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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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a40593a0 9* properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
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afe3ab58 11* ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
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13 [Service]
14 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
15 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
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3f85ef0f 17* MEMORY return code is overloaded for syntax errors in the command line.
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18 str_split_quoted() should return a real return code, so spawn_child can
19 report the failure properly.
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21* udev_set_log_priority should verify the value before saving it.
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f38afcd0 23External:
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f38afcd0 25* Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
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f38afcd0 27* Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
bafb15ba 28
81429136 29* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
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31* Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
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33* wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
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35* When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
36 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
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81429136 38Features:
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40* 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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42* resolved: maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
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44* resolved: maybe compare query section of DNS replies
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46* 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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48* maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
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50* kdbus: set the bus-wide creds sender requirement mask to ANY
51
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52* kdbus: busnames.target should get pulled in by basic.target
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54* code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
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56* logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
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58* optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
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60* journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
61
62* introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
63
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64* systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
65
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66* configure.ac pretends dbus was optional but actually hardcodes use of dbus' pkg-config file to determine various dbus dirs such as policy and activation dirs
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68* consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
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70* dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
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72* maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
73 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
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f62531c5 75* what to do about udev db binary stability for apps?
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77* maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
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79* PID 1 doesn't apply nspawns devices cgroup policy
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81* 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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83* man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
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85* bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
86 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
87 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
88 253 messages)
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90* man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
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92* introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
93
94* systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
95
96* "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
97
98* systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
99
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100* maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
101
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102* refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
103
104* exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
105
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106* journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
107 journals in.
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109* tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
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111* unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
112 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
113 parsing callbacks should use it.
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115* logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
116 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
117 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
118 complete.
119
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120* merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
121
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122* journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
123
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124* systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
125 units are shown.
126
b873d33e 127* networkd:
d61bb44a 128 - add LLDP client side support
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129 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
130 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
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131 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
132 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
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133 - expose in the API the following bits:
134 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
135 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
136 - option 100, 101, timezone
137 - option 123, 144, geolocation
138 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
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139 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
140 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
141 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
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142 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
143 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
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144 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
145 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
b873d33e 146
9d6db739 147* resolved:
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148 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
149 we always process them before we process client requests
9d6db739 150 - DNSSEC
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151 - use base64 for key presentation?
152 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
151226ab 153 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
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154 - DNS
155 - search paths
9d6db739 156 - mDNS/DNS-SD
0f47ed0a 157 - avahi compat
9d6db739 158 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
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159 - edns0
160 - dname
b6b63571 161 - cname on PTR (?)
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163* Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
164 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
165 pull-in the policy.
166
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167* Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
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169* Add a new verb "systemctl top"
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fed515f0 171* logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
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173* add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
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a01647e5 175* support empty /etc boots nicely:
3c779fa5 176 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
a940778f 177 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
a01647e5 178
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179* generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
180
181* support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
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183* timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
184
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185* a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
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187* figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
188
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189* journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
190
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191* mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
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193* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
194 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
e107ed18 195
f598ac3e 196* 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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198* sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
199
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200* expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
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202* add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
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204* consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
205
206* sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
207
6a3f892a 208* gpt-auto-generator:
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209 - Support LUKS for root devices
210 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
6a3f892a 211 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
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213* improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
214 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
d28315e4 215 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
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216 the most common operations.
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218* add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
219 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
220 when it is otherwise off
f8901862 221
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222* MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
223
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224* "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
225 /proc/$PID/exe
226
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227* implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
228 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
229 for ReusePort=
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231* socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
232 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
233 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
234 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
235 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
236
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237* New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
238
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239* introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
240 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
241 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
242 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
243 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
244 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
245
ef417cfd 246* completions:
ef417cfd 247 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
3333d748 248
f38afcd0 249* cgroups:
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250 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
251 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
252 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
253 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
254 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
255 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
256 the hierarchies of child processes
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258* transient units:
259 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
260 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
261 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
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263* Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
264
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265* when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
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f38afcd0 267* machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
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269* libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
270
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271* be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
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94676f3e 273* unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
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275* 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
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7f79cd71 277* After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
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279* If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
280 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
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281 path anyway.
282
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283* refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
284
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285* given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
286 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
e10e429f 287 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
e1b7e7ec 288
6aaa8c2f 289* btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
c3bb87db 290
d28315e4 291* 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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293* man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
294
295* load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
296
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297* allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
298 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
299
6bb648a1 300* sd-bus:
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301 - kdbus: maybe add euid, egid, fsuid, fsgid, controlling tty and ppid metadata fields
302 - 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 303 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
7973ca19 304 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
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305 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
306 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
307 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
dc17bcef 308 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
f38afcd0 309 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
f38afcd0 310 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
dc17bcef 311 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
80caea6c 312 - 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 313 - longer term: priority inheritance
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314 - dbus spec updates:
315 - kdbus mapping
316 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
317 - GVariant
2ecfc64e 318 - path escaping
6a8b5fa4 319 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
69727e6d 320 - test bloom filter generation indexes
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322* sd-event
12179984 323 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
0536ce5d 324 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
eb01ba5d 325
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326* in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
327 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
328 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
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69af4503 330* investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
e8a7a315 331
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332* dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
333 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
334
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335* add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
336
337* add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
338
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339* maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
340
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341* cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
342
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343* test/:
344 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
345 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
b8b4d3dd 346
b5c03638 347* seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
d28315e4 348 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
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349 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
350 destination.
351
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352* when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
353 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
354
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355* teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
356
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357* after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
358 need manual exponential loops after all
359
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360* BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
361 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
362 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
363 is installed.
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365* think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
366 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
367 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
368 that automatically.
369
e5ec62c5 370* systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
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372* journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
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d28315e4 374* remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
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376* shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
377
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378* write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
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380* think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
381
356ce991 382* merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
490b7e47 383
81d112a8 384* introduce ExecCondition= in services
490b7e47 385
b44be3ec 386* EFI:
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387 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
388 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
466784c8 389 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
e4181484 390
c0fe5db5 391* maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
e9fd44b7 392
b44be3ec 393* re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
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395* fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
396 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
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b44be3ec 398* print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
8ed20651 399
b44be3ec 400* mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
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402* logind:
403 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
404 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
405 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
406 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
407 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
e5ec62c5 408 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
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409 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
410 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
411 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
412 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
413 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
414 needs setuid().
e673ad04 415
b44be3ec 416* exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
e673ad04 417
b44be3ec 418* service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
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b44be3ec 420* journal:
57f2a947 421 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
c06bf414 422 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
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423 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
424 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
425 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
d28315e4 426 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
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427 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
428 - journal: reuse XZ context
429 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
430 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
431 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
432 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
433 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
434 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
435 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
f47ec8eb 436 - 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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437 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
438 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
b44be3ec 439 - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs.
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440 - 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.
441 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
442 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
f47ec8eb 443 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
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444 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
445 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
446 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
447 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
b44be3ec 448 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
601d9d6f 449 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
f38afcd0 450 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
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451 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
452 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
453 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
454 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
455 to syslog when it works again.
456 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
457 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
458 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
d28315e4 459 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
f38afcd0 460 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
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462* document:
8b8f2591 463 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
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464 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
465 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
b44be3ec 466 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
b44be3ec 467 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
eb124a97 468 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
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469 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
470 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
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471 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
472 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
473 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
474 - man: add more examples to man pages
475 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
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477* systemctl:
478 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
479 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
480 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
481 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
482 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
483 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
484 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
485 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
d28315e4 486 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
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487 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
488 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
489 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
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490 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
491 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
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493* unit install:
494 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
495 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
f38afcd0 496 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
8b04b925 497
b44be3ec 498* timer units:
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500 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
501 o DST changes
eb124a97 502 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
f38afcd0 503 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
d28315e4 504 - 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 505 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
d2e83c23 506
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507* add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
508
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509* 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().
510
511* fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
d28315e4 512* fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
1cb88f2c 513* fedup: generator
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516
b44be3ec 517* on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
08f95888 518
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519* make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
520 waiting for the timeout
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522* hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
523
d28315e4 524* currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
1b89884b 525
b44be3ec 526* nspawn:
b44be3ec 527 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
9cb74bcb 528 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
a56b63f4 529 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
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531* cryptsetup:
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532 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
533 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
534 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
5f1dac6b 535 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
f8019684 536
424a19f8 537* hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
41f9172f 538 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
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540* after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
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a1cccad1 542* make timer units go away after they elapsed
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544* move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
545
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546* create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
547
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548* allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
549
68f16003 550* MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
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552* drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
553 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
d28315e4 554 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
68f16003 555 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
d28315e4 556 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
68f16003 557 but much rather a disconnect on success.
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559* properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
560
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562
88a6c589 563* rename "userspace" to "core-os"
8351ceae 564
9946996c 565* load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
d28315e4 566 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
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569
59cea26a 570* change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
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572* when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
573
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574* automount: implement expire:
575 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
576 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
577 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
578 - blocking, needs a thread
579 - run until -EAGAIN
580 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
581 - call umount
582 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
583 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
465349c0 584
e01a15b7 585* ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
a888b352 586
abd55b16 587* udev:
abd55b16 588 - move to LGPL
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590 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
e8d842a0 591 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
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594
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596
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597* There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
598
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599* add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
600
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601* default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
602
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603* save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
604
605* support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
606
70a44afe 607* default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
65c0cf71 608
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609* be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
610 needs to be auto-respawned?
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612* when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
613
f38afcd0 614* tmpfiles:
f38afcd0 615 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
7d441ddb 616
d28315e4 617* for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
14e639ae 618
7f8aa671 619* hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
ff01d048 620
d3c7d7dd 621* when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
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624 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
625
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629 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
630
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632
55cdcbac 633* add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
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635* verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
636 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
637 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
638
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639* Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
640 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
641
71092d70 642* and a dbus call to generate target from current state
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645
68c7d001 646* write blog stories about:
796b06c2 647 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
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648 - enabling dbus services
649 - status update
7a2a0b90 650 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
253ee27a 651 - remote access
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652 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
653 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
8bbabc44 654 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
f530371f 655 - auto-restart
e707c494 656 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
a19554ed 657 - the journal HTTP iface
a73d88fa 658 - non-cgroup resource management
a74a8793 659 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
3040728b 660 - refreshed, longer missions statement
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662 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
663 - how to create your own target
664 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
665 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
73090dc8 666
44143309 667* allow port=0 in .socket units
3d57c6ab 668
260abb78 669* recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
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671* Support --test based on current system state
672
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673* investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
674
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675* maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
676
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677* dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
678
71092d70 679* fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
246756ca 680
7ba97195 681* systemd-python:
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683 works with ^C
b04c8c83 684 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
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686* bootchart:
687 - plot per-process IO utilization
688 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
689 - document initcall_debug
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690 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
691
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693 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
694 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
695 on Path= matching
8faf88e5 696 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
af6f0d42 697
88e4d1d7 698* sd-rtnl:
88e4d1d7 699 - add support for more attribute types
c589a0e6 700 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
88e4d1d7 701
0a4b9a07 702* networkd:
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704 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
0a4b9a07 705 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
e8d842a0 706 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
5c1d3fc9 707 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
798e174a 708 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
8477107d 709 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
1a941ac4 710 - work with non-ethernet devices
c9fa3670 711 - add support for more bond options
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714 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
8f5675cc 715
ac976532 716* dhcp:
424a8732 717 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
ac976532 718 - export timezone information
99f9dd8d 719 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
ac976532 720
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722 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
723 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
724 - write more test cases
725 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
726 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
727 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
728 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
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730 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
731 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
732 or interface down
733 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
734 this behavior
735
2f8cd170 736External:
74fe1fe3 737
cc9784c6 738* dbus:
3377af3e 739 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
b44be3ec 740 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
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745
9096ad36 746* patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
06ae4bfe 747
71092d70 748* kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
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751
d28315e4 752* dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
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754* dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
755
756* add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
757
758* /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
759
d2bbca68 760* 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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762* fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
763
764* neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
b1ce67bf 765
4641a16b 766* 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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771 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
772 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
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129126f3 775Regularly:
874aa2cc 776
129126f3 777* look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
5021be21 778
129126f3 779* check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
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781* Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
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d28315e4 785* set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
a3a3e5b6 786
4db17f29 787* use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
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790
9e5f3dbb 791Scheduled for removal or fixing:
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9e5f3dbb 793* xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)