3 * Should systemctl status \* work on all unit types, not just .service?
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.
9 * ExecStart with unicode characters fails in strv_split_quoted:
12 Environment=ONE='one' "TWO='two two' too" THREE=
13 ExecStart=/bin/python3 -c 'import sys;print(sys.argv)' $ONE $TWO $THREE
15 * When systemctl --host is used, underlying ssh connection can remain open.
16 bus_close does not kill children?
20 * Fedora: add an rpmlint check that verifies that all unit files in the RPM are listed in %systemd_post macros.
22 * Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
24 * Fedora: remove /etc/resolv.conf tmpfiles hack
26 * wiki: update journal format documentation for lz4 additions
28 * When lz4 gets an API for lz4 command output, make use of it to
29 compress coredumps in a way compatible with /usr/bin/lz4.
33 * Figure out why 13790add4 breaks boot across all distributions. Revert it if
34 we cannot get it fixed.
36 * rework fsckd/fsck's connection logic or remove fsck entirely
38 * fix userns support in nspawn, or remove it entirely
40 * make unmount-on-eject work again
42 * bus-proxy: GetConnectionSELinuxSecurityContext() is completely broken
44 * timer units triggering services with failing conditions run busy:
45 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030095.html
49 * networkd: make DHCP server IP range configurable, including only with a single IP address
51 * rework C11 utf8.[ch] to use char32_t instead of uint32_t when referring
52 to unicode chars, to make things more expressive.
54 * networkd: MTU= switch for .network units needs documentation in systemd.network(5)
56 * "machinectl migrate" or similar to copy a container from or to a
57 difference host, via ssh
59 * tmpfiles: creating new directories/subvolumes/fifos/device nodes
60 should not follow symlinks. None of the other adjustment or creation
61 calls follow symlinks.
63 * bus-proxy: fix return code when releasing name that we don't have:
64 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030494.html
66 * fstab-generator: default to tmpfs-as-root if only usr= is specified on the kernel cmdline
68 * docs: bring http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/MyServiceCantGetRealtime up to date
70 * mounting and unmounting mount points manually with different source
71 devices will result in collected collected on all devices used.
72 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030225.html
74 * whe should apply a stop limit (similar to the existing start limit),
75 so that we don't enter unbounded umount loops:
76 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030224.html
78 * add a job mode that will fail if a transaction would mean stopping
79 running units. Use this in timedated to manage the NTP service
81 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030229.html
83 * Maybe add support for the equivalent of "ethtool advertise" to .link files?
84 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-April/030112.html
86 * fstab-generator should generate systemd-fsck-root.service when
87 running in the initrd, and operate on the right device.
89 * .timer units should optionally support CLOCK_BOOTTIME in addition to CLOCK_MONOTONIC
91 * systemd-run should support a mode where we wait for the unit to be started up
93 * create a btrfs qgroup for /var/lib/machines, and add all container
94 subvolumes we create to it.
96 * nspawn: add --overlay= to support overlay file systems, similar to
99 * When logging about multiple units (stopping BoundTo units, conflicts, etc.),
100 log both units as UNIT=, so that journalctl -u triggers on both.
102 * to allow "linking" of nspawn containers, extend --network-bridge= so
103 that it can dynamically create bridge interfaces that are refcounted
104 by the containers on them. For each group of containers to link together
106 * journalctl --verify: don't show files that are currently being
107 written to as FAIL, but instead show that their are being written
110 * assign MESSAGE_ID to log messages about failed services
112 * coredump: make the handler check /proc/$PID/rlimits for RLIMIT_CORE,
113 and supress coredump if turned off. Then change RLIMIT_CORE to
114 infinity by default for all services. This then allows per-service
115 control of coredumping.
117 * generate better errors when people try to set transient properties
118 that are not supported...
119 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-February/028076.html
121 * PID 1: when invoking systemctl preset-all on first boots, operate in
122 an exclusively additive way, i.e. never remove any pre-existing
123 symlinks, only add new ones.
125 * Introduce $LISTEN_NAMES to complement $LISTEN_FDS, containing a
126 colon separated list of identifiers for the fds passed.
128 * when the fstab-generator runs in the initrd, it should create a /dev/null mask for systemd-fsck-root.service, to avoid that the the root fs is fsck'ed twice.
130 * maybe introduce WantsMountsFor=? Usecase:
131 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027729.html
133 * rework kexec logic to use new kexec_file_load() syscall, so that we
134 don't have to call kexec tool anymore.
136 * The udev blkid built-in should expose a property that reflects
137 whether media was sensed in USB CF/SD card readers. This should then
138 be used to control SYSTEMD_READY=1/0 so that USB card readers aren't
139 picked up by systemd unless they contain a medium. This would mirror
140 the behaviour we already have for CD drives.
142 * nspawn: emulate /dev/kmsg using CUSE and turn off the syslog syscall
143 with seccomp. That should provide us with a useful log buffer that
144 systemd can log to during early boot, and disconnect container logs
145 from the kernel's logs.
147 * networkd/udev: implement SR_IOV configuration in .link files:
148 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-January/027451.html
150 * When RLIMIT_NPROC is set from a unit file it currently always is set
151 for root, not for the user set in User=, which makes it
152 useless. After fixing this, set RLIMIT_NPROC for
153 systemd-journal-xyz, and all other of our services that run under
154 their own user ids, and use User= (but only in a world where userns
155 is ubiquitous since otherwise we cannot invoke those daemons on the
156 host AND in a container anymore). Also, if LimitNPROC= is used
157 without User= we should warn and refuse operation.
159 * logind: maybe allow configuration of the StopTimeout for session scopes
161 * Set NoNewPriviliges= on all of our own services, where that makes sense
163 * Rework systemctl's GetAll property parsing to use the generic bus_map_all_properties() API
165 * rework journald sigbus stuff to use mutex
167 * import-dkr: support tarsum checksum verification, if it becomes reality one day...
169 * import-dkr: convert json bits to nspawn configuration
171 * 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
173 * introduce systemd-nspawn-ephemeral@.service, and hook it into "machinectl start" with a new --ephemeral switch
175 * "machinectl status" should also show internal logs of the container in question
177 * "machinectl list-images" should show os-release data, as well as machine-info data (including deployment level)
179 * 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
181 * Port various tools to make use of verbs.[ch], where applicable
183 * "machinectl history"
187 * "machinectl commit" that takes a writable snapshot of a tree, invokes a shell in it, and marks it read-only after use
189 * systemd-nspawn -x should support ephemeral instances of gpt images
191 * hostnamectl: show root image uuid
193 * sysfs set api in libudev is not const
195 * Find a solution for SMACK capabilities stuff:
196 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/026188.html
198 * port libmount hookup to use API's own inotify interface, as soon as that is table in libmount
200 * "systemctl preset-all" should probably order the unit files it
201 operates on lexicographically before starting to work, in order to
202 ensure deterministic behaviour if two unit files conflict (like DMs
205 * resolved should optionally register additional per-interface LLMNR
206 names, so that for the container case we can establish the same name
207 (maybe "host") for referencing the server, everywhere.
209 * systemd-journal-upload (or a new, related tool): allow pushing out
210 journal messages onto the network in BSD syslog protocol,
211 continuously. Default to some link-local IP mcast group, to make this
212 useful as a one-stop debugging tool.
214 * synchronize console access with BSD locks:
215 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-October/024582.html
217 * as soon as we have kdbus, and sender timestamps, revisit coalescing multiple parallel daemon reloads:
218 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-December/025862.html
220 * the install state probably shouldn't get confused by generated units, think dbus1/kdbus compat!
222 * in systemctl list-unit-files: show the install value the presets would suggest for a service in a third column
224 * figure out when we can use the coarse timers
226 * sd-resolve: drop res_query wrapping, people should call via the bus to resolved instead
228 * add "systemctl start -v foobar.service" that shows logs of a service
229 while the start command runs. This is non-trivial to do without
230 races though, since we should flush out all journal messages before
231 returning from the "systemctl stop".
233 * 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
235 * timesyncd + resolved: add ugly bus calls to set NTP and DNS servers per-interface, for usage by NM
237 * 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
239 * machined: add an API so that libvirt-lxc can inform us about network interfaces being removed or added to an existing machine
241 * maybe add support for specifier expansion in user.conf, specifically DefaultEnvironment=
243 * code cleanup: retire FOREACH_WORD_QUOTED, port to unquote_first_word() loops instead
245 * introduce systemd-timesync-wait.service or so to sync on an NTP fix?
247 * systemd --user should issue sd_notify() upon reaching basic.target, not on becoming idle
249 * consider showing the unit names during boot up in the status output, not just the unit descriptions
251 * dhcp: do we allow configuring dhcp routes on interfaces that are not the one we got the dhcp info from?
253 * maybe allow timer units with an empty Units= setting, so that they
254 can be used for resuming the system but nothing else.
256 * what to do about udev db binary stability for apps? (raw access is not an option)
258 * maybe provide an API to allow migration of foreign PIDs into existing scopes.
260 * maybe support a new very "soft" reboot mode, that simply kills all processes, disassembles everything, flushes /run and sysvipc, and then reexecs systemd again
262 * man: document that corrupted journal files is nothing to act on
264 * man: maybe use the word "inspect" rather than "introspect"?
266 * "machinectl list" should probably show columns for OS version and IP addresses
268 * systemctl: if some operation fails, show log output?
271 - allow creation of units from scratch
272 - use equvalent of cat() to insert existing config as a comment, prepended with #.
273 Upon editor exit, lines with one # are removed, lines with two # are left with one #, etc.
275 * refcounting in sd-resolve is borked
277 * exponential backoff in timesyncd and resolved when we cannot reach a server
279 * unquote_many_words() should probably be used by a lot of code that
280 currently uses FOREACH_WORD and friends. For example, most conf
281 parsing callbacks should use it.
283 * merge ~/.local/share and ~/.local/lib into one similar /usr/lib and /usr/share....
285 * systemd.show_status= should probably have a mode where only failed
288 * add systemd.abort_on_kill or some other such flag to send SIGABRT instead of SIGKILL
289 (throughout the codebase, not only PID1)
292 - add LLDP client side support
293 - the DHCP lease data (such as NTP/DNS) is still made available when
294 a carrier is lost on a link. It should be removed instantly.
295 - .network setting that allows overriding of the hostname to send to the dhcp server
296 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-July/021550.html
297 - expose in the API the following bits:
298 - option 15, domain name and/or option 119, search list
299 - option 12, host name and/or option 81, fqdn
300 - option 100, 101, timezone
301 - option 123, 144, geolocation
302 - option 252, configure http proxy (PAC/wpad)
303 - networkd's dhcp server should transparently pass on the DNS and
304 NTP server list it got from user configuration and its dhcp client
305 to clients. It should also pass on its own timezone information.
306 - provide a way to define a per-network interface default metric value
307 for all routes to it. possibly a second default for DHCP routes.
308 - allow Name= to be specified repeatedly in the [Match] section. Maybe also
309 support Name=foo*|bar*|baz ?
310 - duplicate address check for static IPs (like ARPCHECK in network-scripts)
313 - put networkd events and rtnl events at a higher priority, so that
314 we always process them before we process client requests
316 - use base64 for key presentation?
317 - add display of private key types (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4034#appendix-A.1.1)?
318 - add nice formatting of DNS timestamps
323 - DNS-SD service registration from socket units
327 - maybe randomize DNS UDP source ports
328 - maybe compare query section of DNS replies
330 * Allow multiple ExecStart= for all Type= settings, so that we can cover rescue.service nicely
332 * Add a new verb "systemctl top"
334 * add new gpt type for btrfs volumes
336 * support empty /etc boots nicely:
337 - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr
338 - fstab-generator: support systemd.volatile=yes|no|state on the kernel cmdline, too, similar to nspawn's --volatile=
340 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
342 * timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
344 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
346 * figure out a nice way how we can let the admin know what child/sibling unit causes cgroup membership for a specific unit
348 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
350 * For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
351 they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
353 * 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)
355 * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
357 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
359 * consider adding RuntimeDirectoryUser= + RuntimeDirectoryGroup=
361 * sd-event: define more intervals where we will shift wakeup intervals around in, 1h, 6h, 24h, ...
363 * gpt-auto-generator:
364 - Support LUKS for root devices
365 - Define new partition type for encrypted swap? Support probed LUKS for encrypted swap?
366 - Make /home automount rather than mount?
368 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
369 CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
370 when it is otherwise off
372 * MessageQueueMessageSize= and RLimitFSIZE= (and suchlike) should use parse_iec_size().
374 * "busctl status" works only as root on dbus1, since we cannot read
377 * implement Distribute= in socket units to allow running multiple
378 service instances processing the listening socket, and open this up
381 * socket units: support creating sockets in different namespace,
382 opening it up for JoinsNamespaceOf=. This would require to fork off
383 a tiny process that joins the namespace and creates/binds the socket
384 and passes this back to PID1 via SCM_RIGHTS. This also could be used
385 to allow Chown/chgrp on sockets without requiring NSS in PID 1.
387 * New service property: maximum CPU and wallclock runtime for a service
389 * introduce bus call FreezeUnit(s, b), as well as "systemctl freeze
390 $UNIT" and "systemctl thaw $UNIT" as wrappers around this. The calls
391 should SIGSTOP all unit processes in a loop until all processes of
392 it are fully stopped. This can later be used for app management by
393 desktop UIs such as gnome-shell to freeze apps that are not visible
394 on screen, not unlike how job control works on the shell
397 - implement per-slice CPUFairScheduling=1 switch
398 - handle jointly mounted controllers correctly
399 - introduce high-level settings for RT budget, swappiness
400 - how to reset dynamically changed unit cgroup attributes sanely?
401 - when reloading configuration, apply new cgroup configuration
402 - when recursively showing the cgroup hierarchy, optionally also show
403 the hierarchies of child processes
406 - add field to transient units that indicate whether systemd or somebody else saves/restores its settings, for integration with libvirt
407 - ensure scope units may be started only a single time
409 * Automatically configure swap partition to use for hibernation by looking for largest swap partition on the root disk?
411 * when we detect low battery and no AC on boot, show pretty splash and refuse boot
413 * machined, localed: when we try to kill an empty cgroup, generate an ESRCH error over the bus
415 * libsystemd-journal, libsystemd-login, libudev: add calls to easily attach these objects to sd-event event loops
417 * be more careful what we export on the bus as (usec_t) 0 and (usec_t) -1
419 * unify dispatch table in systemctl_main() and friends
421 * 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
423 * After coming back from hibernation reset hibernation swap partition using the /dev/snapshot ioctl APIs
425 * If we try to find a unit via a dangling symlink, generate a clean
426 error. Currently, we just ignore it and read the unit from the search
429 * refuse boot if /etc/os-release is missing or /etc/machine-id cannot be set up
431 * btrfs raid assembly: some .device jobs stay stuck in the queue
433 * make sure gdm does not use multi-user-x but the new default X configuration file, and then remove multi-user-x from systemd
435 * man: the documentation of Restart= currently is very misleading and suggests the tools from ExecStartPre= might get restarted.
437 * load .d/*.conf dropins for device units
439 * allow implementation of InaccessibleDirectories=/ plus
440 ReadOnlyDirectories=... for whitelisting files for a service.
443 - GetAllProperties() on a non-existing object does not result in a failure currently
444 - kdbus: process fd=-1 for incoming msgs
445 - port to sd-resolve for connecting to TCP dbus servers
446 - kdbus: maybe add controlling tty metadata fields
447 - 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
448 - when kdbus does not take our message without memfds, try again with memfds
449 - see if we can drop more message validation on the sending side
450 - add API to clone sd_bus_message objects
451 - make AddMatch calls on dbus1 transports async?
452 - kdbus: matches against source or destination pids for an "strace -p"-like feel. Problem: The PID info needs to be available in userspace too...
453 - longer term: priority inheritance
456 - NameLost/NameAcquired obsolete
459 - update systemd.special(7) to mention that dbus.socket is only about the compatibility socket now
460 - test bloom filter generation indexes
461 - bus-proxy: when passing messages from kdbus, make sure we properly
462 handle the case where a large number of fds is appended that we
463 cannot pass into sendmsg() of the AF_UNIX sokcet (which only accepts
465 - kdbus: introduce a concept of "send-only" connections
466 - 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.
469 - allow multiple signal handlers per signal?
470 - document chaining of signal handler for SIGCHLD and child handlers
472 * in the final killing spree, detect processes from the root directory, and
473 complain loudly if they have argv[0][0] == '@' set.
474 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=961044
476 * investigate endianness issues of UUID vs. GUID
478 * dbus: when a unit failed to load (i.e. is in UNIT_ERROR state), we
479 should be able to safely try another attempt when the bus call LoadUnit() is invoked.
481 * add a pam module that passes the hdd passphrase into the PAM stack and then expires it, for usage by gdm auto-login.
483 * add a pam module that on password changes updates any LUKS slot where the password matches
485 * maybe add a generator that looks for "systemd.run=" on the kernel cmdline for container usercases...
487 * cgtop: make cgtop useful in a container
490 - add 'set -e' to scripts in test/
491 - make stuff in test/ work with separate output dir
493 * seems that when we follow symlinks to units we prefer the symlink
494 destination path over /etc and /usr. We should not do that. Instead
495 /etc should always override /run+/usr and also any symlink
498 * when isolating, try to figure out a way how we implicitly can order
499 all units we stop before the isolating unit...
501 * teach ConditionKernelCommandLine= globs or regexes (in order to match foobar={no,0,off})
503 * BootLoaderSpec: Clarify that the kernel has to be in $BOOT. Clarify
504 that the boot loader should be installed to the ESP. Define a way
505 how an installer can figure out whether a BLS compliant boot loader
508 * think about requeuing jobs when daemon-reload is issued? usecase:
509 the initrd issues a reload after fstab from the host is accessible
510 and we might want to requeue the mounts local-fs acquired through
513 * systemd-inhibit: make taking delay locks useful: support sending SIGINT or SIGTERM on PrepareForSleep()
515 * journal-or-kmsg is currently broken? See reverted commit 4a01181e460686d8b4a543b1dfa7f77c9e3c5ab8.
517 * remove any syslog support from log.c -- we probably cannot do this before split-off udev is gone for good
519 * shutdown logging: store to EFI var, and store to USB stick?
521 * write UI tool that pops up emergency messages from the journal as notification
523 * think about window-manager-run-as-user-service problem: exit 0 → activate shutdown.target; exit != 0 → restart service
525 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
527 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
530 - honor language efi variables for default language selection (if there are any?)
531 - honor timezone efi variables for default timezone selection (if there are any?)
532 - change bootctl to be backed by systemd-bootd to control temporary and persistent default boot goal plus efi variables
534 * maybe do not install getty@tty1.service symlink in /etc but in /usr?
536 * re-enable "make check" for gtk-doc (broken for unknown reason)
538 * fstab: add new mount option x-systemd-after=/foobar/waldo to allow manual dependencies to other mount points
539 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812826
541 * print a nicer explanation if people use variable/specifier expansion in ExecStart= for the first word
543 * mount: turn dependency information from /proc/self/mountinfo into dependency information between systemd units.
546 - logind: optionally, ignore idle-hint logic for autosuspend, block suspend as long as a session is around
547 - When we update the kernel all kind of hibernation should be prohibited until shutdown/reboot
548 - logind: wakelock/opportunistic suspend support
549 - Add pretty name for seats in logind
550 - logind: allow showing logout dialog from system?
551 - we should probably handle SIGTERM/SIGINT to not leave dot files around, just in case
552 - session scopes/user unit: add RequiresMountsFor for the home directory of the user
553 - add Suspend() bus calls which take timestamps to fix double suspend issues when somebody hits suspend and closes laptop quickly.
554 - if pam_systemd is invoked by su from a process that is outside of a
555 any session we should probably just become a NOP, since that's
556 usually not a real user session but just some system code that just
558 - logind: make the Suspend()/Hibernate() bus calls wait for the for
559 the job to be completed. before returning, so that clients can wait
560 for "systemctl suspend" to finish to know when the suspending is
562 - logind: when the power button is pressed short, just popup a
563 logout dialog. If it is pressed for 1s, do the usual
564 shutdown. Inspiration are Macs here.
565 - expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
566 - given that logind now lets PID 1 do all nasty work, we can
567 probably reduce the capability set it retains substantially.
568 (we need CAP_SYS_ADMIN for drmSetMaster(), so maybe not worth it)
569 - expose orientation sensors and tablet mode through logind
571 * exec: when deinitializating a tty device fix the perms and group, too, not only when initializing. Set access mode/gid to 0620/tty.
573 * service: watchdog logic: for testing purposes allow ping, but do not require pong
576 - consider introducing implicit _TTY= + _PPID= + _EUID= + _EGID= + _FSUID= + _FSGID= fields
577 - import and delete pstore filesystem content at startup
578 - journald: also get thread ID from client, plus thread name
579 - journal: when waiting for journal additions in the client always sleep at least 1s or so, in order to minimize wakeups
580 - add API to close/reopen/get fd for journal client fd in libsystemd-journal.
581 - fallback to /dev/log based logging in libsystemd-journal, if we cannot log natively?
582 - declare the local journal protocol stable in the wiki interface chart
583 - journal: reuse XZ context
584 - sd-journal: speed up sd_journal_get_data() with transparent hash table in bg
585 - journald: when dropping msgs due to ratelimit make sure to write
586 "dropped %u messages" not only when we are about to print the next
587 message that works, but alraedy after a short tiemout
588 - check if we can make journalctl by default use --follow mode inside of less if called without args?
589 - maybe add API to send pairs of iovecs via sd_journal_send
590 - journal: when writing journal auto-rotate if time jumps backwards
591 - journal: add a setgid "systemd-journal" utility to invoke from libsystemd-journal, which passes fds via STDOUT and does PK access
592 - journactl: support negative filtering, i.e. FOOBAR!="waldo",
593 and !FOOBAR for events without FOOBAR.
594 - journal: store timestamp of journal_file_set_offline() int he header,
595 so it is possible to display when the file was last synced.
596 - 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.
597 - journal: find a way to allow dropping history early, based on priority, other rules
598 - journal: When used on NFS, check payload hashes
599 - journald: add kernel cmdline option to disable ratelimiting for debug purposes
600 - refuse taking lower-case variable names in sd_journal_send() and friends.
601 - journald: we currently rotate only after MaxUse+MaxFilesize has been reached.
602 - journal: deal nicely with byte-by-byte copied files, especially regards header
603 - journal: sanely deal with entries which are larger than the individual file size, but where the components would fit
604 - Replace utmp, wtmp, btmp, and lastlog completely with journal
605 - journalctl: instead --after-cursor= maybe have a --cursor=XYZ+1 syntax?
606 - when a kernel driver logs in a tight loop, we should ratelimit that too.
607 - journald: optionally, log debug messages to /run but everything else to /var
608 - journald: when we drop syslog messages because the syslog socket is
609 full, make sure to write how many messages are lost as first thing
610 to syslog when it works again.
611 - journald: make sure ratelimit is actually really per-service with the new cgroup changes
612 - change systemd-journal-flush into a service that stays around during
613 boot, and causes the journal to be moved back to /run on shutdown,
614 so that we do not keep /var busy. This needs to happen synchronously,
615 hence doing this via signals is not going to work.
616 - optionally support running journald from the command line for testing purposes in external projects
617 - journald: allow per-priority and per-service retention times when rotating/vacuuming
618 - journald: make use of uid-range.h to managed uid ranges to split
620 - journalctl: add the ability to look for the most recent process of a binary. journalctl /usr/bin/X11 --pid=-1 or so...
621 - improve journalctl performance by loading journal files
622 lazily. Encode just enough information in the file name, so that we
623 do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
624 the most common operations.
627 - document that deps in [Unit] sections ignore Alias= fields in
628 [Install] units of other units, unless those units are disabled
629 - man: clarify that time-sync.target is not only sysv compat but also useful otherwise. Same for similar targets
630 - document the exit codes when services fail before they are exec()ed
631 - document that service reload may be implemented as service reexec
632 - document in wiki how to map ical recurrence events to systemd timer unit calendar specifications
633 - add a man page containing packaging guidelines and recommending usage of things like Documentation=, PrivateTmp=, PrivateNetwork= and ReadOnlyDirectories=/etc /usr.
634 - document systemd-journal-flush.service properly
635 - documentation: recommend to connect the timer units of a service to the service via Also= in [Install]
636 - man: document the very specific env the shutdown drop-in tools live in
637 - man: extend runlevel(8) to mention that runlevels suck, and are dead. Maybe add runlevel(7) with a note about that too
638 - man: add more examples to man pages
639 - man: maybe sort directives in man pages, and take sections from --help and apply them to man too
642 - systemctl list-jobs - show dependencies
643 - add systemctl switch to dump transaction without executing it
644 - Add a verbose mode to "systemctl start" and friends that explains what is being done or not done
645 - "systemctl disable" on a static unit prints no message and does
646 nothing. "systemctl enable" does nothing, and gives a bad message
647 about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
648 - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
649 - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
650 - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
651 - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
652 - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
653 - Something is wrong with symlink handling of "autovt@.service" in "systemctl list-unit-files"
654 - better error message if you run systemctl without systemd running
655 - systemctl status output should should include list of triggering units and their status
658 - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
659 (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
660 - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
663 - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
664 o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
666 - Support 2012-02~4 as syntax for specifying the fourth to last day of the month.
667 - calendarspec: support value ranges with ".." notation. Example: 2013-4..8-1
668 - 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
669 - Modulate timer frequency based on battery state
671 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
673 * 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().
675 * fedup: add --unit to systemctl switch-root somehow
676 * fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
679 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
681 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
683 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
684 waiting for the timeout
686 * hostnamed: before returning information from /etc/machine-info.conf check the modification data and reread. Similar for localed, ...
688 * currently x-systemd.timeout is lost in the initrd, since crypttab is copied into dracut, but fstab is not
691 - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
694 - cryptsetup-generator: allow specification of passwords in crypttab itself
695 - move cryptsetup key caching into kernel keyctl?
696 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54982
697 - support rd.luks.allow-discards= kernel cmdline params in cryptsetup generator
699 * hw watchdog: optionally try to use the preset watchdog timeout instead of always overriding it
700 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54712
702 * after deserializing sockets in socket.c we should reapply sockopts and things
704 * make timer units go away after they elapsed
706 * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
708 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
710 * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
712 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
714 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
715 currently is properly synchronous, Reexec() is weird, because we
716 cannot delay the response properly until we are back, so instead of
717 being properly synchronous we just keep open the fd and close it
718 when done. That means clients do not get a successful method reply,
719 but much rather a disconnect on success.
721 * properly handle loop back mounts via fstab, especially regards to fsck/passno
723 * initialize the hostname from the fs label of /, if /etc/hostname does not exist?
725 * rename "userspace" to "core-os"
727 * load-fragment: when loading a unit file via a chain of symlinks
728 verify that it is not masked via any of the names traversed.
730 * introduce Type=pid-file
732 * change Requires=basic.target to RequisiteOverride=basic.target
734 * when breaking cycles drop sysv services first, then services from /run, then from /etc, then from /usr
736 * ExecOnFailure=/usr/bin/foo
741 - add trigger --subsystem-match=usb/usb_device device
742 - reimport udev db after MOVE events for devices without dev_t
744 * 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
746 * introduce mix of BindTo and Requisite
748 * There's currently no way to cancel fsck (used to be possible via C-c or c on the console)
750 * add option to sockets to avoid activation. Instead just drop packets/connections, see http://cyberelk.net/tim/2012/02/15/portreserve-systemd-solution/
752 * default unix qlen is too small (10). bump sysctl? add sockopt?
754 * save coredump in Windows/Mozilla minidump format
756 * support crash reporting operation modes (https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/ProblemReporting)
758 * default to actual 32-bit PIDs, via /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max
760 * be able to specify a forced restart of service A where service B depends on, in case B
761 needs to be auto-respawned?
763 * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
766 - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
768 - instead of ignoring unknown fields, reject them.
770 * for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
772 * hide PAM options in fragment parser when compile time disabled
774 * when we automatically restart a service, ensure we restart its rdeps, too.
776 * allow Type=simple with PIDFile=
777 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723942
779 * move PAM code into its own binary
781 * implement Register= switch in .socket units to enable registration
782 in Avahi, RPC and other socket registration services.
784 * make sure systemd-ask-password-wall does not shutdown systemd-ask-password-console too early
786 * add ReloadSignal= for configuring a reload signal to use
788 * verify that the AF_UNIX sockets of a service in the fs still exist
789 when we start a service in order to avoid confusion when a user
790 assumes starting a service is enough to make it accessible
792 * Make it possible to set the keymap independently from the font on
793 the kernel cmdline. Right now setting one resets also the other.
795 * and a dbus call to generate target from current state
797 * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
799 * write blog stories about:
800 - hwdb: what belongs into it, lsusb
801 - enabling dbus services
803 - how to make changes to sysctl and sysfs attributes
805 - how to pass throw-away units to systemd, or dynamically change properties of existing units
806 - testing with Harald's awesome test kit
808 - how to develop against journal browsing APIs
809 - the journal HTTP iface
810 - non-cgroup resource management
811 - dynamic resource management with cgroups
812 - refreshed, longer missions statement
813 - calendar time events
814 - init=/bin/sh vs. "emergency" mode, vs. "rescue" mode, vs. "multi-user" mode, vs. "graphical" mode, and the debug shell
815 - how to create your own target
816 - instantiated apache, dovecot and so on
817 - hooking a script into various stages of shutdown/rearly booot
819 * allow port=0 in .socket units
821 * recreate systemd's D-Bus private socket file on SIGUSR2
823 * Support --test based on current system state
825 * investigate whether the gnome pty helper should be moved into systemd, to provide cgroup support.
827 * maybe introduce ExecRestartPre=
829 * dot output for --test showing the 'initial transaction'
831 * fingerprint.target, wireless.target, gps.target, netdevice.target
834 - figure out a simple way to wait for journal events in a way that
836 - add documentation to systemd.daemon
839 - plot per-process IO utilization
840 - group processes based on service association (cgroups)
841 - document initcall_debug
842 - kernel cmdline "bootchart" option for simplicity?
845 - Make sure ID_PATH is always exported and complete for
846 network devices where possible, so we can safely rely
848 - check MTUBytes parsing (expecting size_t but we are using unsigned)
851 - add support for more attribute types
852 - inbuilt piping support (essentially degenerate async)? see loopback-setup.c and other places
855 - add more keys to [Route] and [Address] sections
856 - add support for more DHCPv4 options (and, longer term, other kinds of dynamic config)
857 - add proper initrd support (in particular generate .network/.link files based on /proc/cmdline)
858 - add reduced [Link] support to .network files
859 - add Scope= parsing option for [Network]
860 - properly handle routerless dhcp leases
861 - add more attribute support for SIT tunnel
862 - work with non-ethernet devices
863 - add support for more bond options
865 * networkd-wait-online:
866 - make operstates to wait for configurable?
869 - figure out how much we can increase Maximum Message Size
870 - export timezone information
871 - support RFC4702 (pass FQDN)
874 - add functions to set previously stored IPv6 addresses on startup and get
875 them at shutdown; store them in client->ia_na
876 - write more test cases
877 - implement reconfigure support, see 5.3., 15.11. and 22.20.
878 - implement support for temporary adressess (IA_TA)
879 - implement dhcpv6 authentication
880 - investigate the usefulness of Confirm messages; i.e. are there any
881 situations where the link changes without any loss in carrier detection
883 - some servers don't do rapid commit without a filled in IA_NA, verify
889 - natively watch for dbus-*.service symlinks (PENDING)
890 - teach dbus to activate all services it finds in /etc/systemd/services/org-*.service
892 * fix alsa mixer restore to not print error when no config is stored
894 * make cryptsetup lower --iter-time
896 * patch kernel for xattr support in /dev, /proc/, /sys?
898 * kernel: add device_type = "fb", "fbcon" to class "graphics"
900 * drop accountsservice's StandardOutput=syslog and Type=dbus fields
902 * dbus upstream still refers to dbus.target and should not
904 * dbus: in fedora, make /var/lib/dbus/machine-id a symlink to /etc/machine-id
906 * add "# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=" to bash login
908 * /usr/bin/service should actually show the new command line
910 * 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=
912 * fedora: F20: go timer units all the way, leave cron.daily for cron
914 * neither pkexec nor sudo initialize environ[] from the PAM environment?
916 * fedora: update policy to declare access mode and ownership of unit files to root:root 0644, and add an rpmlint check for it
918 * register catalog database signature as file magic
920 * zsh shell completion:
921 - <command> <verb> -<TAB> should complete options, but currently does not
922 - systemctl add-wants,add-requires
927 * look for close() vs. close_nointr() vs. close_nointr_nofail()
929 * check for strerror(r) instead of strerror(-r)
931 * Use PR_SET_PROCTITLE_AREA if it becomes available in the kernel
935 * set_put(), hashmap_put() return values check. i.e. == 0 does not free()!
937 * use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() where appropriate
939 * link up selected blog stories from man pages and unit files Documentation= fields
941 Scheduled for removal or fixing:
943 * xxxOverridable dependencies (probably: fix)