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ee9c9500 1Bugfixes:
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2* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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5 the unit will be started with getty@getty.service:
6 $ systemctl enable getty@.service
7 ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service' '/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@.service'
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9* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
10 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
11 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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a40593a0 13* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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15* shorten the message to sane length:
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17 Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
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19* sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
20 See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
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f38afcd0 22External:
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f38afcd0 24* Fedora: when installing fedora with yum --installroot /var/run is a directory, not a symlink
466784c8 25 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975864
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f38afcd0 27* 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 29* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
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eb124a97 31Features:
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33* systemd-notify: fake ucred of msg to PID of parent, if that works, with fallback to our own if it doesn't.
34
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35* machined: make sure we can restart machined without losing machines
36* machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
37* machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
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39* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
40
1df52dd2 41* timesyncd:
8dfb5bce 42 - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
1df52dd2 43
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44* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
45
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46* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
47
48* add a kernel command line option to enable the debug shell
49
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50* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
51
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52* set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
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54* drop parsing of chkconfig header lines from service.c
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56* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
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d28315e4 58* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle. Alternatively, split up the boot-up state into two, and make Type=idle only be affected by jobs for the default target, but ignore any further jobs
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60* Add RPM macros for registering/unregistering binfmt drop-ins
61
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62* 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
63
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64* sd-resolve: add callback api
65
66* ImmutableSystem=yes/no or so to mount /usr, /boot read-only/invisible, and leave /var and /etc writable
67
68* InaccessibleHome=yes/no or so to hide /home and /run/user from a service
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70* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode
71
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72* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
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74* add "M" as recursive version of "m" to tmpfiles, then use it for
75 chowning /run/log/journal (but not /var/log/journal), so that we
76 adjust the perms of journal files created before tmpfiles ran.
77
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78* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
79
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80* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
81
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82* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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84* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
85
6a3f892a 86* gpt-auto-generator:
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87 - Support LUKS for root devices
88 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 89 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
6a3f892a 90
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91* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
92 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 93 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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94 the most common operations.
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726a6e96 96* support transient mount units
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98* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
99
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100* machined: provide calls GetMachineByAddress() on the manager
101 interface to get the machine for a local IP address, and
102 GetAddress() on the Machine interface to get the Address for a
103 machine. Implement via forking off child process which quickly joins
104 the cotnainer and passes data to parent. Show this in "machinectl
105 status", and use it to implement NSS module to provide automatic
106 name resolution for containers.
107
108* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
109 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
110 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 111
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112* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
113
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114* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
115 /proc/$PID/exe
116
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117* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
118 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
119 for ReusePort=
120
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121* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
122 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
123 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
124 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
125 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
126
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127* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
128
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129* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
130 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
131 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
132 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
133 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
134 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
135
ef417cfd 136* completions:
ef417cfd 137 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 138
f38afcd0 139* cgroups:
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140 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
141 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
142 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
143 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
144 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
145 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
146 the hierarchies of child processes
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148* transient units:
149 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
150 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
151 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
ebcf1f97 152
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153* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
154
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155* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
156
f38afcd0 157* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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159* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
160
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161* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
162
94676f3e 163* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
6fd4d020 164
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165* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
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af1082b0 167* socket-proxyd: Use sd-resolve to resolve the server address
41644622 168
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169* 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
170
7f79cd71 171* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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173* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
174 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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175 path anyway.
176
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177* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
178
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179* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
180 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 181 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 182
6aaa8c2f 183* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 184
d28315e4 185* 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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187* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
188
189* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
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9444b1f2 191* gparted needs to disable auto-activation of mount units somehow, or
69af4503 192 maybe we should stop doing auto-activation of this after boot
9444b1f2 193 entirely. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=701676
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194 Maybe take a BSD lock at the disk device node and teach udev to
195 check for that and suppress event handling.
9444b1f2 196
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197* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
198 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
199
6bb648a1 200* sd-bus:
e30fa16e 201 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async
d28315e4 202 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
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203 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
204 - port exit-on-idle logic to byebye ioctl
205 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
206 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
207 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
208 - constructors for bus messages should probably not be OK with a NULL bus pointer
209 - .busname units should not use get_user_creds()/get_cgroup_creds() but instead do NSS only in temporarily forked off child
f38afcd0 210 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 211 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
80caea6c 212 - 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 213 - longer term: priority inheritance
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214 - dbus spec updates:
215 - kdbus mapping
216 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
217 - GVariant
bee7e928 218 - "const" properties (posted)
2ecfc64e 219 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 220 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 221 - test bloom filter generation indexes
0f3e07b7 222 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
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224* sd-event
12179984 225 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
eb01ba5d 226
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227* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
228 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
229 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
230
69af4503 231* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 232
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233* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
234 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
235
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236* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
237
238* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
239
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240* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
241
242* timedatctl, localectl: possibly make some commands work without the daemon, for chroot situations...
243
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244* timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
245
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246* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
247
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248* test/:
249 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
250 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 251
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252* systemctl delete x.snapshot leaves no trace in logs (at least at default level).
253
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254* make the coredump collector tool move itself into the user's cgroup
255 so that the coredump is properly written to the user's own journal
256 file.
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b5c03638 258* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 259 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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260 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
261 destination.
262
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263* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
264 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
265
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266* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
267
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268* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
269 need manual exponential loops after all
270
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271* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
272 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
273 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
274 is installed.
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276* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
277 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
278 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
279 that automatically.
280
e5ec62c5 281* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 282
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283* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
284
d28315e4 285* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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287* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
288
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289* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
290
291* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
292
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293* use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
294
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295* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
296
356ce991 297* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 298
81d112a8 299* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 300
b44be3ec 301* EFI:
b44be3ec 302 - write man page for efi boot generator
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303 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
304 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 305 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 306
c0fe5db5 307* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 308
b44be3ec 309* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
e9fd44b7 310
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311* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
312 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 314* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 315
b44be3ec 316* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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318* logind:
319 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
320 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
321 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
322 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
323 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 324 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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325 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
326 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
327 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
328 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
329 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
330 needs setuid().
e673ad04 331
b44be3ec 332* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 333
b44be3ec 334* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 336* journal:
c06bf414 337 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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338 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
339 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
340 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 341 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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342 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
343 - journal: reuse XZ context
344 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
345 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
346 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
347 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
348 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
349 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
350 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 351 - 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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352 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
353 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 354 - 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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355 - 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.
356 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
357 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
b44be3ec 358 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
f47ec8eb 359 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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360 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
361 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
362 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
363 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
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364 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
365 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 366 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 367 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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368 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
369 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
370 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
371 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
372 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
373 to syslog when it works again.
374 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
375 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
376 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 377 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 378 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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380* document:
8b8f2591 381 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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382 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
383 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 384 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 385 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 386 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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387 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
388 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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389 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
390 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
391 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
392 - man: add more examples to man pages
393 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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395* systemctl:
396 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
397 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
398 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
399 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
400 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
401 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
402 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
403 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
404 - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)
d28315e4 405 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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406 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
407 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
408 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
f38afcd0 409 - rework wait filter to not require match callback
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410 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
411 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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413* unit install:
414 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
415 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
416 - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
417 only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
418 unit however should remove them all).
419 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
420 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
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422* introduce ntp.service (or suchlike) as symlink that is used to arbitrate between various NTP implementations
423
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424* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
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426* timer units:
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427 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
428 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
429 o DST changes
eb124a97 430 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 431 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 432 - 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 433 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
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435* update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
436
437* sync down the system time to the RTC when:
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438 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
439 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
d2e83c23 440 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
7a43e910 441 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
d2e83c23 442 user did not request anything like it.
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445 the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
446 unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
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447 we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
448 logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
449 better supported alternative.
e707c494 450
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451* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
452
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453* 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().
454
455* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 456* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 457* fedup: generator
603cd8fe 458
f38afcd0 459* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
6d0274f1 460
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461* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
462
b44be3ec 463* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 464
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465* add "provisioning" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
466 - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
467 - superset of tmpfiles model
468 - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
469 - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
470 - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
471
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472* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
473 waiting for the timeout
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475* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
476
d28315e4 477* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 478
b44be3ec 479* nspawn:
b44be3ec 480 - nspawn: --read-only is not applied recursively to submounts
b44be3ec 481 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9e281251 482 - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters
9cb74bcb 483 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 484 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
af1082b0 485 - maybe: hookup nspawn and PrivateNetwork=yes with "ip netns"
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486 - generate predictable mac addresses for the netdev we create (host0), maybe based on guest's machine
487 name and machine-id of host (?)
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489* cryptsetup:
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490 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
491 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
492 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 493 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 494
424a19f8 495* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 496 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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498* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
499
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501
8556879e 502* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
d05c556b 503 (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
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506
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507* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
508
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509* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
510
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511* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
512
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513* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
514
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515* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
516
68f16003 517* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
0790b9fe 518
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519* ReadOnlyDirectories= is not applied recursively to submounts
520
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521* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
522 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 523 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 524 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 525 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 526 but much rather a disconnect on success.
0790b9fe 527
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528* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
529
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530* allow services with no ExecStart= but with an ExecStop=
531
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532* dracut-shutdown needs to be ordered before unmounting /boot
533
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534* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
535
88a6c589 536* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 537
9946996c 538* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 539 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
9946996c 540
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542
59cea26a 543* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
35eb6b12 544
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545* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
546
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547* automount: implement expire:
548 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
549 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
550 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
551 - blocking, needs a thread
552 - run until -EAGAIN
553 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
554 - call umount
555 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
556 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 557
e01a15b7 558* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 559
abd55b16 560* udev:
3f60bcb5 561 - remove src/udev/udev-builtin-firmware.c (CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n)
abd55b16 562 - move to LGPL
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564 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 565 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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567* 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
568
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569* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
570
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571* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
572
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573* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
574
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575* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
576
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577* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
578
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579* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
580
581* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
582
70a44afe 583* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
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585* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
586 needs to be auto-respawned?
587
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588* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
589
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590* tmpfiles:
591 - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar
592 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 593
d28315e4 594* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 595
7f8aa671 596* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 597
d3c7d7dd 598* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
72b9ed82 599
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601 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
602
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604
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605* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
606 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
607
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608* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
609
7c697168 610* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 611
71092d70 612* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
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615 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
616 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
617
f38afcd0 618* support User= and Group= attributes for AF_UNIX sockets. (difficult, requires NSS from PID 1?)
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620* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
621 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
622
71092d70 623* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 624
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625* readahead:
626 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
627 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
628 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
629 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
630 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
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632* add support for /bin/mount -s
633
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634* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
635
68c7d001 636* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 637 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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638 - enabling dbus services
639 - status update
7a2a0b90 640 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 641 - remote access
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642 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
643 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 644 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 645 - auto-restart
e707c494 646 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 647 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 648 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 649 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 650 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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651 - calendar time events
652 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
653 - how to create your own target
654 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
655 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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44143309 657* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 658
71092d70 659* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 660
260abb78 661* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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663* Support --test based on current system state
664
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665* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
666
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667* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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669* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
670
71092d70 671* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 672
50f2a90d 673* io priority during initialization
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676
7ba97195 677* systemd-python:
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679 works with ^C
b04c8c83 680 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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682* bootchart:
683 - plot per-process IO utilization
684 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
685 - document initcall_debug
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686 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
687
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689 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
690 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
691 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 692 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 693
88e4d1d7 694* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 695 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 696 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 697
0a4b9a07 698* networkd:
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699 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
700 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
8faf88e5 701 - send hostname to DHCP server
0a4b9a07 702 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 703 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 704 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
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705 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
706 - set lifetime on the address acquired from dhcp
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707 - patch kernel to support module alias for tunnel device (ipip/sit/gre),
708 then remove remove libkmod dependency and CAP_SYS_MODULE
1f0e0484 709 - add veth netdev support (c.f. http://shorewall.net/bridge-Shorewall-perl.html#veth)
2b1c3767 710 - add tun/tap netdev support
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712* dhcp:
713 - export timezone information
714 - FORCERENEW
715
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717 - export timezone information
718 - FORCERENEW
719
2f8cd170 720External:
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cc9784c6 722* dbus:
3377af3e 723 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 724 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 725
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727
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729
9096ad36 730* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
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732* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
733 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
734 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
735 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
736 the RTC to sync up.
737
71092d70 738* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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741
d28315e4 742* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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744* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
745
746* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
747
748* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
749
d2bbca68 750* 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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752* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
753
754* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 755
4641a16b 756* 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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759
129126f3 760Regularly:
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129126f3 762* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 763
129126f3 764* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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766* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 770* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 771
4db17f29 772* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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775
9e5f3dbb 776Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 778* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)