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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: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 16* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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81429136 18* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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20* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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81429136 22Features:
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24* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
25
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26* dbus: add new message hdr field for allowing interactive auth, write spec for it. update dbus spec to mandate that unknown flags *must* be ignored...
27
28* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
29
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30* remove multi-seat-x now
31
32* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
33
34* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
35
d74f9e8e 36* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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37 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
38 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
d74f9e8e 39
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40* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
41 journals in.
42
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43* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
44
45* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
46 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
47 parsing callbacks should use it.
48
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49* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
50 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
51 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
52 complete.
53
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54* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
55
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56* remove readahead in 217
57
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58* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
59
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60* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
61 units are shown.
62
b873d33e 63* networkd:
d61bb44a 64 - add LLDP client side support
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65 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
66 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
67 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
68 - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even
69 if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might
70 theoretically match it.
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71 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
72 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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73 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
74 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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75 - expose in the API the following bits:
76 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
77 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
78 - option 100, 101, timezone
79 - option 123, 144, geolocation
80 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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81 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
82 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
83 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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84 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
85 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 86
9d6db739 87* resolved:
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88 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
89 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 90 - DNSSEC
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91 - use base64 for key presentation?
92 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 93 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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94 - DNS
95 - search paths
9d6db739 96 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 97 - avahi compat
9d6db739 98 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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99 - edns0
100 - dname
b6b63571 101 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 102
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103* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
104 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
105 pull-in the policy.
106
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107* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
108
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109* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
110
fed515f0 111* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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113* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
114
a01647e5 115* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 116 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 117 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 118 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 119
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120* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
121
122* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
123
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124* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
125
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126* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
127
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128* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
129
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130* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
131
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132* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
133
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134* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
135
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136* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
137 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 138
f598ac3e 139* 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 140
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141* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
142
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143* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
144
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145* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
146
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147* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
148
149* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
150
6a3f892a 151* gpt-auto-generator:
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152 - Support LUKS for root devices
153 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 154 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 155
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156* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
157 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 158 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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159 the most common operations.
160
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161* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
162 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
163 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 164
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165* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
166
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167* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
168 /proc/$PID/exe
169
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170* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
171 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
172 for ReusePort=
173
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174* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
175 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
176 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
177 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
178 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
179
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180* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
181
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182* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
183 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
184 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
185 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
186 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
187 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
188
ef417cfd 189* completions:
ef417cfd 190 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 191
f38afcd0 192* cgroups:
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193 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
194 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
195 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
196 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
197 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
198 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
199 the hierarchies of child processes
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201* transient units:
202 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
203 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
204 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 205
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206* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
207
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208* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
209
f38afcd0 210* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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212* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
213
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214* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
215
94676f3e 216* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 217
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218* 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
219
7f79cd71 220* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 221
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222* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
223 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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224 path anyway.
225
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226* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
227
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228* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
229 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 230 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 231
6aaa8c2f 232* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 233
d28315e4 234* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 235
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236* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
237
238* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
239
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240* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
241 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
242
6bb648a1 243* sd-bus:
d28315e4 244 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 245 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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246 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
247 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
248 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 249 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 250 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 251 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 252 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 253 - 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 254 - longer term: priority inheritance
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255 - dbus spec updates:
256 - kdbus mapping
257 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
258 - GVariant
bee7e928 259 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 260 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 261 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 262 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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264* sd-event
12179984 265 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 266
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267* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
268 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
269 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
270
69af4503 271* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 272
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273* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
274 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
275
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276* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
277
278* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
279
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280* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
281
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282* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
283
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284* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
285
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286* test/:
287 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
288 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 289
b5c03638 290* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 291 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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292 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
293 destination.
294
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295* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
296 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
297
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298* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
299
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300* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
301 need manual exponential loops after all
302
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303* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
304 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
305 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
306 is installed.
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308* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
309 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
310 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
311 that automatically.
312
e5ec62c5 313* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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315* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
316
d28315e4 317* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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319* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
320
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321* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
322
323* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
324
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325* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
326
356ce991 327* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 328
81d112a8 329* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 330
b44be3ec 331* EFI:
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332 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
333 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 334 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 335
c0fe5db5 336* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 337
b44be3ec 338* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 339
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340* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
341 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 343* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 344
b44be3ec 345* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 346
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347* logind:
348 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
349 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
350 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
351 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
352 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 353 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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354 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
355 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
356 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
357 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
358 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
359 needs setuid().
e673ad04 360
b44be3ec 361* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 362
b44be3ec 363* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 365* journal:
c06bf414 366 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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367 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
368 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
369 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 370 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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371 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
372 - journal: reuse XZ context
373 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
374 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
375 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
376 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
377 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
378 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
379 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 380 - 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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381 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
382 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 383 - 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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384 - 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.
385 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
386 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 387 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 388 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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389 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
390 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
391 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
392 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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393 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
394 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 395 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 396 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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397 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
398 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
399 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
400 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
401 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
402 to syslog when it works again.
403 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
404 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
405 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 406 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 407 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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409* document:
8b8f2591 410 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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411 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
412 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 413 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 414 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 415 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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416 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
417 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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418 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
419 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
420 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
421 - man: add more examples to man pages
422 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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424* systemctl:
425 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
426 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
427 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
428 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
429 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
430 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
431 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
432 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 433 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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434 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
435 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
436 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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437 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
438 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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440* unit install:
441 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
442 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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443 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
444 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 445
b44be3ec 446* timer units:
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447 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
448 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
449 o DST changes
eb124a97 450 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 451 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 452 - 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 453 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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455* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
456
457* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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458 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
459 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 460 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 461 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 462 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 463
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464* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
465
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466* 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().
467
468* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 469* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 470* fedup: generator
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472* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
473
b44be3ec 474* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 475
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476* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
477 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 478
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479* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
480
d28315e4 481* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 482
b44be3ec 483* nspawn:
b44be3ec 484 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 485 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 486 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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488* cryptsetup:
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489 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
490 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
491 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 492 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 493
424a19f8 494* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 495 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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497* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
498
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499* make timer units go away after they elapsed
500
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501* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
502
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503* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
504
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505* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
506
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507* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
508
68f16003 509* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 510
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511* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
512 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 513 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 514 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 515 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 516 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 517
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518* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
519
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520* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
521
88a6c589 522* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 523
9946996c 524* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 525 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 526
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527* introduce Type=pid-file
528
59cea26a 529* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 530
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531* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
532
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533* automount: implement expire:
534 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
535 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
536 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
537 - blocking, needs a thread
538 - run until -EAGAIN
539 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
540 - call umount
541 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
542 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 543
e01a15b7 544* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 545
abd55b16 546* udev:
abd55b16 547 - move to LGPL
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548 - kill scsi_id
549 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 550 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 551
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552* 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
553
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554* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
555
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556* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
557
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558* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
559
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560* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
561
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562* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
563
564* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
565
70a44afe 566* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 567
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568* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
569 needs to be auto-respawned?
570
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571* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
572
f38afcd0 573* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 574 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 575
d28315e4 576* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 577
7f8aa671 578* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 579
d3c7d7dd 580* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 581
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582* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
583 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
584
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585* move PAM code into its own binary
586
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587* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
588 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
589
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590* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
591
55cdcbac 592* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 593
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594* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
595 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
596 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
597
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598* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
599 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
600
71092d70 601* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 602
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603* readahead:
604 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
605 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
606 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
607 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
608 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 609
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610* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
611
68c7d001 612* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 613 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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614 - enabling dbus services
615 - status update
7a2a0b90 616 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 617 - remote access
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618 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
619 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 620 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 621 - auto-restart
e707c494 622 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 623 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 624 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 625 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 626 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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627 - calendar time events
628 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
629 - how to create your own target
630 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
631 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 632
44143309 633* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 634
260abb78 635* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 636
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637* Support --test based on current system state
638
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639* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
640
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641* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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643* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
644
71092d70 645* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 646
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647* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
648
7ba97195 649* systemd-python:
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651 works with ^C
b04c8c83 652 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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654* bootchart:
655 - plot per-process IO utilization
656 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
657 - document initcall_debug
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658 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
659
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660* udev-link-config:
661 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
662 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
663 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 664 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
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88e4d1d7 666* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 667 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 668 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 669
0a4b9a07 670* networkd:
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671 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
672 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 673 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 674 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 675 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 676 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 677 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 678 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 679 - add support for more bond options
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681* networkd-wait-online:
682 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 683
ac976532 684* dhcp:
424a8732 685 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 686 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 687 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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689* dhcp6:
690 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
691 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
692 - write more test cases
693 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
694 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
695 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
696 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
697 - implement elapsed time option
698 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
699 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
700 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
701 or interface down
702 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
703 this behavior
704
2f8cd170 705External:
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cc9784c6 707* dbus:
3377af3e 708 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 709 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 710
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711* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
712
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714
9096ad36 715* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 716
71092d70 717* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 721* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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723* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
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725* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
726
727* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
728
d2bbca68 729* 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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731* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
732
733* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 734
4641a16b 735* 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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739* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
740 does not
741
129126f3 742Regularly:
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129126f3 744* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 745
129126f3 746* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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748* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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750* pahole
751
d28315e4 752* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 753
4db17f29 754* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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756* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
757
9e5f3dbb 758Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 760* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)