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71092d70 1Bugfixes:
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3* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
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5* NM should pull in network.target (PENDING)
6 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692008
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05677bb7 8* make anaconda write timeout=0 for encrypted devices
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10* fix broken Sockets=syslog-ng.socket packaging
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71092d70 12* logind: ensure ACLs are updated on login and logout
53907215 13
71092d70 14* fix CUPS .path unit for globbing
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71092d70 16* service: pid file reading after reload doesn't work, since we don't reset the pid variable
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71092d70 18* make sure timeouts are applied to Type=oneshot services.
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71092d70 20Features:
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22* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
23 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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25* generator dir is 666?
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27* set access mode of /run/systemd/{private,notify} to 666, not 777
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29* unify access mode of /run/systemd/readahead/{done,share}
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71092d70 31* rename systemd-logger to systemd-stdio-syslog-bridge
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33* file bugs against sysklogd, syslog-ng because of StandardOuput=null
34* turn default stdout/stderr to syslog (after rsyslog got updated)
576a01c8 35
71092d70 36* add gperf support for unit file parsing table
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38* move PAM code into its own binary
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40* warn if the user stops a service but not its associated socket
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42* logind: spawn user@..service on login
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44* logind: non-local X11 server handling
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253ee27a 46* logind: use sysfs path in device hash table instead of sysname, as soon as fb driver is fixed
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48* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
49 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
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51* make sure people don't leave processes around after ExecStartPre=
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53* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
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55* readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
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57* readahead: check whether a btrfs volume includes ssd by checking mount flag "ssd"
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71092d70 59* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1)
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71092d70 61* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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63* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
64 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
65 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
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67* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
68 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
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70* move nss-myhostname into systemd
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71092d70 72* inform myllynen@redhat.com about standard place to configure timezone name,
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71092d70 74* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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76* detect LXC with $container=lxc
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78* drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
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71092d70 80* add inode nr check to readahead to suppress preloading changed files
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82* show enablement status in systemctl status
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84* add support for /bin/mount -s
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86* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
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88* add JoinControllers= to system.conf to mount certain cgroup
89 controllers together in order to guarantee atomic creation/addition
90 of cgroups
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73090dc8 92* avoid DefaultStandardOutput=syslog to have any effect on StandardInput=socket services
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94* cgroup_notify_empty(): recursively check groups up the tree, too
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96* when failing to start a service due to ratelimiting, try again later, if restart=always is set
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68c7d001 98* write blog stories about:
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99 - enabling dbus services
100 - status update
7a2a0b90 101 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 102 - remote access
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103 - cgroup best pratices to avoid stepping on each others toes
104 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
105 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
73090dc8 106
44143309 107* allow port=0 in .socket units
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109* move readahead files into /var, look for them with .path units
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ba1a5515 111* teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
71092d70 112* figure out what happened to bluez patch
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114* get process transport into dbus for systemctl -P/-H
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71092d70 116* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
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118* when key file cannot be found, read it from kbd in cryptsetup
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120* reuse mkdtemp namespace dirs in /tmp?
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260abb78 122* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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124* Support --test based on current system state
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430c18ed 126* show failure error string in "systemctl status"
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128* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
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130* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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132* Patch systemd-fsck to use -C and pass console fd to it
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134* configurable jitter for timer events
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136* timer evernts with system resume
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138* Support ProcessNeededForShutdown=true to allow stuff like mdmon to
139 be killed very late after the rootfs is read only? If implement pass
140 this to shutdown binary via command line argument.
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142* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
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8c6db833 144* calendar time support in timer, iCalendar semantics for the timer stuff (RFC2445)
8bf7fea5 145 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99ee5315dac6211e972fa3f23bcc9a0343ff58c4
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129126f3 147* implicitly import "defaults" settings file into all types
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148* exec settings override
149* writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes
75787bb7 150
129126f3 151* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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152 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
153 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 154 - postfix, saslauthd
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155 - apache/samba
156 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
157 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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158 - distccd
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71092d70 160* auditd service files
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71092d70 162* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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50f2a90d 164* io priority during initialization
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74ac3cbd 166* if a service fails too often, make the service enter failed mode, and the socket, too.
ea4a240d 167
71092d70 168* new deps "Triggers" and "TriggeredBy"
63090775 169
71092d70 170* systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
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172* add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
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7d9e57d2 174* suspend, resume support?
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176* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
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2f8cd170 178External:
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180* systemd --user
181 PR_SET_CHILD_REAPER patch: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/28/426
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183* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
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185* udisks should not use udisks-part-id, instead use blkid. also not probe /dev/loopxxx
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187* snd-seq should go, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676095
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7d9e57d2 189* gnome-shell python script/glxinfo/is-accelerated must die
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191* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
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44143309 193* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys and /sys/fs/cgroup?
06ae4bfe 194
6f3f9deb 195* patch kernel for cpu feature modalias for autoloading aes/kvm/...
fc84026d 196 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-misc-2.6.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/cpuid-match
7d9e57d2 197 (Rafael J. Wysocki's sysdev rework is on the way. After that CPUs can be exported a proper bus.)
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199* kernel: add /proc/sys file exposing CAP_LAST_CAP? sysconf?
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201* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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129126f3 203Regularly:
874aa2cc 204
129126f3 205* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 206
129126f3 207* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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209* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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211* %m in printf() instead of strerror();
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213* pahole
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71092d70 215* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!