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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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5* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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8adaf7bd 9* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_extract:
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11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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15* When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
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f38afcd0 18External:
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f38afcd0 20* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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22* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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24Janitorial Clean-ups:
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26* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to extract_first_word() loops instead
27
28* replace manual readdir() loops with FOREACH_DIRENT or FOREACH_DIRENT_ALL
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30* Get rid of the last strerror() invocations in favour of %m and strerror_r()
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32* Rearrange tests so that the various test-xyz.c match a specific src/basic/xyz.c again
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fd6c2363 34Features:
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36* transient units: don't bother with actually setting unit properties, we
37 reload the unit file anyway
38
39* https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/2886 is fucked
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41* make sure resolved can be restarted without losing pushed-in dns config
42
43* fix https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/2890, this shouldn't be exported
44 like this.
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46* journald: sigbus API via a signal-handler safe function that people may call
47 from the SIGBUS handler
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49* resolved: cefmz.x.incapdns.net fails to authenticate
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51* when using UTF8, ellipsize with "…" rather than "...", so that we can show more contents before truncating
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53* move specifier expansion from service_spawn() into load-fragment.c
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55* optionally, also require WATCHDOG=1 notifications during service start-up and shutdown
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c8349594 57* resolved: maybe, after all, implement local listening for DNS packets on port
1e555cb5 58 127.0.0.53:53.
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60* delay activation of logind until somebody logs in, or when /dev/tty0 pulls it
61 in or lingering is on (so that containers don't bother with it until PAM is used). also exit-on-idle
62
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63* cache sd_event_now() result from before the first iteration...
64
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65* add systemctl stop --job-mode=triggering that follows TRIGGERED_BY deps and adds them to the same transaction
66
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67* Maybe add a way how users can "pin" units into memory, so that they are not subject to automatic GC?
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69* PID1: find a way how we can reload unit file configuration for
70 specific units only, without reloading the whole of systemd
71
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72* add an explicit parser for LimitNICE= and LimitRTPRIO= that verifies
73 the specified range and generates sane error messages for incorrect
74 specifications. Also, for LimitNICE= maybe introduce a syntax such
75 as "+5" or "-7" in order to make the limits more readable as they
76 are otherwise shifted by 20.
77
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78* do something about "/control" subcgroups in the unified cgroup hierarchy
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80* when we detect that there are waiting jobs but no running jobs, do something
81
06ce859b 82* push CPUAffinity= also into the "cpuset" cgroup controller (only after the cpuset controller got ported to the unified hierarchy)
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84* PID 1 should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages (for usage in the --user mode, and when run via nspawn)
85
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86* consider throwing a warning if a service declares it wants to be "Before=" a .device unit.
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88* there's probably something wrong with having user mounts below /sys,
89 as we have for debugfs. for exmaple, src/core/mount.c handles mounts
90 prefixed with /sys generally special.
91 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-June/032962.html
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93* man: document that unless you use StandardError=null the shell >/dev/stderr won't work in shell scripts in services
94
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95* install: include generator dirs in unit file search paths
96
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97* rework C11 utf8.[ch] to use char32_t instead of uint32_t when referring
98 to unicode chars, to make things more expressive.
99
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100* fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
101
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102* docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
103
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104* mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
105 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
106 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
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108* add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
109 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
110 state.
111 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
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113* Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
114 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
115
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116* The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
117 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
118 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
119 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
120 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
121
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122* networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
123 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
124
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125* Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
126
39609489 127* implement a per-service firewall based on net_cls
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129* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
130
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131* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
132
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133* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
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135* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
136 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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138* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
139 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
140 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
141 do, for example)
142
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143* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
144 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
145
146* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
147 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
148
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149* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
150
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151* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
152
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153* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
154
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155* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
156 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
157 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
158 returning from the "systemctl stop".
159
b568ef14 160* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
c2d5b3c9 161
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162* add infrastructure to allocate dynamic/transient users and UID ranges, for use in user-namespaced containers, per-seat gdm login screens and gdm guest sessions
163
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164* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
165
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166* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
167
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168* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
169
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170* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
171
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172* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
173 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
174
25e773ee 175* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 176
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177* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
178
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179* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
180
279f0366 181* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 182
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183* systemctl edit:
184- allow creation of units from scratch
185- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
186 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
202aea45 187
720652b3 188* exponential backoff in timesyncd when we cannot reach a server
42aeb14a 189
720652b3 190* timesyncd: add ugly bus calls to set NTP servers per-interface, for usage by NM
e25b5a8d 191
68685607 192* extract_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
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193 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
194 parsing callbacks should use it.
195
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196* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
197
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198* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
199 units are shown.
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201* add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
202 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
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9d6db739 204* resolved:
9d6db739 205 - mDNS/DNS-SD
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206 - service registration
207 - service/domain/types browsing
0f47ed0a 208 - avahi compat
9d6db739 209 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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210 - resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
211 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
212 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
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213 - enable DNSSEC by default
214 - allow clients to request DNSSEC for a single lookup even if DNSSEC is off (?)
3f77a1b1 215
e25b5a8d 216* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
e2a69298 217
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218* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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220* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
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a01647e5 222* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 223 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 224 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
a01647e5 225
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226* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
227
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228* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
229
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230* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
231
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232* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
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234* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
235 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 236
f598ac3e 237* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
11fb37f1 238
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239* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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6a3f892a 241* gpt-auto-generator:
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242 - Support LUKS for root devices
243 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 244 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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246* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
247 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
248 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 249
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250* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
251
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252* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
253 /proc/$PID/exe
254
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255* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
256 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
257 for ReusePort=
258
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259* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
260 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
261 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
262 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
263 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
264
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265* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
266
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267* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
268 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
269 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
270 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
271 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
272 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
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f38afcd0 274* cgroups:
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275 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
276 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
277 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
278 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
279 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
280 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
281 the hierarchies of child processes
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f38afcd0 283* transient units:
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284 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
285 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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287* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
288
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289* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
290
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291* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
292
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293* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
294
94676f3e 295* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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297* 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
298
7f79cd71 299* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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301* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
302 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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303 path anyway.
304
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305* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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6aaa8c2f 307* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 308
d28315e4 309* 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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311* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
312
313* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
314
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315* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
316 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
317
6bb648a1 318* sd-bus:
0d43ffef 319 - EBADSLT handling
fa607802 320 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
d0928791 321 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
7212c608 322 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 323 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 324 - see if we can introduce a new sd_bus_get_owner_machine_id() call to retrieve the machine ID of the machine of the bus itself
d28315e4 325 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
f38afcd0 326 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 327 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 328 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 329 - 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 330 - longer term: priority inheritance
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331 - dbus spec updates:
332 - kdbus mapping
333 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
334 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 335 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 336 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 337 - test bloom filter generation indexes
b568ef14 338 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 339 - kdbus: add counter for refused unicast messages that is passed out via the RECV ioctl. SImilar to the counter for dropped multicast messages we already have.
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341* sd-event
12179984 342 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 343 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
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344 - define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
345 - generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
346 - maybe add support for inotify events
eb01ba5d 347
69af4503 348* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 349
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350* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
351 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
352
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353* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
354
355* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
356
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357* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
358
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359* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
360
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361* test/:
362 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
363 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 364
b5c03638 365* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 366 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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367 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
368 destination.
369
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370* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
371 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
372
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373* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
374
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375* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
376 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
377 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
378 is installed.
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380* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
381 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
382 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
383 that automatically.
384
e5ec62c5 385* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
54c31a79 386
d28315e4 387* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
826872b6 388
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389* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
390
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391* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
392
356ce991 393* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 394
81d112a8 395* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 396
b44be3ec 397* EFI:
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398 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
399 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 400 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 401
c0fe5db5 402* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 403
b44be3ec 404* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 405
b44be3ec 406* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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408* logind:
409 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
410 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
411 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
412 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
413 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 414 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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415 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
416 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
417 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
418 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
419 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
420 needs setuid().
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421 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
422 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
423 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
424 complete.
425 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
426 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
427 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
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428 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
429 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
430 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
431 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 432 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
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433 - maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
434 - rename session scope so that it includes the UID. THat way
435 the session scope can be arranged freely in slices and we don't have
436 make assumptions about their slice anymore.
437 - follow PropertiesChanged state more closely, to deal with quick logouts and
438 relogins
e673ad04 439
b44be3ec 440* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 441
b44be3ec 442* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 443
b44be3ec 444* journal:
57f2a947 445 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 446 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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447 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
448 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
449 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 450 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
b44be3ec 451 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
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452 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
453 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
454 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
455 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
456 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
457 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
458 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 459 - 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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460 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
461 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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462 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
463 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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464 - 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.
465 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
466 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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467 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
468 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
469 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
470 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 471 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 472 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 473 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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474 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
475 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
476 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
477 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
478 to syslog when it works again.
479 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
480 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
481 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 482 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 483 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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484 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
485 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
486 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
487 journals in.
488 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
489 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
490 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
491 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
492 the most common operations.
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493 - journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted
494 commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
495 - man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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496 - rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
497 - Set RLIMIT_NPROC for systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our
498 services that run under their own user ids, and use User= (but only
499 in a world where userns is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot
500 invoke those daemons on the host AND in a container anymore). Also,
501 if LimitNPROC= is used without User= we should warn and refuse
502 operation.
503 - journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
504 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written to.
505 - add journalctl -H that talks via ssh to a remote peer and passes through
506 binary logs data
507 - change journalctl -M to acquire fd to journal directory via machined, and
508 then operate on that via openat() instead of absolute paths
509 - add a version of --merge which also merges /var/log/journal/remote
510 - log accumulated resource usage after each service invocation
511 - journalctl: -m should access container journals directly by enumerating
512 them via machined, and also watch containers coming and going.
513 Benefit: nspawn --ephemeral would start working nicely with the journal.
514 - assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
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516* document:
8b8f2591 517 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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518 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
519 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 520 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 521 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 522 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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523 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
524 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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525 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
526 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
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527 - man: add more examples to man pages
528 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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530* systemctl:
531 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
532 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
533 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
534 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
535 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
536 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
537 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
538 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 539 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
b44be3ec 540 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
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541 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
542 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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544* unit install:
545 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
546 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 547 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 548
b44be3ec 549* timer units:
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550 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
551 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
552 o DST changes
eb124a97 553 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 554 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
90e071d1 555 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 556
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557* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
558
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559* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
560
b44be3ec 561* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 562
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563* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
564 waiting for the timeout
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566* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
567
d28315e4 568* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 569
b44be3ec 570* nspawn:
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571 - to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
572 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
573 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
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574 - nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
575 - emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
576 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
577 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
578 from the kernel's logs.
579 - as soon as networkd has a bus interface, hook up --network-interface=,
580 --network-bridge= with networkd, to trigger netdev creation should an
581 interface be missing
582 - don't copy /etc/resolv.conf from host into container unless we are in
583 shared-network mode
584 - a nice way to boot up without machine id set, so that it is set at boot
585 automatically for supporting --ephemeral. Maybe hash the host machine id
586 together with the machine name to generate the machine id for the container
587 - fix logic always print a final newline on output.
588 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/272#issuecomment-113153176
589 - should optionally support receiving WATCHDOG=1 messages from its payload
590 PID 1...
591 - should send out sd_notify("WATCHDOG=1") messages
592 - optionally automatically add FORWARD rules to iptables whenever nspawn is
593 running, remove them when shut down.
594 - add a logic for cleaning up read-only, hidden container images in
595 /var/lib/machines that are not ancestors of any non-hidden containers
596 - Improve error message when --bind= is used on a non-existing source
597 directory
598 - maybe make copying of /etc/resolv.conf optional, and skip it if --read-only
599 is used
600
601* machined:
602 - "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP
603 addresses
604 - add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being
605 removed or added to an existing machine
606 - "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
607 difference host, via ssh
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608 - introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into
609 "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
610 - "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in
611 question
612 - "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as
613 machine-info data (including deployment level)
614 - "machinectl history"
615 - "machinectl diff"
616 - "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a
617 shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
618
619* importd:
e25b5a8d 620 - generate a nice warning if mkfs.btrfs is missing
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622* cryptsetup:
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623 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
624 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
625 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 626 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 627
424a19f8 628* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 629 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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632
68f16003 633* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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635* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
636
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637* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
638
88a6c589 639* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 640
abd55b16 641* udev:
abd55b16 642 - move to LGPL
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643 - kill scsi_id
644 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 645 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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647* 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
648
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649* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
650
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651* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
652
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653* coredump:
654 - save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
655 - move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
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657* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
658
70a44afe 659* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 660
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661* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
662 needs to be auto-respawned?
663
f38afcd0 664* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 665 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
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666 - replace F with f+.
667 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
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668 - creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
669 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
670 calls follow symlinks.
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672* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
673
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674* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
675 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
676 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
677
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678* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
679 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
680
71092d70 681* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 682
68c7d001 683* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 684 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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685 - enabling dbus services
686 - status update
7a2a0b90 687 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 688 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 689 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 690 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 691 - auto-restart
e707c494 692 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 693 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 694 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 695 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 696 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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697 - calendar time events
698 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
699 - how to create your own target
700 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
701 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
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703* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
704
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705* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
706
71092d70 707* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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709* pid1:
710 - .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
711 - When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
712 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
713 - generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
714 that are not supported...
715 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
716 - maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
717 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
718 - recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
719 - GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
720 - move PAM code into its own binary
721 - when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
722 - for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
723 - hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
724 - Support --test based on current system state
725 - 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().
726 - after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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727 - drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
728 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
729 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
730 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
731 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
732 but much rather a disconnect on success.
733 - when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
734 - when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
735
736* unit files:
737 - allow port=0 in .socket units
738 - maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
739 - add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
740 - implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
741 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
742 - allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
743 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
744 - allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
745 - load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
746 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
747 - introduce Type=pid-file
748 - ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
749 - introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
750 - add a concept of RemainAfterExit= to scope units
751 - Set NoNewPrivileges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
752 - Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
753 - consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
754
7ba97195 755* systemd-python:
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756 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
757 works with ^C
b04c8c83 758 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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760* udev-link-config:
761 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
762 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
763 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 764 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 765
88e4d1d7 766* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 767 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 768 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 769
0a4b9a07 770* networkd:
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771 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
772 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 773 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 774 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 775 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 776 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 777 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
a8eaaee7 778 - work with non-Ethernet devices
c9fa3670 779 - add support for more bond options
e25b5a8d 780 - dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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781 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
782 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
783 - expose in the API the following bits:
784 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
785 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
786 - option 123, 144, geolocation
787 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
788 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
789 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
790 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
791 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
792 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
793 - allow DUID/IAID to be customized, see issue #394.
794 - support configuration option for TSO (tcp segmentation offload)
795 - whenever uplink info changes, make DHCP server send out FORCERENEW
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797* networkd-wait-online:
798 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 799
ac976532 800* dhcp:
424a8732 801 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
99f9dd8d 802 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
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804* dhcp6:
805 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
806 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
807 - write more test cases
37d8b536 808 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 809 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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810 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
811 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
812 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
813 or interface down
814 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
815 this behavior
816
2f8cd170 817External:
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cc9784c6 819* dbus:
3377af3e 820 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 821 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
cc9784c6 822
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823* fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
824
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825* make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
826
9096ad36 827* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 828
71092d70 829* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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832
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833* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
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835* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
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d2bbca68 837* 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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839* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
840
841* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 842
4641a16b 843* 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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845* register catalog database signature as file magic
846
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847* zsh shell completion:
848 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 849 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
1cf3c30c 850
2c12a402 851
129126f3 852Regularly:
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129126f3 854* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 855
129126f3 856* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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858* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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860* pahole
861
d28315e4 862* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 863
4db17f29 864* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
88fae6e0 865
d05c556b 866* link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields