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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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19aadacf 4* enabling an instance unit creates a pointless link, and
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5 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
6 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
7 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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9* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
10 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
11 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
12
a40593a0 13* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 14
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15* shorten the message to sane length:
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17 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
18
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19* systemctl --root=container/ set-default ... is totally borked.
20
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21* sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
22 See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
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f38afcd0 24External:
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f38afcd0 26* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 27 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
55d32caf 28
f38afcd0 29* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
bafb15ba 30
f38afcd0 31* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 32
eb124a97 33Features:
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35* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
36
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37* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
38
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39* drop parsing of chkconfig header lines from service.c
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41* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
42
43* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot don't have the services they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle. Alternatively, split up the boot-up state into two, and make Type=idle only be affected by jobs for the default target, but ignore any further jobs
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45* Add RPM macros for registering/unregistering binfmt drop-ins
46
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47* 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
48
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49* sd-resolve: add callback api
50
51* ImmutableSystem=yes/no or so to mount /usr, /boot read-only/invisible, and leave /var and /etc writable
52
53* InaccessibleHome=yes/no or so to hide /home and /run/user from a service
54
55* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode
56
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57* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
58
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59* add "M" as recursive version of "m" to tmpfiles, then use it for
60 chowning /run/log/journal (but not /var/log/journal), so that we
61 adjust the perms of journal files created before tmpfiles ran.
62
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63* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
64
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65* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
66
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67* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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69* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
70
6a3f892a 71* gpt-auto-generator:
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72 - Support LUKS for root devices
73 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 74 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 75
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76* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
77 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
78 don't have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
79 the most common operations.
80
726a6e96 81* support transient mount units
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83* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
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85* machined: provide calls GetMachineByAddress() on the manager
86 interface to get the machine for a local IP address, and
87 GetAddress() on the Machine interface to get the Address for a
88 machine. Implement via forking off child process which quickly joins
89 the cotnainer and passes data to parent. Show this in "machinectl
90 status", and use it to implement NSS module to provide automatic
91 name resolution for containers.
92
93* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
94 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
95 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 96
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97* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
98
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99* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
100 /proc/$PID/exe
101
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102* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
103 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
104 for ReusePort=
105
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106* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
107 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
108 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
109 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
110 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
111
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112* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
113
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114* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
115 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
116 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
117 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
118 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
119 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
120
ef417cfd 121* completions:
ef417cfd 122 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 123
f38afcd0 124* cgroups:
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125 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
126 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
127 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
128 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
129 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
130 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
131 the hierarchies of child processes
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133* transient units:
134 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
135 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
136 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 137
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138* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
139
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140* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
141
f38afcd0 142* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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144* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
145
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146* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
147
94676f3e 148* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 149
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150* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
151
af1082b0 152* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
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154* 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
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7f79cd71 156* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
0aafd43d 157
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158* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
159 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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160 path anyway.
161
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162* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
163
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164* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
165 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 166 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 167
6aaa8c2f 168* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 169
e1b7e7ec 170* make sure gdm doesn't use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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172* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
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174* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
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9444b1f2 176* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 177 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 178 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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179 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
180 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 181
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182* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
183 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
184
6bb648a1 185* sd-bus:
e30fa16e 186 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async
eb01ba5d 187 - when kdbus doesn't take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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188 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
189 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
190 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
191 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
192 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
193 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
194 - .busname units should not use get_user_creds()/get_cgroup_creds() but instead do NSS only in temporarily forked off child
f38afcd0 195 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 196 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
80caea6c 197 - 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 198 - longer term: priority inheritance
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199 - dbus spec updates:
200 - kdbus mapping
201 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
202 - GVariant
bee7e928 203 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 204 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 205 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 206 - test bloom filter generation indexes
0f3e07b7 207 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
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209* sd-event
12179984 210 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 211
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212* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
213 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
214 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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69af4503 216* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 217
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218* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
219 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
220
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221* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
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223* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
224
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225* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
226
227* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
228
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229* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
230
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231* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
232
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233* test/:
234 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
235 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 236
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237* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
238
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239* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
240 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
241 file.
242
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243* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
244 destination path over /etc and /usr. We shouldn't do that. Instead
245 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
246 destination.
247
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248* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
249 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
250
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251* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
252
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253* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
254 need manual exponential loops after all
255
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256* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
257 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
258 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
259 is installed.
795607b2 260
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261* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
262 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
263 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
264 that automatically.
265
e5ec62c5 266* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 267
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268* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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54c31a79 270* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably can't do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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272* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
273
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274* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
275
276* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
277
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278* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
279
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280* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
281
356ce991 282* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 283
81d112a8 284* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 285
b44be3ec 286* EFI:
b44be3ec 287 - write man page for efi boot generator
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288 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
289 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 290 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 291
c0fe5db5 292* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 293
b44be3ec 294* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 295
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296* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
297 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 299* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 300
b44be3ec 301* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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303* logind:
304 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
305 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
306 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
307 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
308 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 309 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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310 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
311 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
312 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
313 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
314 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
315 needs setuid().
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b44be3ec 317* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 318
b44be3ec 319* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 320
b44be3ec 321* journal:
c06bf414 322 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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323 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
324 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
325 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
326 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we can't log natively?
327 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
328 - journal: reuse XZ context
329 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
330 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
331 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
332 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
333 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
334 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
335 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 336 - 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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337 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
338 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 339 - 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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340 - 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.
341 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
342 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 343 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 344 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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345 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
346 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
347 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
348 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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349 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
350 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 351 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 352 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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353 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
354 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
355 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
356 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
357 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
358 to syslog when it works again.
359 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
360 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
361 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
362 so that we don't keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
363 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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365* document:
8b8f2591 366 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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367 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
368 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 369 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 370 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 371 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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372 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
373 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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374 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
375 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
376 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
377 - man: add more examples to man pages
378 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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380* systemctl:
381 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
382 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
383 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
384 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
385 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
386 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
387 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
388 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
389 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
390 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into doesn't exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
391 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
392 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
393 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 394 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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395 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
396 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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398* unit install:
399 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
400 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
401 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
402 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
403 unit however should remove them all).
404 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
405 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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407* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
408
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409* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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411* timer units:
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412 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
413 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
414 o DST changes
eb124a97 415 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
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416 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
417 - when parsing calendar timestamps support the UTC timezone (even if we won't support arbitrary timezone specs, support UTC itself certainly makes sense), also support syntaxes such as +0200
90e071d1 418 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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420* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
421
422* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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423 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
424 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 425 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 426 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 427 user did not request anything like it.
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429* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
430 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
431 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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432 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
433 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
434 better supported alternative.
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436* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
437
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438* 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().
439
440* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
441* fedup: don't delete initrd on switch-root
442* fedup: generator
603cd8fe 443
f38afcd0 444* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 445
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446* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
447
b44be3ec 448* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 449
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450* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
451 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
452 - superset of tmpfiles model
453 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
454 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
455 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
456
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457* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
458 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 459
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460* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
461
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462* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab isn't
463
b44be3ec 464* nspawn:
b44be3ec 465 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 466 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 467 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 468 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 469 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 470 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
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471 - generate predictable mac addresses for the netdev we create (host0), maybe based on guest's machine
472 name and machine-id of host (?)
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474* cryptsetup:
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475 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
476 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
477 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 478 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 479
424a19f8 480* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 481 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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483* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
484
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485* make timer units go away after they elapsed
486
8556879e 487* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 488 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
8556879e 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* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
497
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498* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
499
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500* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
501
68f16003 502* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 503
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504* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
505
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506* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
507 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
508 can't delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
509 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
edca2e23 510 when done. That means clients don't get a successful method reply,
68f16003 511 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 512
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513* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
514
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515* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
516
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517* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
518
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519* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
520
88a6c589 521* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 522
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523* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
524 verify that it isn't masked via any of the names traversed.
525
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526* introduce Type=pid-file
527
59cea26a 528* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 529
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530* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
531
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532* automount: implement expire:
533 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
534 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
535 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
536 - blocking, needs a thread
537 - run until -EAGAIN
538 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
539 - call umount
540 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
541 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 542
e01a15b7 543* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 544
abd55b16 545* udev:
3f60bcb5 546 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 547 - move to LGPL
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548 - kill scsi_id
549 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 550 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 551
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552* 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
553
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554* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
555
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556* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
557
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558* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
559
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560* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
561
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562* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
563
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564* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
565
566* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
567
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568* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
569
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570* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
571 needs to be auto-respawned?
572
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573* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
574
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575* tmpfiles:
576 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
577 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 578
b44be3ec 579* for services: don't set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 580
7f8aa671 581* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 582
d3c7d7dd 583* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 584
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585* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
586 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
587
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588* move PAM code into its own binary
589
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590* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
591 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
592
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593* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
594
7c697168 595* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 596
71092d70 597* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 598
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599* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
600 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
601 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
602
f38afcd0 603* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
a012ab52 604
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605* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
606 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
607
71092d70 608* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 609
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610* readahead:
611 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
612 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
613 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
614 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
615 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 616
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617* add support for /bin/mount -s
618
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619* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
620
68c7d001 621* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 622 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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623 - enabling dbus services
624 - status update
7a2a0b90 625 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 626 - remote access
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627 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
628 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 629 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 630 - auto-restart
e707c494 631 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 632 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 633 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 634 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 635 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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636 - calendar time events
637 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
638 - how to create your own target
639 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
640 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 641
44143309 642* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 643
71092d70 644* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 645
260abb78 646* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 647
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648* Support --test based on current system state
649
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650* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
651
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652* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
653
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654* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
655
71092d70 656* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 657
50f2a90d 658* io priority during initialization
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660* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
661
7ba97195 662* systemd-python:
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663 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
664 works with ^C
b04c8c83 665 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 666
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667* bootchart:
668 - plot per-process IO utilization
669 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
670 - document initcall_debug
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671 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
672
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673* udev-link-config:
674 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
675 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
676 on Path= matching
af6f0d42 677
88e4d1d7 678* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 679 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 680 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 681
0a4b9a07 682* networkd:
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683 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
684 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 685 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 686 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 687 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
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688 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
689 - set lifetime on the address acquired from dhcp
0a4b9a07 690
155e8b9a 691* sd-network:
1f0e0484 692 - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
155e8b9a 693
2f8cd170 694External:
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696* NM: figure out what to do about network-online.target.
697 - maybe pull in the target as dependency for LSB initscripts ordered now after network.target
698 - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728965
699
cc9784c6 700* dbus:
3377af3e 701 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 702 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 703
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704* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
705
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706* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
707
9096ad36 708* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 709
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710* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
711 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
712 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
713 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
714 the RTC to sync up.
715
71092d70 716* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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718* drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
719
720* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and shouldn't
721
722* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
723
724* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
725
726* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
727
d2bbca68 728* 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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730* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
731
732* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 733
4641a16b 734* 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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737
129126f3 738Regularly:
874aa2cc 739
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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746* pahole
747
71092d70 748* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!
a3a3e5b6 749
4db17f29 750* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 751
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752* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
753
9e5f3dbb 754Scheduled for removal or fixing:
a3a3e5b6 755
9e5f3dbb 756* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)