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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.
20ffc4c4 12
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 20
81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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23* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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81429136 25Features:
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27* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
28 units are shown.
29
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30* sd-event: - make it possible to embedd our event loop into foreign
31 event loops by passing out the epoll fd and providing three functions
32 that fit into GSource nicely.
33
b873d33e 34* networkd:
dae1e55b 35 - add LLDP support
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36 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
37 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
38 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
39 - dhcp and ipv4ll should probably be skipped for "lo" devices, even
40 if the user has a catchall .network file installed, that might
41 theoretically match it.
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42 - we probably should introduce a new operational state that
43 indicates that we are trying to acquire some configuration for a
44 link but haven't acquired any yet. Just to inform the admin that
45 networkd cares about an interface, but is still in progress..
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46 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
47 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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48 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
49 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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50 - add per-network Domains= settings, with a special syntax Domains=*
51 for routing all non-otherwise routed traffic to this link
52 - add UseDomains= setting to [DHCP] to add dhcp supplied domains to
53 per-interface Domains= list.
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54 - expose in the API the following bits:
55 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
56 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
57 - option 100, 101, timezone
58 - option 123, 144, geolocation
59 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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9d6db739 61* resolved:
9d6db739 62 - DNSSEC
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63 - use base64 for key presentation?
64 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 65 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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66 - DNS
67 - search paths
9d6db739 68 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 69 - avahi compat
9d6db739 70 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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71 - edns0
72 - dname
b6b63571 73 - cname on PTR (?)
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75* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
76 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
77 pull-in the policy.
78
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79* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
80
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81* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
82
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83* sysusers:
84 - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
85 - allow setting the home directory of system users
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87* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
88
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89* refuse mounting on symlinks
90
fed515f0 91* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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93* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
94
a01647e5 95* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 96 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 97 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 98 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 99
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100* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
101
102* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
103
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104* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
105* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
106
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107* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
108
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109* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
110
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111* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
112
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113* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
114
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115* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
116
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117* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
118
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119* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
120 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 121
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122* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
123
f598ac3e 124* 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 125
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126* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
127
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128* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
129
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130* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
131
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132* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
133
134* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
135
6a3f892a 136* gpt-auto-generator:
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137 - Support LUKS for root devices
138 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 139 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 140
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141* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
142 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 143 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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144 the most common operations.
145
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146* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
147 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
148 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 149
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150* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
151
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152* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
153 /proc/$PID/exe
154
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155* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
156 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
157 for ReusePort=
158
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159* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
160 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
161 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
162 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
163 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
164
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165* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
166
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167* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
168 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
169 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
170 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
171 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
172 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
173
ef417cfd 174* completions:
ef417cfd 175 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 176
f38afcd0 177* cgroups:
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178 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
179 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
180 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
181 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
182 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
183 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
184 the hierarchies of child processes
0bee65f0 185
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186* transient units:
187 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
188 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
189 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 190
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191* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
192
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193* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
194
f38afcd0 195* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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197* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
198
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199* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
200
94676f3e 201* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 202
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203* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
204
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205* 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
206
7f79cd71 207* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 208
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209* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
210 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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211 path anyway.
212
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213* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
214
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215* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
216 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 217 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 218
6aaa8c2f 219* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 220
d28315e4 221* 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 222
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223* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
224
225* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
226
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227* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
228 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
229
6bb648a1 230* sd-bus:
d28315e4 231 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 232 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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233 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
234 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
235 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 236 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 237 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 238 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 239 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 240 - 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 241 - longer term: priority inheritance
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242 - dbus spec updates:
243 - kdbus mapping
244 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
245 - GVariant
bee7e928 246 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 247 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 248 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 249 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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251* sd-event
12179984 252 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 253
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254* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
255 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
256 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
257
69af4503 258* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 259
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260* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
261 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
262
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263* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
264
265* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
266
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267* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
268
269* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
270
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271* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
272
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273* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
274
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275* test/:
276 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
277 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 278
b5c03638 279* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 280 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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281 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
282 destination.
283
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284* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
285 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
286
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287* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
288
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289* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
290 need manual exponential loops after all
291
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292* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
293 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
294 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
295 is installed.
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297* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
298 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
299 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
300 that automatically.
301
e5ec62c5 302* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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304* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
305
d28315e4 306* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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308* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
309
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310* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
311
312* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
313
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314* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
315
356ce991 316* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 317
81d112a8 318* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 319
b44be3ec 320* EFI:
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321 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
322 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 323 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 324
c0fe5db5 325* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 326
b44be3ec 327* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 328
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329* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
330 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 332* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 333
b44be3ec 334* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 335
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336* logind:
337 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
338 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
339 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
340 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
341 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 342 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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343 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
344 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
345 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
346 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
347 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
348 needs setuid().
e673ad04 349
b44be3ec 350* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 351
b44be3ec 352* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 354* journal:
c06bf414 355 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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356 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
357 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
358 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 359 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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360 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
361 - journal: reuse XZ context
362 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
363 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
364 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
365 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
366 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
367 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
368 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 369 - 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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370 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
371 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 372 - 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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373 - 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.
374 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
375 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 376 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 377 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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378 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
379 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
380 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
381 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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382 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
383 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 384 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 385 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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386 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
387 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
388 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
389 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
390 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
391 to syslog when it works again.
392 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
393 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
394 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 395 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 396 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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398* document:
8b8f2591 399 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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400 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
401 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 402 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 403 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 404 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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405 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
406 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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407 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
408 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
409 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
410 - man: add more examples to man pages
411 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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413* systemctl:
414 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
415 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
416 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
417 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
418 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
419 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
420 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
421 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 422 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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423 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
424 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
425 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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426 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
427 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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429* unit install:
430 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
431 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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432 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
433 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 435* timer units:
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436 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
437 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
438 o DST changes
eb124a97 439 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 440 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 441 - 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 442 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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444* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
445
446* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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447 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
448 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 449 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 450 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 451 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 452
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453* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
454
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455* 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().
456
457* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 458* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 459* fedup: generator
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461* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
462
b44be3ec 463* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 464
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465* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
466 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 467
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468* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
469
d28315e4 470* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 471
b44be3ec 472* nspawn:
b44be3ec 473 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 474 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 475 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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477* cryptsetup:
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478 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
479 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
480 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 481 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 482
424a19f8 483* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 484 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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486* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
487
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488* make timer units go away after they elapsed
489
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490* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
491
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492* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
493
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494* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
495
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496* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
497
68f16003 498* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 499
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500* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
501 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 502 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 503 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 504 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 505 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 506
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507* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
508
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509* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
510
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511* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
512
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513* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
514
88a6c589 515* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 516
9946996c 517* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 518 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 519
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520* introduce Type=pid-file
521
59cea26a 522* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 523
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524* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
525
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526* automount: implement expire:
527 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
528 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
529 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
530 - blocking, needs a thread
531 - run until -EAGAIN
532 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
533 - call umount
534 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
535 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 536
e01a15b7 537* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 538
abd55b16 539* udev:
3f60bcb5 540 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 541 - move to LGPL
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542 - kill scsi_id
543 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 544 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 545
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546* 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
547
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548* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
549
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550* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
551
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552* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
553
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554* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
555
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556* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
557
558* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
559
70a44afe 560* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 561
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562* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
563 needs to be auto-respawned?
564
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565* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
566
f38afcd0 567* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 568 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 569
d28315e4 570* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 571
7f8aa671 572* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 573
d3c7d7dd 574* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 575
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576* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
577 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
578
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579* move PAM code into its own binary
580
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581* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
582 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
583
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584* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
585
7c697168 586* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 587
71092d70 588* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 589
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590* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
591 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
592 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
593
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594* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
595 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
596
71092d70 597* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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599* readahead:
600 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
601 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
602 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
603 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
604 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 605
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606* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
607
68c7d001 608* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 609 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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610 - enabling dbus services
611 - status update
7a2a0b90 612 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 613 - remote access
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614 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
615 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 616 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 617 - auto-restart
e707c494 618 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 619 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 620 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 621 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 622 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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624 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
625 - how to create your own target
626 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
627 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 628
44143309 629* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 630
260abb78 631* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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633* Support --test based on current system state
634
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635* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
636
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637* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
638
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639* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
640
71092d70 641* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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643* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
644
7ba97195 645* systemd-python:
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647 works with ^C
b04c8c83 648 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 649
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650* bootchart:
651 - plot per-process IO utilization
652 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
653 - document initcall_debug
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654 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
655
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657 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
658 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
659 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 660 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 661
88e4d1d7 662* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 663 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 664 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 665
0a4b9a07 666* networkd:
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667 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
668 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 669 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 670 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 671 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 672 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 673 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 674 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 675 - add support for more bond options
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677* networkd-wait-online:
678 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 679
ac976532 680* dhcp:
424a8732 681 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 682 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 683 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 684
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685* dhcp6:
686 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
687 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
688 - write more test cases
689 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
690 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
691 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
692 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
693 - implement elapsed time option
694 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
695 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
696 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
697 or interface down
698 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
699 this behavior
700
2f8cd170 701External:
74fe1fe3 702
cc9784c6 703* dbus:
3377af3e 704 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 705 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 706
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707* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
708
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710
9096ad36 711* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 712
71092d70 713* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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716
d28315e4 717* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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719* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
720
721* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
722
723* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
724
d2bbca68 725* 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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727* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
728
729* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 730
4641a16b 731* 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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734
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735* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
736 does not
737
129126f3 738Regularly:
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129126f3 740* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 741
129126f3 742* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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744* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 748* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 749
4db17f29 750* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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753
9e5f3dbb 754Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 756* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)