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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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5* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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a40593a0 9* 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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afe3ab58 11* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
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13 [Service]
14 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
15 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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3f85ef0f 17* MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the command line.
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18 str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
19 report the failure properly.
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21* udev_set_log_priority should verify the value before saving it.
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f38afcd0 23External:
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f38afcd0 25* 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 27* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 28
81429136 29* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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31* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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33* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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35* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
36 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
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81429136 38Features:
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40* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
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42* kdbus: set the bus-wide creds sender requirement mask to ANY
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44* kdbus: busnames.target should get pulled in by basic.target
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46* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
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48* logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
49
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50* optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
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52* journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
53
54* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
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56* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
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58* configure.ac pretends dbus was optional but actually hardcodes use of dbus' pkg-config file to determine various dbus dirs such as policy and activation dirs
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60* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
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62* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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64* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
65 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
66
f62531c5 67* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps?
b857e042 68
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69* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
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71* PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy
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73* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
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75* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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77* bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
78 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
79 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
80 253 messages)
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82* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
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84* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
85
86* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
87
88* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
89
90* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
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92* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
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94* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
95
96* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
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98* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
99 journals in.
100
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101* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
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103* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
104 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
105 parsing callbacks should use it.
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107* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
108 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
109 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
110 complete.
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112* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
113
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114* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
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116* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
117 units are shown.
118
b873d33e 119* networkd:
d61bb44a 120 - add LLDP client side support
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121 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
122 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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123 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
124 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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125 - expose in the API the following bits:
126 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
127 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
128 - option 100, 101, timezone
129 - option 123, 144, geolocation
130 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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131 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
132 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
133 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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134 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
135 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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136 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
137 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
b873d33e 138
9d6db739 139* resolved:
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140 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
141 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 142 - DNSSEC
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143 - use base64 for key presentation?
144 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 145 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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146 - DNS
147 - search paths
9d6db739 148 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 149 - avahi compat
9d6db739 150 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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151 - edns0
152 - dname
b6b63571 153 - cname on PTR (?)
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155* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
156 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
157 pull-in the policy.
158
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159* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
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161* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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fed515f0 163* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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165* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
166
a01647e5 167* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 168 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 169 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
a01647e5 170
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171* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
172
173* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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175* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
176
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177* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
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179* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
180
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181* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
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183* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
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185* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
186 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 187
f598ac3e 188* 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)
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190* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
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192* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
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194* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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196* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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198* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
199
6a3f892a 200* gpt-auto-generator:
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201 - Support LUKS for root devices
202 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 203 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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205* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
206 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 207 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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208 the most common operations.
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210* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
211 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
212 when it is otherwise off
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214* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
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216* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
217 /proc/$PID/exe
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219* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
220 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
221 for ReusePort=
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223* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
224 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
225 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
226 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
227 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
228
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229* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
230
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231* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
232 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
233 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
234 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
235 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
236 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
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ef417cfd 238* completions:
ef417cfd 239 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 240
f38afcd0 241* cgroups:
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242 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
243 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
244 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
245 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
246 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
247 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
248 the hierarchies of child processes
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250* transient units:
251 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
252 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
253 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 254
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255* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
256
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257* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
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f38afcd0 259* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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261* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
262
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263* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
264
94676f3e 265* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 266
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267* 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 269* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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271* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
272 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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273 path anyway.
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275* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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277* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
278 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 279 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 280
6aaa8c2f 281* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 282
d28315e4 283* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
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285* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
286
287* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
288
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289* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
290 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
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6bb648a1 292* sd-bus:
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293 - kdbus: maybe add euid, egid, fsuid, fsgid, controlling tty and ppid metadata fields
294 - see if we can introduce a new sd_bus_get_owner_machine_id() call to retrieve the machine ID of the machine of the bus itself
d28315e4 295 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 296 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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297 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
298 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
299 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 300 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 301 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 302 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 303 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 304 - 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 305 - longer term: priority inheritance
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306 - dbus spec updates:
307 - kdbus mapping
308 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
309 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 310 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 311 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 312 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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314* sd-event
12179984 315 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 316 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 317
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318* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
319 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
320 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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69af4503 322* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 323
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324* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
325 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
326
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327* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
328
329* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
330
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331* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
332
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333* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
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335* test/:
336 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
337 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 338
b5c03638 339* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 340 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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341 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
342 destination.
343
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344* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
345 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
346
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347* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
348
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349* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
350 need manual exponential loops after all
351
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352* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
353 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
354 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
355 is installed.
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357* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
358 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
359 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
360 that automatically.
361
e5ec62c5 362* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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364* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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d28315e4 366* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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368* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
369
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370* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
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372* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
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356ce991 374* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 375
81d112a8 376* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 377
b44be3ec 378* EFI:
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379 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
380 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 381 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 382
c0fe5db5 383* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 384
b44be3ec 385* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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387* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
388 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 390* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 391
b44be3ec 392* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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394* logind:
395 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
396 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
397 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
398 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
399 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 400 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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401 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
402 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
403 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
404 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
405 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
406 needs setuid().
e673ad04 407
b44be3ec 408* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
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b44be3ec 410* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 412* journal:
57f2a947 413 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 414 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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415 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
416 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
417 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 418 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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419 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
420 - journal: reuse XZ context
421 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
422 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
423 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
424 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
425 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
426 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
427 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 428 - 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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429 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
430 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 431 - 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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432 - 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.
433 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
434 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
f47ec8eb 435 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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436 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
437 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
438 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
439 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 440 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 441 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 442 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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443 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
444 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
445 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
446 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
447 to syslog when it works again.
448 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
449 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
450 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 451 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 452 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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454* document:
8b8f2591 455 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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456 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
457 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 458 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 459 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 460 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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461 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
462 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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463 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
464 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
465 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
466 - man: add more examples to man pages
467 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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469* systemctl:
470 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
471 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
472 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
473 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
474 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
475 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
476 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
477 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 478 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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479 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
480 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
481 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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482 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
483 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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485* unit install:
486 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
487 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 488 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 489
b44be3ec 490* timer units:
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492 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
493 o DST changes
eb124a97 494 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 495 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 496 - 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 497 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 498
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500
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501* 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().
502
503* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 504* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 505* fedup: generator
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508
b44be3ec 509* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 510
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511* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
512 waiting for the timeout
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514* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
515
d28315e4 516* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 517
b44be3ec 518* nspawn:
b44be3ec 519 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 520 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 521 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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523* cryptsetup:
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524 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
525 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
526 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 527 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 528
424a19f8 529* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 530 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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532* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
533
a1cccad1 534* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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536* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
537
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538* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
539
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540* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
541
68f16003 542* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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544* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
545 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 546 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 547 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 548 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 549 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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551* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
552
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553* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
554
88a6c589 555* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 556
9946996c 557* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 558 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 559
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560* introduce Type=pid-file
561
59cea26a 562* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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564* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
565
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566* automount: implement expire:
567 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
568 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
569 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
570 - blocking, needs a thread
571 - run until -EAGAIN
572 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
573 - call umount
574 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
575 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 576
e01a15b7 577* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 578
abd55b16 579* udev:
abd55b16 580 - move to LGPL
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582 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 583 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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585* 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
586
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588
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589* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
590
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591* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
592
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593* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
594
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595* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
596
597* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
598
70a44afe 599* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 600
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601* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
602 needs to be auto-respawned?
603
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605
f38afcd0 606* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 607 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 608
d28315e4 609* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 610
7f8aa671 611* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 612
d3c7d7dd 613* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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616 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
617
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621 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
622
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624
55cdcbac 625* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
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627* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
628 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
629 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
630
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632 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
633
71092d70 634* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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636* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
637
68c7d001 638* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 639 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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640 - enabling dbus services
641 - status update
7a2a0b90 642 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 643 - remote access
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645 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 646 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 647 - auto-restart
e707c494 648 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 649 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 650 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 651 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 652 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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654 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
655 - how to create your own target
656 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
657 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 658
44143309 659* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 660
260abb78 661* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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663* Support --test based on current system state
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665* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
666
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667* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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669* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
670
71092d70 671* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 672
7ba97195 673* systemd-python:
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675 works with ^C
b04c8c83 676 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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679 - plot per-process IO utilization
680 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
681 - document initcall_debug
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682 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
683
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685 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
686 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
687 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 688 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 689
88e4d1d7 690* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 691 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 692 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 693
0a4b9a07 694* networkd:
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696 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 697 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 698 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 699 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 700 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 701 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 702 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 703 - add support for more bond options
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706 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 707
ac976532 708* dhcp:
424a8732 709 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 710 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 711 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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714 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
715 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
716 - write more test cases
717 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
718 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
719 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
720 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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722 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
723 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
724 or interface down
725 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
726 this behavior
727
2f8cd170 728External:
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cc9784c6 730* dbus:
3377af3e 731 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 732 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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737
9096ad36 738* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 739
71092d70 740* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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d28315e4 744* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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746* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
747
748* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
749
750* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
751
d2bbca68 752* 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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754* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
755
756* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 757
4641a16b 758* 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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761
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763 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
764 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
765
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129126f3 767Regularly:
874aa2cc 768
129126f3 769* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 770
129126f3 771* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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773* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 777* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 778
4db17f29 779* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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9e5f3dbb 783Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 785* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)