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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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3* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
4 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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6* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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8* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
9 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
10 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
11
a40593a0 12* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 13
d19e85f0 14After killing 'systemd --user', systemctl restart user@... fails.
afea8d38 15/run/user/1000/systemd/notify has to be removed manually.
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17ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
18
19 [Service]
20 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
21 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
22
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23MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the commandline.
24str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
25report the failure properly.
26
27
f38afcd0 28External:
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
81429136 33* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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35* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
36
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37* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
38
39* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
40 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
41
81429136 42Features:
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44* configure.ac pretends dbus was optional but actually hardcodes use of dbus' pkg-config file to determine various dbus dirs such as policy and activation dirs
45
46* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
47
48* send SIGABRT when a service watchdog is triggered, by default, so that we acquire a backtrace of the hang.
49
50* shouldn't RouteMetric= in networkd's [DHCP] section move to [Network]?
51
52* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
53
54* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
55 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
56
f62531c5 57* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps?
b857e042 58
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59* add a system-wide shutdown timeout, similar to the startup timeout we already have (see fdo bz #84110)
60
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61* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
62
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63* kdbus: maybe rename "connection name" concept to something that doesn't reuse the word "name"?
64
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65* PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy
66
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67* rework journal-send.c to use memfds for large blobs if they are available instead of unlinked files in /tmp. Also, if we detect that the kernel knows memfds, refuse anything but sealed memfds.
68
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69* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
70
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71* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
72
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73* bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
74 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
75 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
76 253 messages)
77
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78* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231
79
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80* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
81
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82* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
83
84* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
85
86* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
87
88* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
89
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90* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
91
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92* 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...
93
94* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
95
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96* remove multi-seat-x now
97
98* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
99
100* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
101
d74f9e8e 102* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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103 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
104 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
d74f9e8e 105
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106* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
107 journals in.
108
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109* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
110
111* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
112 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
113 parsing callbacks should use it.
114
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115* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
116 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
117 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
118 complete.
119
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120* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
121
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122* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
123
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124* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
125 units are shown.
126
b873d33e 127* networkd:
d61bb44a 128 - add LLDP client side support
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129 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
130 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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131 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
132 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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133 - expose in the API the following bits:
134 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
135 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
136 - option 100, 101, timezone
137 - option 123, 144, geolocation
138 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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139 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
140 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
141 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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142 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
143 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 144
9d6db739 145* resolved:
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146 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
147 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 148 - DNSSEC
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149 - use base64 for key presentation?
150 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 151 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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152 - DNS
153 - search paths
9d6db739 154 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 155 - avahi compat
9d6db739 156 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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157 - edns0
158 - dname
b6b63571 159 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 160
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161* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
162 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
163 pull-in the policy.
164
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165* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
166
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167* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
168
fed515f0 169* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
22981162 170
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171* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
172
a01647e5 173* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 174 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 175 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 176 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 177
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178* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
179
180* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
181
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182* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
183
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184* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
185
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186* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
187
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188* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
189
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190* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
191
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192* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
193 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 194
f598ac3e 195* 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 196
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197* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
198
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199* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
200
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201* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
202
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203* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
204
205* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
206
6a3f892a 207* gpt-auto-generator:
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208 - Support LUKS for root devices
209 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 210 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 211
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212* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
213 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 214 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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215 the most common operations.
216
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217* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
218 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
219 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 220
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221* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
222
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223* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
224 /proc/$PID/exe
225
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226* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
227 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
228 for ReusePort=
229
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230* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
231 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
232 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
233 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
234 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
235
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236* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
237
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238* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
239 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
240 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
241 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
242 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
243 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
244
ef417cfd 245* completions:
ef417cfd 246 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 247
f38afcd0 248* cgroups:
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249 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
250 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
251 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
252 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
253 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
254 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
255 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 256
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257* transient units:
258 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
259 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
260 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 261
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262* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
263
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264* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
265
f38afcd0 266* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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267
268* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
269
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270* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
271
94676f3e 272* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 273
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274* 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
275
7f79cd71 276* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 277
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278* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
279 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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280 path anyway.
281
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282* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
283
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284* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
285 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 286 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 287
6aaa8c2f 288* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 289
d28315e4 290* 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 291
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292* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
293
294* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
295
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296* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
297 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
298
6bb648a1 299* sd-bus:
d28315e4 300 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 301 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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302 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
303 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
304 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 305 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 306 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 307 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 308 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 309 - 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 310 - longer term: priority inheritance
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311 - dbus spec updates:
312 - kdbus mapping
313 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
314 - GVariant
bee7e928 315 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 316 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 317 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 318 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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320* sd-event
12179984 321 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 322 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 323
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324* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
325 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
326 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
327
69af4503 328* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 329
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330* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
331 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
332
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333* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
334
335* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
336
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337* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
338
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339* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
340
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341* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
342
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343* test/:
344 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
345 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 346
b5c03638 347* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 348 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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349 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
350 destination.
351
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352* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
353 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
354
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355* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
356
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357* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
358 need manual exponential loops after all
359
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360* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
361 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
362 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
363 is installed.
795607b2 364
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365* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
366 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
367 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
368 that automatically.
369
e5ec62c5 370* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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372* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
373
d28315e4 374* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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376* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
377
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378* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
379
380* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
381
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382* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
383
356ce991 384* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 385
81d112a8 386* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 387
b44be3ec 388* EFI:
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389 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
390 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 391 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 392
c0fe5db5 393* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 394
b44be3ec 395* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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397* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
398 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 400* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 401
b44be3ec 402* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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404* logind:
405 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
406 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
407 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
408 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
409 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 410 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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411 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
412 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
413 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
414 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
415 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
416 needs setuid().
e673ad04 417
b44be3ec 418* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 419
b44be3ec 420* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 421
b44be3ec 422* journal:
c06bf414 423 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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424 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
425 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
426 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 427 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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428 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
429 - journal: reuse XZ context
430 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
431 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
432 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
433 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
434 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
435 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
436 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 437 - 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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438 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
439 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 440 - 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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441 - 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.
442 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
443 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 444 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 445 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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446 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
447 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
448 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
449 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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450 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
451 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 452 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 453 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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454 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
455 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
456 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
457 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
458 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
459 to syslog when it works again.
460 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
461 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
462 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 463 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 464 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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466* document:
8b8f2591 467 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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469 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 470 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 471 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 472 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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473 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
474 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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475 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
476 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
477 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
478 - man: add more examples to man pages
479 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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481* systemctl:
482 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
483 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
484 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
485 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
486 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
487 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
488 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
489 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 490 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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492 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
493 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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494 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
495 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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497* unit install:
498 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
499 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 500 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 501
b44be3ec 502* timer units:
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504 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
505 o DST changes
eb124a97 506 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 507 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 508 - 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 509 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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511* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
512
513* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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514 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
515 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 516 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 517 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 518 user did not request anything like it.
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522* 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().
523
524* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 525* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 526* fedup: generator
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529
b44be3ec 530* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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533 waiting for the timeout
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536
d28315e4 537* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 538
b44be3ec 539* nspawn:
b44be3ec 540 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 541 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 542 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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545 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
546 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
547 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 548 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 549
424a19f8 550* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 551 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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553* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
554
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556
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557* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
558
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559* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
560
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561* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
562
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563* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
564
68f16003 565* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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568 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 569 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 570 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 571 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 572 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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575
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577
88a6c589 578* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 579
9946996c 580* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 581 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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59cea26a 585* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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587* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
588
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590 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
591 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
592 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
593 - blocking, needs a thread
594 - run until -EAGAIN
595 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
596 - call umount
597 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
598 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 599
e01a15b7 600* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 601
abd55b16 602* udev:
abd55b16 603 - move to LGPL
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605 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 606 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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609
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613
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614* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
615
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616* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
617
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619
620* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
621
70a44afe 622* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 623
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625 needs to be auto-respawned?
626
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628
f38afcd0 629* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 630 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 631
d28315e4 632* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 633
7f8aa671 634* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 635
d3c7d7dd 636* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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639 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
640
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642
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644 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
645
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647
55cdcbac 648* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
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651 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
652 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
653
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655 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
656
71092d70 657* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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660 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
661 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
662 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
663 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
664 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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667
68c7d001 668* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 669 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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671 - status update
7a2a0b90 672 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 673 - remote access
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675 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 676 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 677 - auto-restart
e707c494 678 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 679 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 680 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 681 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 682 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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684 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
685 - how to create your own target
686 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
687 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 689* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 690
260abb78 691* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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694
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695* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
696
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699* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
700
71092d70 701* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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7ba97195 705* systemd-python:
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707 works with ^C
b04c8c83 708 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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711 - plot per-process IO utilization
712 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
713 - document initcall_debug
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715
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717 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
718 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
719 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 720 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 721
88e4d1d7 722* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 723 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 724 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 725
0a4b9a07 726* networkd:
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728 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 729 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 730 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 731 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 732 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 733 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 734 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 735 - add support for more bond options
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738 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 739
ac976532 740* dhcp:
424a8732 741 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 742 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 743 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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746 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
747 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
748 - write more test cases
749 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
750 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
751 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
752 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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754 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
755 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
756 or interface down
757 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
758 this behavior
759
2f8cd170 760External:
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cc9784c6 762* dbus:
3377af3e 763 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 764 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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9096ad36 770* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 771
71092d70 772* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 776* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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778* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
779
780* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
781
782* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
783
d2bbca68 784* 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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786* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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788* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 789
4641a16b 790* 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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795 does not
796
129126f3 797Regularly:
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129126f3 799* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
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129126f3 801* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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803* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 807* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 808
4db17f29 809* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 813Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 815* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)