement expire:
539 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
540 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
541 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
542 - blocking, needs a thread
543 - run until -EAGAIN
544 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
545 - call umount
546 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
547 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 548
e01a15b7 549* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 550
abd55b16 551* udev:
3f60bcb5 552 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 553 - move to LGPL
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554 - kill scsi_id
555 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 556 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 557
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558* 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
559
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560* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
561
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562* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
563
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564* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
565
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566* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
567
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568* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
569
570* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
571
70a44afe 572* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 573
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574* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
575 needs to be auto-respawned?
576
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577* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
578
f38afcd0 579* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 580 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 581
d28315e4 582* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 583
7f8aa671 584* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 585
d3c7d7dd 586* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 587
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588* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
589 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
590
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591* move PAM code into its own binary
592
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593* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
594 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
595
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596* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
597
55cdcbac 598* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 599
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600* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
601 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
602 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
603
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604* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
605 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
606
71092d70 607* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 608
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609* readahead:
610 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
611 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
612 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
613 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
614 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 615
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616* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
617
68c7d001 618* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 619 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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620 - enabling dbus services
621 - status update
7a2a0b90 622 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 623 - remote access
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624 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
625 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 626 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 627 - auto-restart
e707c494 628 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 629 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 630 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 631 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 632 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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633 - calendar time events
634 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
635 - how to create your own target
636 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
637 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 639* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 640
260abb78 641* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 642
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643* Support --test based on current system state
644
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645* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
646
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647* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
648
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649* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
650
71092d70 651* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 652
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653* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
654
7ba97195 655* systemd-python:
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657 works with ^C
b04c8c83 658 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 659
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660* bootchart:
661 - plot per-process IO utilization
662 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
663 - document initcall_debug
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664 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
665
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666* udev-link-config:
667 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
668 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
669 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 670 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 671
88e4d1d7 672* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 673 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 674 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 675
0a4b9a07 676* networkd:
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677 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
678 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 679 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 680 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 681 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 682 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 683 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 684 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 685 - add support for more bond options
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687* networkd-wait-online:
688 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 689
ac976532 690* dhcp:
424a8732 691 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 692 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 693 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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695* dhcp6:
696 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
697 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
698 - write more test cases
699 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
700 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
701 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
702 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
703 - implement elapsed time option
704 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
705 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
706 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
707 or interface down
708 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
709 this behavior
710
2f8cd170 711External:
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cc9784c6 713* dbus:
3377af3e 714 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 715 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 716
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717* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
718
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719* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
720
9096ad36 721* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 722
71092d70 723* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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725* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
726
d28315e4 727* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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729* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
730
731* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
732
733* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
734
d2bbca68 735* 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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737* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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739* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 740
4641a16b 741* 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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744
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745* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
746 does not
747
129126f3 748Regularly:
874aa2cc 749
129126f3 750* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 751
129126f3 752* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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754* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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756* pahole
757
d28315e4 758* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 759
4db17f29 760* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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763
9e5f3dbb 764Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 766* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)