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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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afe3ab58 9* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
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11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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3f85ef0f 15* MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the command line.
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16 str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
17 report the failure properly.
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f38afcd0 19External:
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f38afcd0 21* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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81429136 23* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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25* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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27* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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29* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
30 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
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32Release 219 preparations:
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34* support mbr raw disk images in systemd-nspawn, so that we can boot
35 fedora cloud images unmodified (change suffix for search for files
36 .gpt → .raw).
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6ce02c2a 38* dkr import hash verification
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6ce02c2a 40* rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
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42* create importd daemon, move "systemd-import" tool into machinectl
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679829e4 44* change default container location from /var/lib/container to /var/lib/machines
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46Features:
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07289967 48* nspawn: don't change superblock mount options from nspawn for cgroup hierarchies
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07289967 50* "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data
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52* nspawn: when start a container "foobar" look for its configuration in a file "foobar.nspawn" in /etc/systemd/nspawn/ as well as next to the actualy directory or image to boot
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54* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
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56* Check all invocations of access() and consider turning them into laccess()
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58* "machinectl history"
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60* "machinectl diff"
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62* "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
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64* "machinectl status" should show 10 most recent log lines of both the host logs of the unit of the machine, plus the logs generated in the machine
65
91f4347e 66* add transparent btrfs pool in a loopback file in /var if btrfs operations (such as systemd-import pull-dkr) are used and /var is not a btrfs file system
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68* systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
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70* move machinectl's mount and copy commands into machined
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72* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
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74* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
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76* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
77 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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79* port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
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81* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
82 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
83 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
84 do, for example)
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86* resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
87 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
88 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
89
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90* systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
91 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
f131770b 92 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
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93 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
94
95* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
96 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
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98* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
99 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
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101* set $REMOTE_IP (or $REMOTE_ADDR/$REMOTE_PORT) environment variable when doing per-connection socket activation. use format introduced by xinetd or CGI for this
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103* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
104
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105* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
106
107* we should try harder to collapse start jobs for swaps that end up being the same:
108 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-November/025359.html
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110* timedated should compensate on SetTime for the time spent in polkit
111
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112* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
113
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114* sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
115
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116* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
117 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
118 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
119 returning from the "systemctl stop".
120
b568ef14 121* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
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123* timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
124
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125* networkd-wait-online really should have a timeout by default
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127* add infrastructure to allocate dynamic/transient users and UID ranges, for use in user-namespaced containers, per-seat gdm login screens and gdm guest sessions
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129* machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
130
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131* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
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133* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
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135* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
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137* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
138
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139* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
140
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141* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
142
143* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
144 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
145
25e773ee 146* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
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148* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
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150* 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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152* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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154* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
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156* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
157
279f0366 158* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 159
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160* systemctl edit:
161- allow creation of units from scratch
162- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
163 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
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165* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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167* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
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169* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
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171* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
172 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
173 parsing callbacks should use it.
174
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175* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
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177* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
178 units are shown.
179
b873d33e 180* networkd:
d61bb44a 181 - add LLDP client side support
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182 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
183 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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184 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
185 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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186 - expose in the API the following bits:
187 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
188 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
189 - option 100, 101, timezone
190 - option 123, 144, geolocation
191 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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192 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
193 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
194 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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195 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
196 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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197 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
198 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
b873d33e 199
9d6db739 200* resolved:
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201 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
202 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 203 - DNSSEC
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204 - use base64 for key presentation?
205 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 206 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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207 - DNS
208 - search paths
9d6db739 209 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 210 - avahi compat
9d6db739 211 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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212 - edns0
213 - dname
b6b63571 214 - cname on PTR (?)
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215 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
216 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
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218* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
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220* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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222* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
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a01647e5 224* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 225 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 226 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
a01647e5 227
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228* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
229
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230* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
231
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232* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
233
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234* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
235
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236* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
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238* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
239 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 240
f598ac3e 241* 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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243* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
244
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245* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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247* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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249* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
250
6a3f892a 251* gpt-auto-generator:
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252 - Support LUKS for root devices
253 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 254 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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256* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
257 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
258 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 259
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260* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
261
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262* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
263 /proc/$PID/exe
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265* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
266 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
267 for ReusePort=
268
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269* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
270 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
271 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
272 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
273 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
274
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275* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
276
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277* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
278 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
279 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
280 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
281 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
282 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
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ef417cfd 284* completions:
ef417cfd 285 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
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f38afcd0 287* cgroups:
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288 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
289 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
290 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
291 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
292 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
293 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
294 the hierarchies of child processes
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296* transient units:
297 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
298 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
299 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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301* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
302
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303* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
304
f38afcd0 305* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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307* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
308
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309* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
310
94676f3e 311* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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313* 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 315* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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317* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
318 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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319 path anyway.
320
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321* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
322
6aaa8c2f 323* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 324
d28315e4 325* 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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327* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
328
329* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
330
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331* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
332 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
333
6bb648a1 334* sd-bus:
d0928791 335 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
4a02e686 336 - make dsrt happy, and change userspace header for kdbus to yyyyuta{tv}v
7212c608 337 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 338 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 339 - 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 340 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
f38afcd0 341 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 342 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 343 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 344 - 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 345 - longer term: priority inheritance
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346 - dbus spec updates:
347 - kdbus mapping
348 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
349 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 350 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 351 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 352 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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353 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
354 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
355 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
356 253 messages)
b568ef14 357 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 358 - kdbus: add counter for refused unicast messages that is passed out via the RECV ioctl. SImilar to the counter for dropped multicast messages we already have.
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360* sd-event
12179984 361 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 362 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 363
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364* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
365 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
366 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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69af4503 368* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
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370* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
371 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
372
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373* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
374
375* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
376
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377* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
378
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379* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
380
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382 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
383 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 384
b5c03638 385* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 386 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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387 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
388 destination.
389
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390* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
391 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
392
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393* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
394
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395* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
396 need manual exponential loops after all
397
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398* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
399 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
400 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
401 is installed.
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403* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
404 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
405 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
406 that automatically.
407
e5ec62c5 408* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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410* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
411
d28315e4 412* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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414* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
415
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416* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
417
418* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
419
356ce991 420* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 421
81d112a8 422* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 423
b44be3ec 424* EFI:
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425 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
426 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 427 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 428
c0fe5db5 429* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 430
b44be3ec 431* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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433* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
434 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 436* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 437
b44be3ec 438* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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440* logind:
441 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
442 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
443 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
444 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
445 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 446 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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447 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
448 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
449 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
450 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
451 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
452 needs setuid().
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453 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
454 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
455 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
456 complete.
457 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
458 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
459 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
460 - logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
461 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
462 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
463 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
464 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 465 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
e673ad04 466
b44be3ec 467* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 468
b44be3ec 469* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 470
b44be3ec 471* journal:
57f2a947 472 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 473 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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475 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
476 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 477 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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478 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
479 - journal: reuse XZ context
480 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
481 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
482 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
483 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
484 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
485 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
486 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 487 - 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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488 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
489 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 490 - 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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491 - 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.
492 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
493 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
f47ec8eb 494 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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495 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
496 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
497 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
498 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 499 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 500 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 501 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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502 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
503 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
504 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
505 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
506 to syslog when it works again.
507 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
508 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
509 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 510 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 511 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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512 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
513 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
514 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
515 journals in.
516 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
517 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
518 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
519 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
520 the most common operations.
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522* document:
8b8f2591 523 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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524 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
525 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 526 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 527 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 528 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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529 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
530 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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531 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
532 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
533 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
534 - man: add more examples to man pages
535 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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537* systemctl:
538 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
539 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
540 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
541 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
542 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
543 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
544 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
545 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 546 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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547 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
548 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
549 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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550 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
551 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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553* unit install:
554 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
555 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 556 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 557
b44be3ec 558* timer units:
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559 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
560 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
561 o DST changes
eb124a97 562 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 563 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 564 - 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 565 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 566
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568
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569* 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().
570
571* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 572* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 573* fedup: generator
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575* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
576
b44be3ec 577* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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579* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
580 waiting for the timeout
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582* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
583
d28315e4 584* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 585
b44be3ec 586* nspawn:
9cb74bcb 587 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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589* cryptsetup:
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590 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
591 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
592 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 593 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 594
424a19f8 595* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 596 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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598* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
599
a1cccad1 600* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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602* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
603
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604* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
605
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606* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
607
68f16003 608* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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610* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
611 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 612 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 613 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 614 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 615 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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617* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
618
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619* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
620
88a6c589 621* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 622
9946996c 623* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 624 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 625
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627
59cea26a 628* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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630* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
631
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632* automount: implement expire:
633 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
634 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
635 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
636 - blocking, needs a thread
637 - run until -EAGAIN
638 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
639 - call umount
640 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
641 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 642
e01a15b7 643* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 644
abd55b16 645* udev:
abd55b16 646 - move to LGPL
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648 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 649 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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651* 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
652
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653* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
654
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655* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
656
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657* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
658
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659* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
660
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661* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
662
663* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
664
70a44afe 665* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 666
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667* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
668 needs to be auto-respawned?
669
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670* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
671
f38afcd0 672* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 673 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 674
d28315e4 675* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 676
7f8aa671 677* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 678
d3c7d7dd 679* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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681* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
682 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
683
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685
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687 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
688
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689* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
690
55cdcbac 691* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 692
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693* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
694 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
695 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
696
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697* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
698 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
699
71092d70 700* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 701
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702* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
703
68c7d001 704* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 705 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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706 - enabling dbus services
707 - status update
7a2a0b90 708 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 709 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 710 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 711 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 712 - auto-restart
e707c494 713 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 714 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 715 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 716 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 717 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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718 - calendar time events
719 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
720 - how to create your own target
721 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
722 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 723
44143309 724* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 725
260abb78 726* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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728* Support --test based on current system state
729
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730* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
731
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732* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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734* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
735
71092d70 736* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 737
7ba97195 738* systemd-python:
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740 works with ^C
b04c8c83 741 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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744 - plot per-process IO utilization
745 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
746 - document initcall_debug
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747 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
748
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750 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
751 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
752 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 753 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 754
88e4d1d7 755* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 756 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 757 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 758
0a4b9a07 759* networkd:
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761 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 762 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 763 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 764 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 765 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 766 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 767 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 768 - add support for more bond options
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770* networkd-wait-online:
771 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 772
ac976532 773* dhcp:
424a8732 774 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 775 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 776 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 777
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778* dhcp6:
779 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
780 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
781 - write more test cases
782 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
783 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
784 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
785 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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786 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
787 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
788 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
789 or interface down
790 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
791 this behavior
792
2f8cd170 793External:
74fe1fe3 794
cc9784c6 795* dbus:
3377af3e 796 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 797 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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802
9096ad36 803* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 804
71092d70 805* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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808
d28315e4 809* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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811* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
812
813* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
814
815* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
816
d2bbca68 817* 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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819* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
820
821* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 822
4641a16b 823* 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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828 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 829 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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2c12a402 831
129126f3 832Regularly:
874aa2cc 833
129126f3 834* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 835
129126f3 836* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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838* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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841
d28315e4 842* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 843
4db17f29 844* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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847
9e5f3dbb 848Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 850* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)