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71092d70 1Bugfixes:
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3* swap units that are activated by one name but shown in the kernel under another are semi-broken
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05677bb7 5* make anaconda write timeout=0 for encrypted devices
73090dc8 6
71092d70 7* service: pid file reading after reload doesn't work, since we don't reset the pid variable
35c5c7a0 8
71092d70 9* make sure timeouts are applied to Type=oneshot services.
ddd88763 10
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11* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
12 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
13 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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15* make polkit checks async
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17* 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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71092d70 19Features:
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21* Add ConditionReadWriteFileSystem= so that systemd-sysctl doesn't get executed when /proc/sys is read-only
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23* unset container= and container_uuid= for child processes
24
25* when bind mounting /etc/machine-id, do so from /run/machine-id
26
27* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
28
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29* journalctl: show multiline log messages sanely, expand tabs, and show all valid utf8 messages
30
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31* introduce NeedsMounts= or so to create .mount dependencies automatically for a specific path
32
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33* add DeleteSocketsOnStop=yes|no option to socket units
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35* add shutdown inhibit API for usage by libvirt and friends
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37* journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
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39* support chrony in addition to ntpd in timedated
40
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41* journal: extend sd-journal.h logging calls to implicitly log function names/line numbers/...
42
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43* document crypttab(5)
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45* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
46
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47* hook up /dev/watchdog with main event loop for embedded, server uses
48
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49* man: for some reason the HTML versions of the man pages are currently not being packaged
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51* when dumping cgroup contents, include main/control PID of a service, explicitly
52
53* keep an eye on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670100
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55* D-Bus: always pass cred data along each message
56
57* journal: work on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/systemd-journal
58
59* journal: allow turning off logging entirely
60
61* journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the componets would fit
62
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63* add command to systemctl to plot dependency graph as tree (see rhbz 795365)
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65* make logind reserve tty10 or so for text logins, so that gdm never picks it up
66
67* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
68
69* isolate for getty is still broken, due to logind
70
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71* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
72
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73* support units generated by a generator and placed in /run/systemd/system/; the directory is
74 currently ignored because it is empty before the generatores are executed
75
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76* Possibly, detect whether SysV init scripts can do reloading by looking for "echo Usage:" lines
77
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78* figure out whether we should leave dbus around during shutdown
79
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80* add interface to allow immediate rotation of the journal, and even flushing.
81
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82* don't log coredumps of PID 1 into the journal
83
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84* if a journal file is corrupt, rotate it and create a new one
85
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86* dbus: in fedora, make the machine a symlink to /etc/machine-id
87
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88* journald: reuse XZ context
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c4aa65e7 90* logind: add equivalent to sd_pid_get_owner_uid() to the D-Bus API
7e64c73a 91
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92* write RPM spec macros for presets
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acb14d31 94* write man pages for systemd-cat
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96* journal: write man pages for API
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98* journal: OR matches are borked
99
100* journal: extend hash tables as we go
101
102* journal: API for looking for retrieving "all values of this field"
103
104* journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
105
106* journal: local deserializer of export mode, http server
107
108* journal: message catalog
109
110* journal: forward-secure signatures
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112* document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
113
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114* rework namespace support, don't use pivot_root, and mount things after creating the namespace, not before
115
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116* systemctl journal command
117
118* journalctl: --cursor support, priority filtering
119
120* systemctl status: show coredumps
121
122* systemctl status: show whether journal was rotated since service started
123
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124* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
125
126* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
127
0716c60e 128* journal: allow per-entry control on /var vs. /run (think incognito browser mode)
87a8baa3 129
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130* clean up session cgroups that remain after logout (think sshd), but eventually run empty
131
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132* support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
133
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134* move to LGPL2+
135
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136* logind: allow showing logout dialog from system
137
138* document that %% can be used to write % in a string that is specifier extended
139
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140* when an instanced service exits, remove its parent cgroup too if possible.
141
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142* Make libselinux, libattr, libcap, libdl dependencies only of the tools which actually need them.
143
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144* as Tom Gundersen pointed out there's a always a dep loop if people use crypto file systems with random keys
145
0d157581 146* unset container=, container_uuid= in PID1?
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148* automatically escape unit names passed on the service (i.e. think "systemctl start serial-getty.service@serial/by-path/jshdfjsdfhkjh" being automatically escaped as necessary.
149
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150* if we can not get user quota for tmpfs, mount a separate tmpfs instance
151 for every user in /run/user/$USER with a configured maximum size
7d441ddb 152
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153* default to actual 32bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
154
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155* add an option to make mounts private/shareable and so on, enable this for root by default
156
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157* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
158 needs to be auto-respawned?
159
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160* Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
161
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162* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
163
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164* something like ConditionExec= or ExecStartPre= without failure state
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de6c78f8 166* tmpfiles: apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 167
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168* don't set $HOME in services unless requested
169
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170* hide PAM/TCPWrap options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
171
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172* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we retsart its rdeps, too.
173
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174* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
175 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
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177* move PAM code into its own binary
178
179* warn if the user stops a service but not its associated socket
0a55b298 180
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181* logind: spawn user@..service on login
182
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183* logind: non-local X11 server handling
184
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185* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
186 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
187
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188* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
189
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190* readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
191
192* readahead: check whether a btrfs volume includes ssd by checking mount flag "ssd"
193
7c697168 194* support sd_notify() style notification when reload begins (RELOADING=1), reload is finished (READY=1), and add ReloadSignal= then to use in combination
253ee27a 195
71092d70 196* support sd_notify() style notification when shutting down, to make auto-exit bus services work (STOPPING=1)
8d0e38a2 197
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198* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
199 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
200 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
201
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202* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
203 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
204
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205* move nss-myhostname into systemd
206
71092d70 207* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 208
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209* drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
210
71092d70 211* add inode nr check to readahead to suppress preloading changed files
adf70c5e 212
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213* add support for /bin/mount -s
214
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215* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
216
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217* when failing to start a service due to ratelimiting, try again later, if restart=always is set
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68c7d001 219* write blog stories about:
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220 - enabling dbus services
221 - status update
7a2a0b90 222 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 223 - remote access
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224 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
225 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
acb14d31 226 - resource control in systemd
73090dc8 227
44143309 228* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 229
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230* move readahead files into /var, look for them with .path units
231
ba1a5515 232* teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
9408a2d2 233
71092d70 234* support systemd.mask= on the kernel command line.
3f7a8c4e 235
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236* when key file cannot be found, read it from kbd in cryptsetup
237
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238* reuse mkdtemp namespace dirs in /tmp?
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260abb78 240* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
2791a8f8 241
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242* Support --test based on current system state
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244* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
245
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246* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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248* configurable jitter for timer events
249
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250* timer events with system resume
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252* timer events on calendar time
71092d70 253
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254* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
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8c6db833 256* calendar time support in timer, iCalendar semantics for the timer stuff (RFC2445)
8bf7fea5 257 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=99ee5315dac6211e972fa3f23bcc9a0343ff58c4
351c7e74 258
129126f3 259* implicitly import "defaults" settings file into all types
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260* exec settings override
261* writable cgroups dbus properties for live changes
75787bb7 262
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263* read config fragments for all units from /lib/systemd/system/foobar.service.d/ to override/extend specific settings
264
129126f3 265* port over to LISTEN_FDS/LISTEN_PID:
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266 - rpcbind (/var/run/rpcbind.sock!) HAVEPATCH
267 - cups HAVEPATCH
a625ac1a 268 - postfix, saslauthd
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269 - apache/samba
270 - libvirtd (/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock-ro)
271 - bluetoothd (/var/run/sdp! @/org/bluez/audio!)
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272 - distccd
273
71092d70 274* auditd service files
0ff3dea7 275
71092d70 276* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 277
50f2a90d 278* io priority during initialization
8fe914ec 279
71092d70 280* systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
20604ebc 281
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282* add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
283
7d9e57d2 284* suspend, resume support?
da726a4d 285
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286* drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
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2f8cd170 288External:
74fe1fe3 289
cc9784c6 290* dbus:
3377af3e 291 - get process transport into dbus for systemctl -P/-H (PENDING)
cc9784c6 292 - dbus --user
3377af3e 293 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
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294 - allow specification of socket mode/umask when allocating DBusServer
295 - allow disabling of fd passing when connecting a AF_UNIX connection
3377af3e 296 - allow disabling of UID passing for AUTH EXTERNAL
cc9784c6 297
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298* systemd --user
299 PR_SET_CHILD_REAPER patch: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/7/28/426
300
301* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
302
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303* udisks should not use udisks-part-id, instead use blkid. also not probe /dev/loopxxx
304
305* snd-seq should go, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676095
306
7d9e57d2 307* gnome-shell python script/glxinfo/is-accelerated must die
f959c5e6 308
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309* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
310
44143309 311* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys and /sys/fs/cgroup?
06ae4bfe 312
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313* NTP: the kernel's 11-minutes-mode syncs the system time to the RTC, but only
314 in an ~30 minutes window. It does not adjust larger differences. Find a way
315 to tell the kernel, to always do a full time sync when the RTC is in UTC and
316 we are in 11-minutes-mode. When we trust the system time to NTP we also want
317 the RTC to sync up.
318
6f3f9deb 319* patch kernel for cpu feature modalias for autoloading aes/kvm/...
69b1c674 320 (patches in linux-next, on the way to the next kernel)
6f3f9deb 321
71092d70 322* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
14bd37fe 323
129126f3 324Regularly:
874aa2cc 325
129126f3 326* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 327
129126f3 328* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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329
330* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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331
332* %m in printf() instead of strerror();
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334* pahole
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71092d70 336* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 doesn't free()!