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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 16* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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81429136 18* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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20* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
21
81429136 22Features:
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24* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
25
26* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
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28* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
29
30* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
31
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32* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
33
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34* 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...
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36* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
37
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38* remove multi-seat-x now
39
40* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
41
42* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
43
d74f9e8e 44* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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45 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
46 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
d74f9e8e 47
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48* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
49 journals in.
50
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51* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
52
53* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
54 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
55 parsing callbacks should use it.
56
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57* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
58 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
59 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
60 complete.
61
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62* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
63
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64* remove readahead in 217
65
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66* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
67
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68* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
69 units are shown.
70
b873d33e 71* networkd:
d61bb44a 72 - add LLDP client side support
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73 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
74 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
75 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
76 - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even
77 if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might
78 theoretically match it.
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79 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
80 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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81 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
82 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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83 - expose in the API the following bits:
84 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
85 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
86 - option 100, 101, timezone
87 - option 123, 144, geolocation
88 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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89 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
90 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
91 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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92 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
93 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 94
9d6db739 95* resolved:
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96 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
97 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 98 - DNSSEC
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99 - use base64 for key presentation?
100 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 101 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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102 - DNS
103 - search paths
9d6db739 104 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 105 - avahi compat
9d6db739 106 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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107 - edns0
108 - dname
b6b63571 109 - cname on PTR (?)
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111* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
112 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
113 pull-in the policy.
114
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115* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
116
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117* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
118
fed515f0 119* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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121* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
122
a01647e5 123* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 124 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 125 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 126 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 127
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128* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
129
130* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
131
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132* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
133
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134* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
135
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136* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
137
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138* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
139
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140* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
141
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142* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
143
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144* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
145 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 146
f598ac3e 147* 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 148
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149* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
150
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151* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
152
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153* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
154
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155* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
156
157* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
158
6a3f892a 159* gpt-auto-generator:
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160 - Support LUKS for root devices
161 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 162 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 163
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164* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
165 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 166 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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167 the most common operations.
168
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169* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
170 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
171 when it is otherwise off
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173* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
174
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175* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
176 /proc/$PID/exe
177
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178* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
179 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
180 for ReusePort=
181
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182* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
183 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
184 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
185 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
186 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
187
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188* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
189
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190* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
191 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
192 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
193 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
194 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
195 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
196
ef417cfd 197* completions:
ef417cfd 198 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 199
f38afcd0 200* cgroups:
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201 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
202 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
203 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
204 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
205 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
206 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
207 the hierarchies of child processes
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209* transient units:
210 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
211 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
212 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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214* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
215
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216* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
217
f38afcd0 218* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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220* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
221
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222* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
223
94676f3e 224* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 225
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226* 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
227
7f79cd71 228* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 229
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230* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
231 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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232 path anyway.
233
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234* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
235
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236* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
237 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 238 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 239
6aaa8c2f 240* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 241
d28315e4 242* 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 243
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244* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
245
246* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
247
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248* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
249 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
250
6bb648a1 251* sd-bus:
d28315e4 252 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 253 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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254 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
255 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
256 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 257 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 258 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 259 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 260 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 261 - 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 262 - longer term: priority inheritance
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263 - dbus spec updates:
264 - kdbus mapping
265 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
266 - GVariant
bee7e928 267 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 268 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 269 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 270 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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272* sd-event
12179984 273 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 274
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275* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
276 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
277 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
278
69af4503 279* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 280
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281* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
282 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
283
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284* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
285
286* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
287
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288* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
289
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290* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
291
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292* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
293
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294* test/:
295 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
296 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 297
b5c03638 298* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 299 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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300 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
301 destination.
302
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303* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
304 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
305
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306* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
307
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308* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
309 need manual exponential loops after all
310
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311* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
312 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
313 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
314 is installed.
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316* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
317 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
318 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
319 that automatically.
320
e5ec62c5 321* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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323* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
324
d28315e4 325* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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327* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
328
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329* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
330
331* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
332
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333* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
334
356ce991 335* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 336
81d112a8 337* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 338
b44be3ec 339* EFI:
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340 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
341 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 342 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 343
c0fe5db5 344* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 345
b44be3ec 346* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 347
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348* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
349 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 351* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 352
b44be3ec 353* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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355* logind:
356 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
357 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
358 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
359 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
360 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 361 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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362 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
363 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
364 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
365 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
366 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
367 needs setuid().
e673ad04 368
b44be3ec 369* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 370
b44be3ec 371* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 373* journal:
c06bf414 374 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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375 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
376 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
377 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 378 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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379 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
380 - journal: reuse XZ context
381 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
382 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
383 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
384 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
385 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
386 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
387 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 388 - 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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389 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
390 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 391 - 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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392 - 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.
393 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
394 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 395 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 396 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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397 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
398 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
399 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
400 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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401 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
402 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 403 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 404 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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405 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
406 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
407 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
408 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
409 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
410 to syslog when it works again.
411 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
412 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
413 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 414 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 415 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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417* document:
8b8f2591 418 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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419 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
420 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 421 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 422 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 423 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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424 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
425 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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426 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
427 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
428 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
429 - man: add more examples to man pages
430 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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432* systemctl:
433 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
434 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
435 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
436 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
437 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
438 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
439 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
440 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 441 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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442 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
443 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
444 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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445 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
446 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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448* unit install:
449 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
450 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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451 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
452 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
8b04b925 453
b44be3ec 454* timer units:
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455 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
456 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
457 o DST changes
eb124a97 458 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 459 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 460 - 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 461 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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463* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
464
465* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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466 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
467 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 468 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 469 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 470 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 471
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472* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
473
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474* 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().
475
476* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 477* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 478* fedup: generator
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480* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
481
b44be3ec 482* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 483
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484* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
485 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 486
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487* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
488
d28315e4 489* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 490
b44be3ec 491* nspawn:
b44be3ec 492 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 493 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 494 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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496* cryptsetup:
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497 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
498 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
499 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 500 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 501
424a19f8 502* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 503 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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505* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
506
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507* make timer units go away after they elapsed
508
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509* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
510
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511* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
512
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513* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
514
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515* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
516
68f16003 517* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 518
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519* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
520 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 521 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 522 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 523 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 524 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 525
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526* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
527
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528* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
529
88a6c589 530* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 531
9946996c 532* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 533 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 534
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535* introduce Type=pid-file
536
59cea26a 537* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 538
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539* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
540
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541* automount: implement expire:
542 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
543 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
544 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
545 - blocking, needs a thread
546 - run until -EAGAIN
547 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
548 - call umount
549 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
550 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 551
e01a15b7 552* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 553
abd55b16 554* udev:
abd55b16 555 - move to LGPL
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556 - kill scsi_id
557 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 558 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 559
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560* 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
561
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562* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
563
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564* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
565
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566* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
567
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568* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
569
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570* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
571
572* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
573
70a44afe 574* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 575
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576* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
577 needs to be auto-respawned?
578
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579* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
580
f38afcd0 581* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 582 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 583
d28315e4 584* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 585
7f8aa671 586* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 587
d3c7d7dd 588* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 589
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590* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
591 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
592
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593* move PAM code into its own binary
594
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595* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
596 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
597
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598* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
599
55cdcbac 600* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 601
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602* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
603 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
604 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
605
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606* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
607 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
608
71092d70 609* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 610
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611* readahead:
612 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
613 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
614 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
615 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
616 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 617
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618* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
619
68c7d001 620* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 621 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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622 - enabling dbus services
623 - status update
7a2a0b90 624 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 625 - remote access
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626 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
627 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 628 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 629 - auto-restart
e707c494 630 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 631 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 632 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 633 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 634 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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635 - calendar time events
636 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
637 - how to create your own target
638 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
639 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 640
44143309 641* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 642
260abb78 643* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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645* Support --test based on current system state
646
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647* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
648
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649* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
650
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651* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
652
71092d70 653* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 654
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655* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
656
7ba97195 657* systemd-python:
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659 works with ^C
b04c8c83 660 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 661
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662* bootchart:
663 - plot per-process IO utilization
664 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
665 - document initcall_debug
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666 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
667
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668* udev-link-config:
669 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
670 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
671 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 672 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 673
88e4d1d7 674* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 675 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 676 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 677
0a4b9a07 678* networkd:
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679 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
680 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 681 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 682 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 683 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 684 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 685 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 686 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 687 - add support for more bond options
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689* networkd-wait-online:
690 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 691
ac976532 692* dhcp:
424a8732 693 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 694 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 695 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 696
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697* dhcp6:
698 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
699 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
700 - write more test cases
701 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
702 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
703 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
704 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
705 - implement elapsed time option
706 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
707 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
708 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
709 or interface down
710 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
711 this behavior
712
2f8cd170 713External:
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cc9784c6 715* dbus:
3377af3e 716 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 717 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 718
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719* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
720
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721* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
722
9096ad36 723* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 724
71092d70 725* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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727* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
728
d28315e4 729* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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731* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
732
733* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
734
735* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
736
d2bbca68 737* 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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739* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
740
741* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 742
4641a16b 743* 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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746
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747* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
748 does not
749
129126f3 750Regularly:
874aa2cc 751
129126f3 752* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 753
129126f3 754* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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756* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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758* pahole
759
d28315e4 760* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 761
4db17f29 762* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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764* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
765
9e5f3dbb 766Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 768* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)