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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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13After killing 'systemd --user', systemctl restart user@... fails.
14
15ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
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17 [Service]
18 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
19 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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f38afcd0 21External:
f38afcd0 22* 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 24* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 25
81429136 26* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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28* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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30* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
31
32* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
33 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
34
81429136 35Features:
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37* busctl: add a pcap writer, using LINKTYPE_DBUS/231
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39* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
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41* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
42
43* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
44
45* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
46
47* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
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49* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
50
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51* 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...
52
53* maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
54
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55* remove multi-seat-x now
56
57* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
58
59* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
60
d74f9e8e 61* apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
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62 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
63 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
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65* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
66 journals in.
67
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68* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
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70* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
71 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
72 parsing callbacks should use it.
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74* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
75 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
76 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
77 complete.
78
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79* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
80
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81* remove readahead in 217
82
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83* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
84
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85* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
86 units are shown.
87
b873d33e 88* networkd:
d61bb44a 89 - add LLDP client side support
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90 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
91 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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92 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
93 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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94 - expose in the API the following bits:
95 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
96 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
97 - option 100, 101, timezone
98 - option 123, 144, geolocation
99 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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100 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
101 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
102 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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103 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
104 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
b873d33e 105
9d6db739 106* resolved:
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107 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
108 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 109 - DNSSEC
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110 - use base64 for key presentation?
111 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 112 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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113 - DNS
114 - search paths
9d6db739 115 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 116 - avahi compat
9d6db739 117 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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118 - edns0
119 - dname
b6b63571 120 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 121
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122* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
123 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
124 pull-in the policy.
125
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126* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
127
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128* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
129
fed515f0 130* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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132* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
133
a01647e5 134* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 135 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 136 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 137 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 138
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139* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
140
141* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
142
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143* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
144
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145* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
146
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147* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
148
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149* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
150
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151* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
152
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153* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
154
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155* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
156 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 157
f598ac3e 158* 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 159
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160* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
161
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162* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
163
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164* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
165
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166* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
167
168* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
169
6a3f892a 170* gpt-auto-generator:
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171 - Support LUKS for root devices
172 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 173 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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175* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
176 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 177 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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178 the most common operations.
179
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180* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
181 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
182 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 183
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184* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
185
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186* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
187 /proc/$PID/exe
188
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189* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
190 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
191 for ReusePort=
192
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193* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
194 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
195 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
196 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
197 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
198
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199* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
200
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201* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
202 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
203 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
204 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
205 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
206 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
207
ef417cfd 208* completions:
ef417cfd 209 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 210
f38afcd0 211* cgroups:
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212 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
213 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
214 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
215 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
216 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
217 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
218 the hierarchies of child processes
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220* transient units:
221 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
222 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
223 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 224
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225* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
226
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227* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
228
f38afcd0 229* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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231* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
232
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233* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
234
94676f3e 235* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 236
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237* 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
238
7f79cd71 239* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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241* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
242 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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243 path anyway.
244
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245* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
246
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247* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
248 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 249 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 250
6aaa8c2f 251* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 252
d28315e4 253* 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 254
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255* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
256
257* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
258
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259* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
260 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
261
6bb648a1 262* sd-bus:
d28315e4 263 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 264 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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265 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
266 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
267 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 268 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 269 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 270 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 271 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 272 - 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 273 - longer term: priority inheritance
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274 - dbus spec updates:
275 - kdbus mapping
276 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
277 - GVariant
bee7e928 278 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 279 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 280 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 281 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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283* sd-event
12179984 284 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 285 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 286
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287* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
288 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
289 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
290
69af4503 291* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 292
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293* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
294 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
295
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296* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
297
298* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
299
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300* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
301
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302* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
303
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304* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
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306* test/:
307 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
308 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 309
b5c03638 310* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 311 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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312 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
313 destination.
314
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315* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
316 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
317
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318* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
319
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320* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
321 need manual exponential loops after all
322
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323* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
324 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
325 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
326 is installed.
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328* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
329 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
330 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
331 that automatically.
332
e5ec62c5 333* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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335* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
336
d28315e4 337* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 338
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339* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
340
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341* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
342
343* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
344
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345* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
346
356ce991 347* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 348
81d112a8 349* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 350
b44be3ec 351* EFI:
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352 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
353 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 354 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 355
c0fe5db5 356* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 357
b44be3ec 358* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 359
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360* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
361 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 363* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 364
b44be3ec 365* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
e6c6e7af 366
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367* logind:
368 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
369 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
370 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
371 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
372 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 373 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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374 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
375 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
376 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
377 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
378 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
379 needs setuid().
e673ad04 380
b44be3ec 381* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 382
b44be3ec 383* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 385* journal:
c06bf414 386 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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387 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
388 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
389 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 390 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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391 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
392 - journal: reuse XZ context
393 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
394 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
395 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
396 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
397 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
398 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
399 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 400 - 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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401 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
402 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 403 - 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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404 - 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.
405 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
406 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 407 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 408 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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409 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
410 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
411 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
412 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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413 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
414 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 415 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 416 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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417 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
418 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
419 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
420 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
421 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
422 to syslog when it works again.
423 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
424 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
425 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 426 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 427 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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429* document:
8b8f2591 430 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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431 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
432 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 433 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 434 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 435 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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436 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
437 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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438 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
439 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
440 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
441 - man: add more examples to man pages
442 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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444* systemctl:
445 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
446 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
447 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
448 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
449 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
450 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
451 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
452 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 453 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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454 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
455 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
456 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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457 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
458 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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460* unit install:
461 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
462 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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463 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
464 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 466* timer units:
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467 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
468 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
469 o DST changes
eb124a97 470 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 471 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 472 - 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 473 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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475* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
476
477* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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478 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
479 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 480 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 481 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 482 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 483
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484* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
485
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486* 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().
487
488* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 489* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 490* fedup: generator
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492* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
493
b44be3ec 494* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 495
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496* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
497 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 498
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499* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
500
d28315e4 501* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 502
b44be3ec 503* nspawn:
b44be3ec 504 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 505 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 506 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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508* cryptsetup:
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509 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
510 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
511 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 512 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 513
424a19f8 514* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 515 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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517* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
518
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519* make timer units go away after they elapsed
520
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521* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
522
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523* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
524
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525* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
526
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527* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
528
68f16003 529* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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531* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
532 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 533 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 534 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 535 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 536 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 537
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538* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
539
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540* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
541
88a6c589 542* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 543
9946996c 544* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 545 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 546
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547* introduce Type=pid-file
548
59cea26a 549* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 550
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551* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
552
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553* automount: implement expire:
554 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
555 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
556 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
557 - blocking, needs a thread
558 - run until -EAGAIN
559 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
560 - call umount
561 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
562 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 563
e01a15b7 564* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 565
abd55b16 566* udev:
abd55b16 567 - move to LGPL
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568 - kill scsi_id
569 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 570 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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572* 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
573
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574* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
575
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576* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
577
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578* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
579
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580* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
581
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582* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
583
584* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
585
70a44afe 586* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 587
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588* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
589 needs to be auto-respawned?
590
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591* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
592
f38afcd0 593* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 594 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 595
d28315e4 596* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 597
7f8aa671 598* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 599
d3c7d7dd 600* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 601
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602* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
603 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
604
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605* move PAM code into its own binary
606
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607* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
608 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
609
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610* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
611
55cdcbac 612* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 613
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614* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
615 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
616 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
617
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618* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
619 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
620
71092d70 621* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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624 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
625 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
626 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
627 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
628 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 629
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630* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
631
68c7d001 632* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 633 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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634 - enabling dbus services
635 - status update
7a2a0b90 636 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 637 - remote access
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638 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
639 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 640 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 641 - auto-restart
e707c494 642 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 643 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 644 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 645 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 646 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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647 - calendar time events
648 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
649 - how to create your own target
650 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
651 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 652
44143309 653* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 654
260abb78 655* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 656
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657* Support --test based on current system state
658
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659* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
660
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661* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
662
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663* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
664
71092d70 665* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 666
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667* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
668
7ba97195 669* systemd-python:
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671 works with ^C
b04c8c83 672 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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674* bootchart:
675 - plot per-process IO utilization
676 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
677 - document initcall_debug
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678 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
679
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680* udev-link-config:
681 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
682 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
683 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 684 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 685
88e4d1d7 686* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 687 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 688 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 689
0a4b9a07 690* networkd:
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691 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
692 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 693 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 694 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 695 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 696 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 697 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 698 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 699 - add support for more bond options
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701* networkd-wait-online:
702 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 703
ac976532 704* dhcp:
424a8732 705 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 706 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 707 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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709* dhcp6:
710 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
711 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
712 - write more test cases
713 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
714 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
715 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
716 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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717 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
718 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
719 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
720 or interface down
721 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
722 this behavior
723
2f8cd170 724External:
74fe1fe3 725
cc9784c6 726* dbus:
3377af3e 727 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 728 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 729
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730* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
731
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732* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
733
9096ad36 734* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 735
71092d70 736* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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739
d28315e4 740* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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742* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
743
744* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
745
746* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
747
d2bbca68 748* 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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750* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
751
752* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 753
4641a16b 754* 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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756* register catalog database signature as file magic
757
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758* zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
759 does not
760
129126f3 761Regularly:
874aa2cc 762
129126f3 763* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 764
129126f3 765* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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767* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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769* pahole
770
d28315e4 771* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 772
4db17f29 773* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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775* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
776
9e5f3dbb 777Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 779* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)