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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* killing nspawn with ]]] results in:
3 machine-f20.scope stopping timed out. Killing.
4 Stopped Container f20.
5 Unit machine-f20.scope entered failed state.
6 and it cannot be started again
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19aadacf 8* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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9 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
10 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
11 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
12
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13* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
14 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
15 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
16
a40593a0 17* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 18
19aadacf 19* When we detect invalid UTF-8, we cannot use it in an error message:
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20 log...("Path is not UTF-8 clean, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
21
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22* shorten the message to sane length:
23
24 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
25
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26* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
27
f38afcd0 28External:
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f38afcd0 30* ps should gain colums for slice
81d112a8 31
f38afcd0 32* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 33 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 34
f38afcd0 35* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 36
f38afcd0 37* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 38
eb124a97 39Features:
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41* hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
42
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43* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
44 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
45 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
46 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
47 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
48
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49* sd-resolve:
50 - make sure event loop integration works similar to event loop integration in other libs
51 - maybe drop _free() call, introduce _unref() instead
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52 - maybe simplify function calls that take a sd_resolve_query object, to not also require the matching sd_resolve?
53 - maybe drop the "n_proc" parameter to sd_resolve_new()?
54 - change all functions to return "int" and negative errno errors
6a8b5fa4 55
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56* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
57
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58* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
59 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
60 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
61 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
62 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
63 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
64
3333d748 65* machinectl bash completion is missing
708c143c 66* busctl bash and zsh completions are outdated
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68* Introduce PrivateDevices=yes/no which works like PrivateTmp= but for /dev setting up a tmpfs for it that only includes /dev/null, /dev/zero, /dev/random, /dev/urandom, but nothing else.
69
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70* libsystemd-journal returns the object created as first param in sd_journal_new(), sd_bus_new() and suchlike as last...
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72* cgroups:
73 - implement system-wide DefaultCPUAccounting=1 switch (and similar for blockio, memory?)
74 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
75 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
76 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
77 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
78 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
79 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
80 the hierarchies of child processes
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82* transient units:
83 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
84 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
85 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 86
08cd1552 87* code cleanup
08cd1552 88 - we probably should replace the left-over uses of strv_append() and replace them by strv_push() or strv_extend()
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90* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
91
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92* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
93
94* move libasyncns into systemd as libsystemd-asyncns
95
f38afcd0 96* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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98* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
99
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100* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
101
94676f3e 102* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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104* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
105
f38afcd0 106* socket-proxyd:Use a nonblocking alternative to getaddrinfo
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108* 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
109
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110* Add a new Distribute=$NUMBER key to socket units that makes use of SO_REUSEPORT to distribute network traffic on $NUMBER instances
111
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112* move config_parse_path_strv() out of conf-parser.c
113
7f79cd71 114* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 115
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116* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
117 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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118 path anyway.
119
19aadacf 120* When a Type=forking service fails and needed another service, that
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121 service is not cleaned up again when it has StopWhenUnneeded=yes
122 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-July/012141.html
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124* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
125
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126* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
127 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 128 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 129
6aaa8c2f 130* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 131
e1b7e7ec 132* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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134* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
135
136* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
137
9444b1f2 138* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 139 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 140 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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141 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
142 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 143
19aadacf 144* something pulls in pcre as shared object dependency into our daemons such as hostnamed.
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146* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
147 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
148
6bb648a1 149* sd-bus:
883b3690 150 - let the activator peek the peer connection with KDBUS_CMD_MSG_SRC and log it
eb01ba5d 151 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
86312ab8 152 - implement monitor logic
f38afcd0 153 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 154 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
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155 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
156 - upload minimal kdbus policy into the kernel at boot
80caea6c 157 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
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158 - longer term:
159 * priority queues
160 * priority inheritance
452de75e 161 - check sender of response messages
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162 - dbus spec updates:
163 - kdbus mapping
164 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
165 - GVariant
bee7e928 166 - "const" properties (posted)
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167 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
168 - make use of "drop" ioctl in pid 1 bus activation
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169 - bus proxy: override unique id sender for messages from driver to match the well-known name
170 - bus driver: GetNameOwner() for "org.freedesktop.DBus" should return "org.freedesktop.DBus"
6a8b5fa4 171 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
aa575ef8 172 - bus proxy should fake seclabel when connecting to kdbus
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174* sd-event
12179984 175 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 176
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177* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
178 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
179 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
180
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181* Introduce a way how we can kill the main process of a service with KillSignal, but all processes with SIGKILL later on
182 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952634
183
69af4503 184* maybe add a warning to the unit file parses where the access mode of unit files is nonsensical.
19aa7c4f 185
69af4503 186* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 187
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188* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
189 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
190
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191* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
192
193* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
194
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195* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
196
197* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
198
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199* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
200
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201* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
202
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203* test/:
204 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
205 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 206
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207* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
208
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209* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
210 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
211 file.
212
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213* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
214 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
215 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
216 destination.
217
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218* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
219 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
220
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221* add ConditionArchitecture= or so
222
223* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
224
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225* Support SO_REUSEPORT with socket activation:
226 - Let systemd maintain a pool of servers.
227 - Use for seamless upgrades, by running the new server before stopping the
228 old.
229
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230* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
231 need manual exponential loops after all
232
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233* BootLoaderSpec: drop allowing ext234 for $BOOT. Clarify that the
234 kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify that the boot loader should be
235 installed to the ESP. Define a way how an installer can figure out
236 whether a BLS compliant boot loader is installed.
237
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238* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
239 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
240 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
241 that automatically.
242
e5ec62c5 243* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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245* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
246
54c31a79 247* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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249* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
250
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251* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
252
253* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
254
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255* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
256
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257* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
258
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259* dev-setup.c: when running in a container, create a tiny stub udev
260 database with the systemd tag set for all network interfaces found,
261 so that libudev reports them as present, and systemd's .device units
262 will be activated.
263
356ce991 264* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 265
81d112a8 266* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 267
b44be3ec 268* EFI:
b44be3ec 269 - write man page for efi boot generator
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270 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
271 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 272 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 273
c0fe5db5 274* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 275
b44be3ec 276* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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278* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
279 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 281* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 282
b44be3ec 283* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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285* logind:
286 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
287 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
288 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
289 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
290 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
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291 - logind: non-local X11 server handling
292 - logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
b44be3ec 293 - pam: when leaving a session explicitly exclude the ReleaseSession() caller process from the killing spree
e5ec62c5 294 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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295 - when logging out, remove user-owned sysv and posix IPC objects
296 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
297 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
298 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
299 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
300 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
301 needs setuid().
e673ad04 302
b44be3ec 303* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 304
b44be3ec 305* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 306
b44be3ec 307* journal:
c06bf414 308 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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309 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
310 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
311 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
312 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
313 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
314 - journal: reuse XZ context
315 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
316 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
317 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
318 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
319 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
320 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
321 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 322 - 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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323 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
324 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 325 - 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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326 - 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.
327 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
328 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 329 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 330 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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331 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
332 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
333 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
334 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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335 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
336 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 337 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 338 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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339 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
340 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
341 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
342 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
343 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
344 to syslog when it works again.
345 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
346 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
347 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
348 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
349 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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351* document:
8b8f2591 352 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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353 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
354 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 355 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 356 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 357 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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358 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
359 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
360 - man: remove .include documentation, and instead push people to use .d/*.conf
361 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
362 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
363 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
364 - man: add more examples to man pages
365 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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367* systemctl:
368 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
369 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
370 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
371 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
372 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
373 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
374 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
375 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
376 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
377 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
378 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
379 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
380 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 381 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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382 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
383 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
8b8f2591 384 - in systemctl list-timers show time triggering units ran last
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386* unit install:
387 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
388 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
389 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
390 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
391 unit however should remove them all).
392 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
393 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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395* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
396
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397* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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399* timer units:
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400 - timer events with system resume
401 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
402 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
403 o DST changes
eb124a97 404 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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405 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
406 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we won't support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
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407 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
408 - anacron-like feature
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410* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
411
412* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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413 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
414 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 415 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 416 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 417 user did not request anything like it.
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419* if booted in "quiet" mode, and an error happens, turn on status
420 output again, so that the emergency mode isn't totally
421 surprising. Also, terminate plymouth.
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423* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
424 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
425 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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426 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
427 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
428 better supported alternative.
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430* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
431
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432* 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().
433
434* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
435* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
436* fedup: generator
603cd8fe 437
f38afcd0 438* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 439
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440* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
441
b44be3ec 442* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 443
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444* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
445 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
446 - superset of tmpfiles model
447 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
448 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
449 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
450
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451* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
452 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 453
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454* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
455
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456* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
457
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458* nspawn:
459 - nspawn: consider changing users for -u with su, so that NSS resolving works correctly
460 - nspawn: implement personality changes a la linux32(8)
461 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
462 - nspawn: make use of device cgroup controller by default
463 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
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464 - nspawn: investigate whether we can support the same as LXC's
465 lxc.network.type=phys mode, and pass through entire network
466 interfaces to the container
eb124a97 467 - nspawn: maybe explicitly reset loginuid?
3679d112 468 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters, selinux exec context
9cb74bcb 469 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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470 - add an option to nspawn that uses seccomp to make socket(AF_NETLINK,
471 SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_AUDIT) fail the the appropriate error code that
472 makes the audit userspace to think auditing is not available in the
473 kernel.
a56b63f4 474 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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476* cryptsetup:
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477 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
478 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
479 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 480 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 481
424a19f8 482* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 483 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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485* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
486
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487* make timer units go away after they elapsed
488
8556879e 489* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 490 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 491
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492* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
493
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494* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
495
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496* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
497
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498* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
499
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500* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
501
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502* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
503
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504* shutdown: don't read-only mount anything when running in container
505
68f16003 506* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 507
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508* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
509
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510* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
511 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
512 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
513 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 514 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 515 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 516
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517* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
518
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519* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
520
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521* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
522
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523* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
524
88a6c589 525* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 526
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527* syscall filter:
528 - syscall filter: add knowledge about compat syscalls
529 - syscall filter: don't enforce no new privs?
530 - syscall filter: option to return EPERM rather than SIGSYS?
531 - syscall filter: port to libseccomp
532 - system-wide seccomp filter
c66d36e5 533
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534* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
535 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
536
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537* introduce Type=pid-file
538
59cea26a 539* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 540
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541* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
542
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543* automount: implement expire:
544 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
545 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
546 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
547 - blocking, needs a thread
548 - run until -EAGAIN
549 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
550 - call umount
551 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
552 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 553
e01a15b7 554* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 555
abd55b16 556* udev:
3f60bcb5 557 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 558 - move to LGPL
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559 - kill scsi_id
560 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
b8217b7b 561
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562* 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
563
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564* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
565
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566* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
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
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578* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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?
582
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583* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
584
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585* tmpfiles:
586 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
587 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 588
b44be3ec 589* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
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591* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
592
d3c7d7dd 593* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 594
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595* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
596 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
597
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598* move PAM code into its own binary
599
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600* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
601 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
602
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603* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
604
7c697168 605* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 606
71092d70 607* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 608
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609* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
610 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
611 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
612
f38afcd0 613* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
a012ab52 614
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615* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
616 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
617
71092d70 618* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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620* readahead:
621 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
622 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
623 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
624 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
625 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 626
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627* add support for /bin/mount -s
628
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629* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
630
68c7d001 631* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 632 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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633 - enabling dbus services
634 - status update
7a2a0b90 635 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 636 - remote access
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637 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
638 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 639 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 640 - auto-restart
e707c494 641 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 642 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 643 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 644 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 645 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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646 - calendar time events
647 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
648 - how to create your own target
649 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
650 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 651
44143309 652* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 653
71092d70 654* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 655
260abb78 656* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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658* Support --test based on current system state
659
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660* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
661
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662* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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664* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
665
129126f3 666* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
a625ac1a 667 - postfix, saslauthd
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668 - apache/samba
669 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
670 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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671 - distccd
672
71092d70 673* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 674
50f2a90d 675* io priority during initialization
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677* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
678
7ba97195 679* systemd-python:
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681 works with ^C
b04c8c83 682 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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684* bootchart:
685 - plot per-process IO utilization
686 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
687 - document initcall_debug
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688 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
689
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690* udev-link-config:
691 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
692 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
693 on Path= matching
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694 - Check if Driver= is broken, or just my driver (bcma)
695
88e4d1d7 696* sd-rtnl:
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697 - improve container support, and add support for entering containers when reading
698 - add support for more attribute types
699
0a4b9a07 700* networkd:
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701 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
702 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
703 - allow opting out of receiving DNS servers over DHCPv4
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704 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
705
2f8cd170 706External:
74fe1fe3 707
cc9784c6 708* dbus:
3377af3e 709 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 710 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 711
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712* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
713
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714* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
715
9096ad36 716* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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718* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
719 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
720 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
721 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
722 the RTC to sync up.
723
71092d70 724* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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726* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
727
728* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
729
730* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
731
732* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
733
734* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
735
d2bbca68 736* 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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738* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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740* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 741
4641a16b 742* 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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129126f3 744Regularly:
874aa2cc 745
129126f3 746* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 747
129126f3 748* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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750* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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752* pahole
753
71092d70 754* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 755
4db17f29 756* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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758* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
759
9e5f3dbb 760Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 762* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)