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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: 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* sd_notify("SHUTDOWN=1") to fix a dbus activation race.
28 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/020983.html
29
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30* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
31
32* make "systemctl suspend" block until we are back from suspend
33
34* remove readahead in 217
35
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36* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
37
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38* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
39 units are shown.
40
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41* sd-event: - make it possible to embedd our event loop into foreign
42 event loops by passing out the epoll fd and providing three functions
43 that fit into GSource nicely.
44
b873d33e 45* networkd:
dae1e55b 46 - add LLDP support
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47 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
48 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
49 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
50 - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even
51 if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might
52 theoretically match it.
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53 - we probably should introduce a new operational state that
54 indicates that we are trying to acquire some configuration for a
55 link but haven't acquired any yet. Just to inform the admin that
56 networkd cares about an interface, but is still in progress..
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57 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
58 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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59 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
60 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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61 - add per-network Domains= settings, with a special syntax Domains=*
62 for routing all non-otherwise routed traffic to this link
63 - add UseDomains= setting to [DHCP] to add dhcp supplied domains to
64 per-interface Domains= list.
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65 - expose in the API the following bits:
66 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
67 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
68 - option 100, 101, timezone
69 - option 123, 144, geolocation
70 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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71 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
72 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
73 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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74 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
75 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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9d6db739 77* resolved:
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78 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
79 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 80 - DNSSEC
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81 - use base64 for key presentation?
82 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 83 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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84 - DNS
85 - search paths
9d6db739 86 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 87 - avahi compat
9d6db739 88 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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89 - edns0
90 - dname
b6b63571 91 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 92
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93* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
94 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
95 pull-in the policy.
96
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97* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
98
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99* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
100
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101* sysusers:
102 - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
103 - allow setting the home directory of system users
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104 - allow configuration of ranges to allocate items in
105 - add mode where we read sysusers data from stdin, so that we can run this from rpm scriptlets
ce4a52a5 106
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107* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
108
fed515f0 109* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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111* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
112
a01647e5 113* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 114 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 115 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 116 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 117
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118* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
119
120* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
121
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122* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
123* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
124
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125* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
126
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127* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
128
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129* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
130
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131* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
132
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133* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
134
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135* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
136
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137* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
138 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 139
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140* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
141
f598ac3e 142* 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 143
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144* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
145
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146* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
147
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148* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
149
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150* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
151
152* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
153
6a3f892a 154* gpt-auto-generator:
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155 - Support LUKS for root devices
156 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 157 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 158
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159* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
160 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 161 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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162 the most common operations.
163
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164* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
165 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
166 when it is otherwise off
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168* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
169
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170* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
171 /proc/$PID/exe
172
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173* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
174 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
175 for ReusePort=
176
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177* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
178 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
179 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
180 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
181 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
182
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183* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
184
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185* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
186 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
187 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
188 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
189 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
190 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
191
ef417cfd 192* completions:
ef417cfd 193 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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f38afcd0 195* cgroups:
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196 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
197 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
198 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
199 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
200 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
201 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
202 the hierarchies of child processes
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204* transient units:
205 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
206 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
207 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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209* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
210
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211* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
212
f38afcd0 213* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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215* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
216
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217* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
218
94676f3e 219* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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221* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
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
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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
275
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
287* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
288
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289* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
290
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291* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
292
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293* test/:
294 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
295 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 296
b5c03638 297* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 298 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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299 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
300 destination.
301
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302* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
303 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
304
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305* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
306
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307* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
308 need manual exponential loops after all
309
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310* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
311 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
312 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
313 is installed.
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315* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
316 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
317 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
318 that automatically.
319
e5ec62c5 320* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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322* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
323
d28315e4 324* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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326* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
327
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328* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
329
330* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
331
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332* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
333
356ce991 334* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 335
81d112a8 336* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 337
b44be3ec 338* EFI:
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339 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
340 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 341 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 342
c0fe5db5 343* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 344
b44be3ec 345* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 346
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347* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
348 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 350* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 351
b44be3ec 352* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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354* logind:
355 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
356 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
357 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
358 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
359 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 360 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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361 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
362 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
363 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
364 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
365 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
366 needs setuid().
e673ad04 367
b44be3ec 368* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 369
b44be3ec 370* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 371
b44be3ec 372* journal:
c06bf414 373 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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374 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
375 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
376 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 377 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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378 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
379 - journal: reuse XZ context
380 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
381 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
382 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
383 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
384 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
385 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
386 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 387 - 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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388 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
389 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 390 - 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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391 - 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.
392 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
393 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 394 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 395 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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396 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
397 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
398 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
399 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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400 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
401 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 402 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 403 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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404 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
405 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
406 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
407 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
408 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
409 to syslog when it works again.
410 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
411 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
412 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 413 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 414 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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416* document:
8b8f2591 417 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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418 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
419 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 420 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 421 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 422 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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423 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
424 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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425 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
426 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
427 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
428 - man: add more examples to man pages
429 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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431* systemctl:
432 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
433 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
434 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
435 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
436 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
437 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
438 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
439 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 440 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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441 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
442 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
443 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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444 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
445 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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447* unit install:
448 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
449 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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450 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
451 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 452
b44be3ec 453* timer units:
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454 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
455 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
456 o DST changes
eb124a97 457 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 458 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 459 - 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 460 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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462* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
463
464* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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465 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
466 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 467 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 468 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 469 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 470
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471* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
472
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473* 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().
474
475* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 476* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 477* fedup: generator
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479* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
480
b44be3ec 481* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 482
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483* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
484 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 485
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486* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
487
d28315e4 488* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 489
b44be3ec 490* nspawn:
b44be3ec 491 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 492 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 493 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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495* cryptsetup:
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496 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
497 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
498 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 499 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 500
424a19f8 501* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 502 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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504* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
505
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506* make timer units go away after they elapsed
507
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508* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
509
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510* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
511
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512* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
513
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514* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
515
68f16003 516* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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518* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
519 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 520 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 521 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 522 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 523 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 524
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525* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
526
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527* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
528
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529* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
530
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531* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
532
88a6c589 533* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 534
9946996c 535* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 536 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 537
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538* introduce Type=pid-file
539
59cea26a 540* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 541
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542* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
543
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544* automount: implement expire:
545 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
546 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
547 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
548 - blocking, needs a thread
549 - run until -EAGAIN
550 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
551 - call umount
552 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
553 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 554
e01a15b7 555* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 556
abd55b16 557* udev:
3f60bcb5 558 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 559 - move to LGPL
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560 - kill scsi_id
561 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 562 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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564* when a service has the same env var set twice we actually store it twice and return that in systemctl show -p... We should only show the last setting
565
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566* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
567
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568* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
569
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570* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
571
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572* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
573
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574* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
575
576* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
577
70a44afe 578* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 579
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580* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
581 needs to be auto-respawned?
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583* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
584
f38afcd0 585* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 586 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 587
d28315e4 588* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 589
7f8aa671 590* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 591
d3c7d7dd 592* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 593
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594* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
595 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
596
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597* move PAM code into its own binary
598
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599* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
600 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
601
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602* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
603
7c697168 604* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 605
71092d70 606* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 607
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608* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
609 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
610 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
611
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612* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
613 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
614
71092d70 615* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 616
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617* readahead:
618 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
619 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
620 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
621 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
622 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 623
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624* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
625
68c7d001 626* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 627 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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628 - enabling dbus services
629 - status update
7a2a0b90 630 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 631 - remote access
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632 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
633 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 634 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 635 - auto-restart
e707c494 636 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 637 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 638 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 639 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 640 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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641 - calendar time events
642 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
643 - how to create your own target
644 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
645 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 647* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 648
260abb78 649* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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651* Support --test based on current system state
652
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653* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
654
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655* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
656
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657* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
658
71092d70 659* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 660
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661* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
662
7ba97195 663* systemd-python:
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665 works with ^C
b04c8c83 666 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 667
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668* bootchart:
669 - plot per-process IO utilization
670 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
671 - document initcall_debug
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672 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
673
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675 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
676 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
677 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 678 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 679
88e4d1d7 680* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 681 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 682 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 683
0a4b9a07 684* networkd:
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685 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
686 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 687 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 688 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 689 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 690 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 691 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 692 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 693 - add support for more bond options
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695* networkd-wait-online:
696 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 697
ac976532 698* dhcp:
424a8732 699 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 700 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 701 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 702
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704 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
705 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
706 - write more test cases
707 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
708 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
709 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
710 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
711 - implement elapsed time option
712 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
713 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
714 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
715 or interface down
716 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
717 this behavior
718
2f8cd170 719External:
74fe1fe3 720
cc9784c6 721* dbus:
3377af3e 722 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 723 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 724
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725* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
726
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727* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
728
9096ad36 729* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 730
71092d70 731* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 735* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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737* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
738
739* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
740
741* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
742
d2bbca68 743* 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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745* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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747* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 748
4641a16b 749* 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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752
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753* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
754 does not
755
129126f3 756Regularly:
874aa2cc 757
129126f3 758* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 759
129126f3 760* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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762* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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765
d28315e4 766* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 767
4db17f29 768* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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771
9e5f3dbb 772Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 774* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)