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1 Bugfixes:
2 * Re-enable "fsck -l" when it is ready:
3 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79576#c5
4
5 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
6
7 * Dangling symlinks of .automount unit files in .wants/ directories, set up
8 automount points even when the original .automount file did not exist
9 anymore. Only the .mount unit was still around.
10
11 * properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
12
13 External:
14 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
15
16 * Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
17
18 * Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
19
20 * Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
21
22 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
23
24 * When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
25 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
26
27 Features:
28
29 * introduce machines.target to order after all nspawn instances
30
31 * systemd-nspawn@.service should fail if some nspawn arg is invalid, with Type=notify
32
33 * "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
34
35 * systemctl: if it fails, show log output?
36
37 * maybe add "systemctl edit" that copies unit files from /usr/lib/systemd/system to /etc/systemd/system and invokes vim on them
38
39 * dbus: add new message hdr field for allowing interactive auth, write spec for it. update dbus spec to mandate that unknown flags *must* be ignored...
40
41 * maybe introduce AssertXYZ= similar to ConditionXYZ= that causes a unit to fail (instead of skipping it) if some condition is not true...
42
43 * remove multi-seat-x now
44
45 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
46
47 * exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
48
49 * apply start timeout during the "initializing" manager state only,
50 instead of both "initializing" and "starting". maybe rename the
51 timeout to "initialization-timeout" then or so?
52
53 * journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
54 journals in.
55
56 * tmpfiles: port to unquote_many_words(), similar to sysusers
57
58 * unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
59 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
60 parsing callbacks should use it.
61
62 * logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
63 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
64 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
65 complete.
66
67 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
68
69 * remove readahead in 217
70
71 * journald: allows specification of UID range for splitting up journal files
72
73 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
74 units are shown.
75
76 * networkd:
77 - add LLDP client side support
78 - ipv4ll with multiple interfaces doesn't work when both dhcp and
79 ipv4ll is used. for some reasons the kernel will currently pick an
80 ipv4ll source address to reach non-ipv4ll gateways.
81 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
82 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
83 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
84 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
85 - expose in the API the following bits:
86 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
87 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
88 - option 100, 101, timezone
89 - option 123, 144, geolocation
90 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
91 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
92 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
93 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
94 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
95 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
96
97 * resolved:
98 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
99 we always process them before we process client requests
100 - DNSSEC
101 - use base64 for key presentation?
102 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
103 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
104 - DNS
105 - search paths
106 - mDNS/DNS-SD
107 - avahi compat
108 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
109 - edns0
110 - dname
111 - cname on PTR (?)
112
113 * Ignore .busname units on classic D-Bus boots, systemd-resolved cannot be started on kdbus
114 without the active policy and should get a Wants=org.freedesktop.resolve1.busname to
115 pull-in the policy.
116
117 * Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
118
119 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
120
121 * logind: allow users to kill or lock their own sessions
122
123 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
124
125 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
126 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
127 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
128 - fstab-generator: add support for usr= in addition to root= on the kernel cmdline
129
130 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
131
132 * support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
133
134 * timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
135
136 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
137
138 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
139
140 * journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
141
142 * set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
143
144 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
145
146 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
147 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
148
149 * Run most system services with cgroupfs read-only and procfs with a more secure mode (doesn't work, since the hidepid= option is per-pid-namespace, not per-mount)
150
151 * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
152
153 * expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
154
155 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
156
157 * consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
158
159 * sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
160
161 * gpt-auto-generator:
162 - Support LUKS for root devices
163 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
164 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
165
166 * improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
167 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
168 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
169 the most common operations.
170
171 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
172 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
173 when it is otherwise off
174
175 * MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
176
177 * "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
178 /proc/$PID/exe
179
180 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
181 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
182 for ReusePort=
183
184 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
185 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
186 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
187 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
188 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
189
190 * New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
191
192 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
193 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
194 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
195 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
196 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
197 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
198
199 * completions:
200 - manager property enumeration was broken when systemd moved to /usr/lib/
201
202 * cgroups:
203 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
204 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
205 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
206 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
207 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
208 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
209 the hierarchies of child processes
210
211 * transient units:
212 - allow creating auxiliary units with the same call
213 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
214 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
215
216 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
217
218 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
219
220 * machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
221
222 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
223
224 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
225
226 * unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
227
228 * 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
229
230 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
231
232 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
233 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
234 path anyway.
235
236 * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
237
238 * given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
239 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
240 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
241
242 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
243
244 * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
245
246 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
247
248 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
249
250 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
251 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
252
253 * sd-bus:
254 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
255 - systemd-bus-proxyd needs to enforce good old XML policy
256 - allow updating attach flags during runtime
257 - pid1: peek into activating message when activating a service
258 - introduce sd_bus_emit_object_added()/sd_bus_emit_object_removed() that automatically includes the build-in interfaces in the list
259 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
260 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
261 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
262 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
263 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
264 - longer term: priority inheritance
265 - dbus spec updates:
266 - kdbus mapping
267 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
268 - GVariant
269 - "const" properties (posted)
270 - path escaping
271 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
272 - test bloom filter generation indexes
273
274 * sd-event
275 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
276
277 * in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
278 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
279 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
280
281 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
282
283 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
284 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
285
286 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
287
288 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
289
290 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
291
292 * timedatectl: print a nicer message when enabling ntp fails because ntpd/chrony are not installed
293
294 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
295
296 * test/:
297 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
298 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
299
300 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
301 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
302 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
303 destination.
304
305 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
306 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
307
308 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
309
310 * after all byte-wise realloc() is slow, even on glibc, so i guess we
311 need manual exponential loops after all
312
313 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
314 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
315 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
316 is installed.
317
318 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
319 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
320 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
321 that automatically.
322
323 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
324
325 * journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
326
327 * remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
328
329 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
330
331 * write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
332
333 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
334
335 * use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
336
337 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
338
339 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
340
341 * EFI:
342 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
343 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
344 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
345
346 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
347
348 * re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
349
350 * fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
351 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
352
353 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
354
355 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
356
357 * logind:
358 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
359 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
360 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
361 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
362 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
363 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
364 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
365 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
366 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
367 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
368 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
369 needs setuid().
370
371 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
372
373 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
374
375 * journal:
376 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
377 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
378 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
379 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
380 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
381 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
382 - journal: reuse XZ context
383 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
384 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
385 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
386 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
387 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
388 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
389 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
390 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
391 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
392 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
393 - journal: send out marker messages every now and then, and immediately sync with fdatasync() afterwards, in order to have hourly guaranteed syncs.
394 - 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.
395 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
396 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
397 - journald: check whether it is OK if the client can still modify delivered journal entries
398 - journal live copy, based on libneon (client) and libmicrohttpd (server)
399 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
400 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
401 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
402 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
403 - journal: store euid in journal if it differs from uid
404 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
405 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
406 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
407 - tmpfiles: when applying ownership to /run/log/journal, also do this for the journal fails contained in it
408 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
409 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
410 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
411 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
412 to syslog when it works again.
413 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
414 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
415 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
416 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
417 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
418
419 * document:
420 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
421 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
422 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
423 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
424 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
425 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
426 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
427 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
428 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
429 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
430 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
431 - man: add more examples to man pages
432 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
433
434 * systemctl:
435 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
436 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
437 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
438 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
439 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
440 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
441 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
442 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
443 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
444 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
445 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
446 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
447 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
448 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
449
450 * unit install:
451 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
452 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
453 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
454 - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
455
456 * timer units:
457 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
458 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
459 o DST changes
460 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
461 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
462 - 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
463 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
464
465 * update the kernel's TZ (sys_tz) when DST changes
466
467 * sync down the system time to the RTC when:
468 - CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (the user explicitely requested a time set)
469 - DST/timezone changes && ntp is active && RTC-in-localtime (never do it without ntp)
470 This takes care of syncing ntpdate updates to the RTC, and DST updates for localtime
471 mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
472 user did not request anything like it.
473
474 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
475
476 * 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().
477
478 * fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
479 * fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
480 * fedup: generator
481
482 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
483
484 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
485
486 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
487 waiting for the timeout
488
489 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
490
491 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
492
493 * nspawn:
494 - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
495 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
496 - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
497
498 * cryptsetup:
499 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
500 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
501 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
502 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
503
504 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
505 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
506
507 * after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
508
509 * make timer units go away after they elapsed
510
511 * come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
512
513 * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
514
515 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
516
517 * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
518
519 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
520
521 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
522 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
523 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
524 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
525 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
526 but much rather a disconnect on success.
527
528 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
529
530 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
531
532 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
533
534 * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
535 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
536
537 * introduce Type=pid-file
538
539 * change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
540
541 * when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
542
543 * automount: implement expire:
544 - set superblock timeout AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_TIMEOUT_CMD
545 - periodically run AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD
546 - every timeout/4 (original autofs logic)
547 - blocking, needs a thread
548 - run until -EAGAIN
549 - receive expire packet on pipe if kernel tells the timeout is over
550 - call umount
551 - answer expire packet on pipe with AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_{READY,FAIL}_CMD
552 - AUTOFS_DEV_IOCTL_EXPIRE_CMD returns
553
554 * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
555
556 * udev:
557 - move to LGPL
558 - kill scsi_id
559 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
560 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
561
562 * 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
563
564 * introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
565
566 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
567
568 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
569
570 * default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
571
572 * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
573
574 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
575
576 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
577
578 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
579 needs to be auto-respawned?
580
581 * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
582
583 * tmpfiles:
584 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
585
586 * for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
587
588 * hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
589
590 * when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
591
592 * allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
593 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
594
595 * move PAM code into its own binary
596
597 * implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
598 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
599
600 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
601
602 * add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
603
604 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
605 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
606 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
607
608 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
609 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
610
611 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
612
613 * readahead:
614 - drop /.readahead on bigger upgrades with yum
615 - move readahead files into /var (look for them with .path units?)
616 - readahead: use BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG_RANGE instead of BTRFS_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl, with START_IO
617 - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
618 - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
619
620 * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
621
622 * write blog stories about:
623 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
624 - enabling dbus services
625 - status update
626 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
627 - remote access
628 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
629 - how to integrate cgconfig and suchlike with systemd
630 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
631 - auto-restart
632 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
633 - the journal HTTP iface
634 - non-cgroup resource management
635 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
636 - refreshed, longer missions statement
637 - calendar time events
638 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
639 - how to create your own target
640 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
641 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
642
643 * allow port=0 in .socket units
644
645 * recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
646
647 * Support --test based on current system state
648
649 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
650
651 * maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
652
653 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
654
655 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
656
657 * drop cap bounding set in readahead and other services
658
659 * systemd-python:
660 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
661 works with ^C
662 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
663
664 * bootchart:
665 - plot per-process IO utilization
666 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
667 - document initcall_debug
668 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
669
670 * udev-link-config:
671 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
672 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
673 on Path= matching
674 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
675
676 * sd-rtnl:
677 - add support for more attribute types
678 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
679
680 * networkd:
681 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
682 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
683 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
684 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
685 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
686 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
687 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
688 - work with non-ethernet devices
689 - add support for more bond options
690
691 * networkd-wait-online:
692 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
693
694 * dhcp:
695 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
696 - export timezone information
697 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
698
699 * dhcp6:
700 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
701 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
702 - write more test cases
703 - implement and do duplicate address detection, see rfc 4862, 5.4.
704 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
705 - implement information request, see 1.2. and 18.1.5.
706 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
707 - implement elapsed time option
708 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
709 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
710 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
711 or interface down
712 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
713 this behavior
714
715 External:
716
717 * dbus:
718 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
719 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
720
721 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
722
723 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
724
725 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
726
727 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
728
729 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
730
731 * dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
732
733 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
734
735 * add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
736
737 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
738
739 * 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=
740
741 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
742
743 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
744
745 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
746
747 * register catalog database signature as file magic
748
749 * zsh shell completion: <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently
750 does not
751
752 Regularly:
753
754 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
755
756 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
757
758 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
759
760 * pahole
761
762 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
763
764 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
765
766 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
767
768 Scheduled for removal or fixing:
769
770 * xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)