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afe3ab58 1Bugfixes:
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3* Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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5* Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
6 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
7 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
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afe3ab58 9* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
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11 [Service]
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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3f85ef0f 15* MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the command line.
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16 str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
17 report the failure properly.
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f38afcd0 19External:
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f38afcd0 21* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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81429136 23* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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25* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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27* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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29* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
30 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
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32Release 219 preparations:
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6ce02c2a 34* dkr import hash verification
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6ce02c2a 36* rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
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38* create importd daemon, move "systemd-import" tool into machinectl
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40Features:
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42* import: support import from local files, and export to local files
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44* core/cgroup: support net_cls modules, and support automatically allocating class ids, then add support for making firewall changes depending on it, to implement a per-service firewall
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46* bus-proxy: reload policy when PID 1 reports a reload
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48* the dbus1 connection user id is actually the euid, not the uid, and creds should return that
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50* introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
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52* logind,machined: add generic catch-all polkit verbs for most priviliged operations, similar to systemd itself
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fa607802 54* "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
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07289967 56* nspawn: don't change superblock mount options from nspawn for cgroup hierarchies
b80c66ba 57
92ff080b 58* "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
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60* nspawn: when start a container "foobar" look for its configuration in a file "foobar.nspawn" in /etc/systemd/nspawn/ as well as next to the actualy directory or image to boot
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62* Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
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64* Check all invocations of access() and consider turning them into laccess()
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66* "machinectl history"
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68* "machinectl diff"
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70* "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
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72* "machinectl status" should show 10 most recent log lines of both the host logs of the unit of the machine, plus the logs generated in the machine
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91f4347e 74* add transparent btrfs pool in a loopback file in /var if btrfs operations (such as systemd-import pull-dkr) are used and /var is not a btrfs file system
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76* systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
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78* move machinectl's mount and copy commands into machined
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80* hostnamectl: show root image uuid
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82* sysfs set api in libudev is not const
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84* Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
85 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
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87* port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
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89* "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
90 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
91 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
92 do, for example)
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94* resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
95 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
96 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
97
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98* systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
99 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
f131770b 100 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
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101 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
102
103* synchronize console access with BSD locks:
104 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
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106* as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
107 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
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109* set $REMOTE_IP (or $REMOTE_ADDR/$REMOTE_PORT) environment variable when doing per-connection socket activation. use format introduced by xinetd or CGI for this
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111* the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
112
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113* in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
114
115* we should try harder to collapse start jobs for swaps that end up being the same:
116 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-November/025359.html
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118* timedated should compensate on SetTime for the time spent in polkit
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120* figure out when we can use the coarse timers
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122* sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
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124* add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
125 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
126 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
127 returning from the "systemctl stop".
128
b568ef14 129* firstboot: make it useful to be run immediately after yum --installroot to set up a machine. (most specifically, make --copy-root-password work even if /etc/passwd already exists
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131* timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
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133* networkd-wait-online really should have a timeout by default
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135* add infrastructure to allocate dynamic/transient users and UID ranges, for use in user-namespaced containers, per-seat gdm login screens and gdm guest sessions
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137* machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
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139* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
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141* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
142
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143* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
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145* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
146
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147* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
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149* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
150
151* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
152 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
153
25e773ee 154* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
b857e042 155
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156* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
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158* maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
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160* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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162* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
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164* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
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279f0366 166* systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
533bb267 167
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168* systemctl edit:
169- allow creation of units from scratch
170- use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
171 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
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173* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
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175* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
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177* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
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179* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
180 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
181 parsing callbacks should use it.
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183* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
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185* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
186 units are shown.
187
b873d33e 188* networkd:
d61bb44a 189 - add LLDP client side support
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190 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
191 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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192 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
193 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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194 - expose in the API the following bits:
195 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
196 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
197 - option 100, 101, timezone
198 - option 123, 144, geolocation
199 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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200 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
201 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
202 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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203 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
204 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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205 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
206 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
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9d6db739 208* resolved:
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209 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
210 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 211 - DNSSEC
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212 - use base64 for key presentation?
213 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 214 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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215 - DNS
216 - search paths
9d6db739 217 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 218 - avahi compat
9d6db739 219 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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220 - edns0
221 - dname
b6b63571 222 - cname on PTR (?)
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223 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
224 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
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226* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
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228* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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230* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
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a01647e5 232* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 233 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 234 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
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236* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
237
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238* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
239
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240* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
241
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242* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
243
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244* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
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246* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
247 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 248
f598ac3e 249* Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
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251* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
252
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253* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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255* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
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257* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
258
6a3f892a 259* gpt-auto-generator:
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260 - Support LUKS for root devices
261 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 262 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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264* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
265 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
266 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 267
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268* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
269
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270* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
271 /proc/$PID/exe
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273* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
274 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
275 for ReusePort=
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277* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
278 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
279 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
280 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
281 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
282
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283* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
284
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285* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
286 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
287 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
288 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
289 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
290 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
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f38afcd0 292* cgroups:
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293 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
294 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
295 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
296 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
297 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
298 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
299 the hierarchies of child processes
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301* transient units:
302 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
303 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
304 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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306* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
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308* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
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f38afcd0 310* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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312* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
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314* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
315
94676f3e 316* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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318* 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
319
7f79cd71 320* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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322* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
323 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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324 path anyway.
325
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326* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
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6aaa8c2f 328* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 329
d28315e4 330* 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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332* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
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334* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
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336* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
337 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
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6bb648a1 339* sd-bus:
fa607802 340 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
d0928791 341 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
4a02e686 342 - make dsrt happy, and change userspace header for kdbus to yyyyuta{tv}v
7212c608 343 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
1f140dd8 344 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
57f2a947 345 - 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 346 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
f38afcd0 347 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 348 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 349 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 350 - 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 351 - longer term: priority inheritance
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352 - dbus spec updates:
353 - kdbus mapping
354 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
355 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 356 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 357 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 358 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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359 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
360 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
361 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
362 253 messages)
b568ef14 363 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
0ad68f87 364 - 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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366* sd-event
12179984 367 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 368 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
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370* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
371 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
372 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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69af4503 374* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
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376* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
377 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
378
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379* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
380
381* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
382
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383* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
384
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385* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
386
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388 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
389 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 390
b5c03638 391* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 392 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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393 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
394 destination.
395
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396* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
397 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
398
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399* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
400
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401* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
402 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
403 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
404 is installed.
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406* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
407 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
408 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
409 that automatically.
410
e5ec62c5 411* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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413* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
414
d28315e4 415* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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417* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
418
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419* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
420
421* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
422
356ce991 423* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 424
81d112a8 425* introduce ExecCondition= in services
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b44be3ec 427* EFI:
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428 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
429 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 430 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 431
c0fe5db5 432* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 433
b44be3ec 434* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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436* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
437 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 439* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 440
b44be3ec 441* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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443* logind:
444 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
445 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
446 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
447 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
448 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 449 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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450 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
451 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
452 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
453 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
454 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
455 needs setuid().
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456 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
457 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
458 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
459 complete.
460 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
461 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
462 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
463 - logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
464 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
465 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
466 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
467 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
b568ef14 468 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
e673ad04 469
b44be3ec 470* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 471
b44be3ec 472* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
e673ad04 473
b44be3ec 474* journal:
57f2a947 475 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 476 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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478 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
479 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 480 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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481 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
482 - journal: reuse XZ context
483 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
484 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
485 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
486 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
487 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
488 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
489 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 490 - 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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491 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
492 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
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493 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
494 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
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495 - 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.
496 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
497 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
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498 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
499 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
500 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
501 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 502 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 503 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 504 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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505 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
506 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
507 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
508 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
509 to syslog when it works again.
510 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
511 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
512 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 513 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 514 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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516 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
517 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
518 journals in.
519 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
520 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
521 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
522 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
523 the most common operations.
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525* document:
8b8f2591 526 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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527 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
528 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 529 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 530 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 531 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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532 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
533 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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534 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
535 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
536 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
537 - man: add more examples to man pages
538 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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540* systemctl:
541 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
542 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
543 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
544 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
545 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
546 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
547 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
548 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 549 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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550 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
551 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
552 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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553 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
554 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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556* unit install:
557 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
558 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 559 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 560
b44be3ec 561* timer units:
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562 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
563 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
564 o DST changes
eb124a97 565 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 566 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 567 - 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 568 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 569
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571
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572* 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().
573
574* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 575* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 576* fedup: generator
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578* clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
579
b44be3ec 580* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
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583 waiting for the timeout
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585* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
586
d28315e4 587* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 588
b44be3ec 589* nspawn:
9cb74bcb 590 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
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592* cryptsetup:
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593 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
594 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
595 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 596 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 597
424a19f8 598* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 599 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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601* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
602
a1cccad1 603* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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605* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
606
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607* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
608
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609* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
610
68f16003 611* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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613* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
614 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 615 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 616 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 617 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 618 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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620* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
621
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622* initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
623
88a6c589 624* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 625
9946996c 626* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 627 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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630
59cea26a 631* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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633* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
634
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635* automount: implement expire:
636 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
637 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
638 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
639 - blocking, needs a thread
640 - run until -EAGAIN
641 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
642 - call umount
643 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
644 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 645
e01a15b7 646* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 647
abd55b16 648* udev:
abd55b16 649 - move to LGPL
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651 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 652 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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654* 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
655
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656* introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
657
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658* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
659
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660* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
661
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662* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
663
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664* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
665
666* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
667
70a44afe 668* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 669
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670* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
671 needs to be auto-respawned?
672
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673* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
674
f38afcd0 675* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 676 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 677
d28315e4 678* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 679
7f8aa671 680* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 681
d3c7d7dd 682* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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684* allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
685 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
686
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687* move PAM code into its own binary
688
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689* implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
690 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
691
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692* make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
693
55cdcbac 694* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
8d0e38a2 695
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696* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
697 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
698 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
699
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700* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
701 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
702
71092d70 703* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
916abb21 704
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705* GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
706
68c7d001 707* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 708 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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709 - enabling dbus services
710 - status update
7a2a0b90 711 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 712 - remote access
5d0fcd7c 713 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
8bbabc44 714 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 715 - auto-restart
e707c494 716 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 717 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 718 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 719 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 720 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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722 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
723 - how to create your own target
724 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
725 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 726
44143309 727* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 728
260abb78 729* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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732
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733* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
734
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735* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
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737* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
738
71092d70 739* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
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7ba97195 741* systemd-python:
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743 works with ^C
b04c8c83 744 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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747 - plot per-process IO utilization
748 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
749 - document initcall_debug
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750 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
751
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752* udev-link-config:
753 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
754 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
755 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 756 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 757
88e4d1d7 758* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 759 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 760 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 761
0a4b9a07 762* networkd:
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764 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 765 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 766 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 767 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 768 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 769 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 770 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 771 - add support for more bond options
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773* networkd-wait-online:
774 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 775
ac976532 776* dhcp:
424a8732 777 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 778 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 779 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 780
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782 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
783 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
784 - write more test cases
785 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
786 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
37d8b536 787 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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788 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
789 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
790 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
791 or interface down
792 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
793 this behavior
794
2f8cd170 795External:
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cc9784c6 797* dbus:
3377af3e 798 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 799 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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802
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804
9096ad36 805* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 806
71092d70 807* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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810
d28315e4 811* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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813* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
814
815* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
816
817* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
818
d2bbca68 819* 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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821* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
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823* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 824
4641a16b 825* 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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830 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
409886c4 831 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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2c12a402 833
129126f3 834Regularly:
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129126f3 836* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 837
129126f3 838* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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840* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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843
d28315e4 844* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 845
4db17f29 846* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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849
9e5f3dbb 850Scheduled for removal or fixing:
a3a3e5b6 851
9e5f3dbb 852* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)