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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
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5* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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7* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
a40593a0 11* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
20ffc4c4 12
f38afcd0 13External:
f38afcd0 14* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 17* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 19* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 20
81429136 21* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
e7b4d43e 22
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23* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
24
81429136 25Features:
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27* libsystemd-network:
28 - I don't think there should be a client side object for dhcp
29 releases (probably not even a directory in /run for it)
7f035ea5 30
9d6db739 31* resolved:
9d6db739 32 - DNSSEC
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33 - use base64 for key presentation?
34 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 35 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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36 - DNS
37 - search paths
9d6db739 38 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 39 - avahi compat
9d6db739 40 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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41 - edns0
42 - dname
b6b63571 43 - cname on PTR (?)
9d6db739 44
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45* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
46 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
47 pull-in the policy.
48
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49* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
50
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51* the resolv.conf tmpfiles line should be covered by ENABLE_NETWORKD...
52
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53* sysusers:
54 - also create entries in /etc/shadow, /etc/gshadow
55 - allow setting the home directory of system users
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57* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
58
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59* order OnCalendar timer units after timer-sync.target if DefaultDependencies=no so that we don't trigger them prematurely
60
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61* refuse mounting on symlinks
62
fed515f0 63* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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65* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
66
a01647e5 67* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 68 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 69 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
e8a152c6 70 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
a01647e5 71
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72* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
73
74* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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76* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
77* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
78
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79* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
80
81429136 81* timesyncd - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
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83* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
84
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85* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
86
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87* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
88
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89* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
90
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91* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
92
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93* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
94 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 95
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96* Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
97
f598ac3e 98* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 99
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100* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
101
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102* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
103
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104* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
105
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106* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
107
108* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
109
6a3f892a 110* gpt-auto-generator:
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111 - Support LUKS for root devices
112 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 113 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 114
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115* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
116 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 117 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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118 the most common operations.
119
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120* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
121 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
122 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 123
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124* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
125
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126* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
127 /proc/$PID/exe
128
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129* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
130 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
131 for ReusePort=
132
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133* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
134 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
135 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
136 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
137 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
138
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139* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
140
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141* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
142 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
143 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
144 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
145 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
146 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
147
ef417cfd 148* completions:
ef417cfd 149 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 150
f38afcd0 151* cgroups:
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152 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
153 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
154 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
155 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
156 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
157 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
158 the hierarchies of child processes
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160* transient units:
161 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
162 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
163 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 164
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165* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
166
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167* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
168
f38afcd0 169* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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171* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
172
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173* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
174
94676f3e 175* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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177* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
178
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179* 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
180
7f79cd71 181* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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183* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
184 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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185 path anyway.
186
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187* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
188
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189* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
190 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 191 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 192
6aaa8c2f 193* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 194
d28315e4 195* make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
18d4e7c2 196
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197* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
198
199* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
200
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201* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
202 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
203
6bb648a1 204* sd-bus:
d28315e4 205 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 206 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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207 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
208 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
209 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 210 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 211 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 212 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 213 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 214 - 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 215 - longer term: priority inheritance
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216 - dbus spec updates:
217 - kdbus mapping
218 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
219 - GVariant
bee7e928 220 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 221 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 222 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 223 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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225* sd-event
12179984 226 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
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228* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
229 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
230 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
231
69af4503 232* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 233
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234* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
235 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
236
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237* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
238
239* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
240
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241* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
242
243* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
244
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245* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
246
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247* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
248
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249* test/:
250 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
251 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 252
b5c03638 253* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 254 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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255 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
256 destination.
257
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258* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
259 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
260
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261* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
262
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263* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
264 need manual exponential loops after all
265
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266* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
267 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
268 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
269 is installed.
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271* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
272 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
273 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
274 that automatically.
275
e5ec62c5 276* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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278* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
279
d28315e4 280* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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282* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
283
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284* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
285
286* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
287
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288* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
289
356ce991 290* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 291
81d112a8 292* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 293
b44be3ec 294* EFI:
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295 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
296 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 297 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 298
c0fe5db5 299* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 300
b44be3ec 301* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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303* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
304 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 306* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 307
b44be3ec 308* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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310* logind:
311 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
312 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
313 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
314 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
315 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 316 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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317 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
318 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
319 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
320 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
321 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
322 needs setuid().
e673ad04 323
b44be3ec 324* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 325
b44be3ec 326* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 328* journal:
c06bf414 329 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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330 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
331 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
332 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 333 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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334 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
335 - journal: reuse XZ context
336 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
337 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
338 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
339 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
340 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
341 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
342 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 343 - 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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344 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
345 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 346 - 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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347 - 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.
348 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
349 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 350 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 351 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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352 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
353 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
354 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
355 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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356 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
357 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 358 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 359 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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360 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
361 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
362 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
363 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
364 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
365 to syslog when it works again.
366 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
367 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
368 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 369 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 370 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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372* document:
8b8f2591 373 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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374 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
375 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 376 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 377 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 378 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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379 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
380 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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381 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
382 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
383 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
384 - man: add more examples to man pages
385 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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387* systemctl:
388 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
389 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
390 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
391 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
392 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
393 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
394 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
395 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 396 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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397 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
398 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
399 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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400 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
401 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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403* unit install:
404 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
405 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
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406 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
407 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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b44be3ec 409* timer units:
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410 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
411 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
412 o DST changes
eb124a97 413 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 414 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 415 - 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 416 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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418* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
419
420* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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421 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
422 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 423 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 424 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 425 user did not request anything like it.
c55b1b59 426
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427* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
428
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429* 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().
430
431* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 432* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 433* fedup: generator
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435* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
436
b44be3ec 437* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 438
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439* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
440 waiting for the timeout
dcfc4b2e 441
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442* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
443
d28315e4 444* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 445
b44be3ec 446* nspawn:
b44be3ec 447 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 448 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 449 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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451* cryptsetup:
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452 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
453 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
454 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 455 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 456
424a19f8 457* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 458 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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460* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
461
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462* make timer units go away after they elapsed
463
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464* come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
465
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466* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
467
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468* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
469
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470* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
471
68f16003 472* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 473
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474* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
475 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 476 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 477 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 478 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 479 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 480
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481* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
482
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483* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
484
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485* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
486
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487* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
488
88a6c589 489* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 490
9946996c 491* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 492 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 493
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494* introduce Type=pid-file
495
59cea26a 496* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 497
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498* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
499
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500* automount: implement expire:
501 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
502 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
503 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
504 - blocking, needs a thread
505 - run until -EAGAIN
506 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
507 - call umount
508 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
509 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 510
e01a15b7 511* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 512
abd55b16 513* udev:
3f60bcb5 514 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 515 - move to LGPL
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516 - kill scsi_id
517 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 518 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
b8217b7b 519
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520* 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
521
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522* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
523
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524* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
525
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526* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
527
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528* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
529
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530* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
531
532* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
533
70a44afe 534* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 535
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536* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
537 needs to be auto-respawned?
538
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539* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
540
f38afcd0 541* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 542 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 543
d28315e4 544* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 545
7f8aa671 546* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 547
d3c7d7dd 548* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 549
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550* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
551 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
552
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553* move PAM code into its own binary
554
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555* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
556 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
557
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558* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
559
7c697168 560* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 561
71092d70 562* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 563
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564* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
565 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
566 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
567
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568* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
569 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
570
71092d70 571* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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573* readahead:
574 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
575 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
576 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
577 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
578 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
b23de6af 579
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580* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
581
68c7d001 582* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 583 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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584 - enabling dbus services
585 - status update
7a2a0b90 586 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 587 - remote access
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588 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
589 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 590 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 591 - auto-restart
e707c494 592 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 593 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 594 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 595 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 596 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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597 - calendar time events
598 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
599 - how to create your own target
600 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
601 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 602
44143309 603* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 604
260abb78 605* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 606
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607* Support --test based on current system state
608
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609* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
610
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611* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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613* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
614
71092d70 615* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 616
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617* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
618
7ba97195 619* systemd-python:
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621 works with ^C
b04c8c83 622 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
7ba97195 623
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624* bootchart:
625 - plot per-process IO utilization
626 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
627 - document initcall_debug
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628 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
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631 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
632 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
633 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 634 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 635
88e4d1d7 636* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 637 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 638 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 639
0a4b9a07 640* networkd:
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641 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
642 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 643 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 644 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 645 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 646 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 647 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 648 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 649 - add support for more bond options
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651* networkd-wait-online:
652 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 653
ac976532 654* dhcp:
424a8732 655 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 656 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 657 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 658
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659* dhcp6:
660 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
661 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
662 - write more test cases
663 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
664 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
665 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
666 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
667 - implement elapsed time option
668 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
669 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
670 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
671 or interface down
672 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
673 this behavior
674
2f8cd170 675External:
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cc9784c6 677* dbus:
3377af3e 678 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 679 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 680
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681* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
682
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683* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
684
9096ad36 685* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 686
71092d70 687* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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690
d28315e4 691* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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693* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
694
695* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
696
697* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
698
d2bbca68 699* 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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701* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
702
703* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 704
4641a16b 705* 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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708
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710 does not
711
129126f3 712Regularly:
874aa2cc 713
129126f3 714* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 715
129126f3 716* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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718* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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720* pahole
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d28315e4 722* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 723
4db17f29 724* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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727
9e5f3dbb 728Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 730* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)