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@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ Bugfixes:
 * properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
 
 * shorten the message to sane length:
 * properly handle .mount unit state tracking when two mount points are stacked one on top of another on the exact same mount point.
 
 * shorten the message to sane length:

-
-  Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details.
+  "Cannot add dependency job for unit display-manager.service, ignoring: Unit display-manager.service
+  failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status display-manager.service' for details."

 
 * sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
   See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..
 
 * sd_bus_unref() is broken regarding self-references and "pseudo thread-safety".
   See the comment in sd_bus_unref() for more..


@@ -30,21 +30,23 @@ External:
 
 * Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
 
 
 * Fedora: post FPC ticket to move add %tmpfiles_create to the packaging guidelines
 

+* Fedora: move kernel image to /usr/lib/modules/, kernel-install will take care of populating /boot
+

 Features:
 Features:

+* support empty /etc boots nicely:
+  - tmpfiles: add nice way to copy files /usr/share/factory/etc → /etc
+  - nspawn/gpt-generator: introduce new gpt partition type for /usr

 
 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
 
 * support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
 
 
 * generator that automatically discovers btrfs subvolumes, identifies their purpose based on some xattr on them.
 
 * support setting empty environment variables with Environment= and EnvironmentFile=
 

-* tmpfiles: figure out relation between Z and m?
-

 * machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
 * machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
 
 * timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
 
 * machined/machinectl: sort IP addresses we return by scope and protocol
 * machined: write NSS module for looking up IP addresses for machines
 
 * timer units: actually add extra delays to timer units with high AccuracySec values, don't start them already when we are awake...
 

-* timesyncd:
-  - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp
+* timesyncd - hookup with networkd: NTP servers from dhcp

 
 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
 
 
 * a way for container managers to turn off getty starting via $container_headless= or so...
 


@@ -56,13 +58,10 @@ Features:
 
 * set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
 
 
 * set NOTIFY_SOCKET also for control processes
 

-* drop parsing of chkconfig header lines from service.c
-

 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
 
 * mount_cgroup_controllers(): symlinks need to get the label applied
 

-* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.
-
-* Add RPM macros for registering/unregistering binfmt drop-ins
+* For timer units: add some mechanisms so that timer units that trigger immediately on boot do not have the services
+  they run added to the initial transaction and thus confuse Type=idle.

 
 * Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
 
 
 * Add timeout to early-boot, and shut down the system if it is hit. Solves the laptop-in-bag problem and is useful for embedded cases
 


@@ -70,10 +69,6 @@ Features:
 
 * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
 
 
 * sd-event: generate a failure of a default event loop is executed out-of-thread
 

-* add "M" as recursive version of "m" to tmpfiles, then use it for
-  chowning /run/log/journal (but not /var/log/journal), so that we
-  adjust the perms of journal files created before tmpfiles ran.
-

 * expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
 
 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.
 * expose "Locked" property on logind sesison objects
 
 * add bus api to query unit file's X fields.


@@ -92,10 +87,6 @@ Features:
   do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
   the most common operations.
 
   do not have to open it to know that it is not interesting for us, for
   the most common operations.
 

-* support transient mount units
-
-* add an "input" group to udev logic and add all input devices to it
-

 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
   CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
   when it is otherwise off
 * add generator that pulls in systemd-network from containers when
   CAP_NET_ADMIN is set, more than the loopback device is defined, even
   when it is otherwise off


@@ -272,8 +263,6 @@ Features:
 
 * use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
 
 
 * use "log level" rather than "log priority" everywhere
 

-* timedate: have global on/off switches for auto-time (NTP), and auto-timezone that connman can subscribe to.
-

 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
 
 * introduce ExecCondition= in services
 * merge unit_kill_common() and unit_kill_context()
 
 * introduce ExecCondition= in services


@@ -380,7 +369,6 @@ Features:
     about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
   - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
   - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible
     about it. Should fix both to print nice actionable messages.
   - print nice message from systemctl --failed if there are no entries shown, and hook that into ExecStartPre of rescue.service/emergency.service
   - add new command to systemctl: "systemctl system-reexec" which reexecs as many daemons as virtually possible

-  - systemctl enable: improve the success messages (i.e. more human readable, less shell-like)

   - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
   - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
   - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template
   - systemctl enable: fail if target to alias into does not exist? maybe show how many units are enabled afterwards?
   - systemctl: "Journal has been rotated since unit was started." message is misleading
   - support "systemctl stop foobar@.service" to stop all units matching a certain template


@@ -391,14 +379,9 @@ Features:
 * unit install:
   - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
     (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null
 * unit install:
   - "systemctl mask" should find all names by which a unit is accessible
     (i.e. by scanning for symlinks to it) and link them all to /dev/null

-  - "systemctl disable" of a unit instance removes all symlinks, but should
-    only remove the instance symlink (systemctl disable of a template
-    unit however should remove them all).

   - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
   - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
 
   - systemctl list-unit-files should list generated files (and probably with a new state "generated" for them, or so)
   - systemctl: maybe add "systemctl add-wants" or so...
 

-* deal with sendmail/postfix exclusivity
-

 * timer units:
   - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
     o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)
 * timer units:
   - timer units should get the ability to trigger when:
     o CLOCK_REALTIME makes jumps (TFD_TIMER_CANCEL_ON_SET)


@@ -417,13 +400,6 @@ Features:
   mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
   user did not request anything like it.
 
   mode, it will never touch the RTC if the no reliable time source is active or the
   user did not request anything like it.
 

-* libunwind support for coredump pattern hook, and includes this in
-  the message for coredumps. After all, libunwind is now capable to
-  unwind coredumps since a few weeks ago. This probably requires that
-  we have nice support for multi-line messages on display in
-  logs-show.c. Alternatively: use libelfutil, which seems to be the
-  better supported alternative.
-

 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
 
 * 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().
 * add libsystemd-password or so to query passwords during boot using the password agent logic
 
 * 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().


@@ -432,19 +408,10 @@ Features:
 * fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
 * fedup: generator
 
 * fedup: do not delete initrd on switch-root
 * fedup: generator
 

-* timedated: refuse time changes when NTP is on
-

 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
 
 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
 
 * clean up date formatting and parsing so that all absolute/relative timestamps we format can also be parsed
 
 * on shutdown: move utmp, wall, audit logic all into PID 1 (or logind?), get rid of systemd-update-utmp-runlevel
 

-* add "factory" instructions to setup an empty /etc + /var
-    - used to setup a new container from a shared /usr
-    - superset of tmpfiles model
-    - instructions shipped by packages and stored in /usr/lib/
-    - compose /etc/passwd and /etc/group, copy files
-    - able to create uid + gid used by packages, for file ownership
-

 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
   waiting for the timeout
 
 * make repeated alt-ctrl-del presses printing a dump, or even force a reboot without
   waiting for the timeout
 


@@ -454,7 +421,6 @@ Features:
 
 * nspawn:
   - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn
 
 * nspawn:
   - bind mount read-only the cgroup tree higher than nspawn

-  - nspawn: make it work for dwalsh and shared /usr containers -- tmpfs mounts as command line parameters

   - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
   - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
 
   - refuses to boot containers without /etc/machine-id (OK?), and with empty /etc/machine-id (not OK).
   - support taking a btrfs snapshot at startup and dropping it afterwards
 


@@ -471,21 +437,14 @@ Features:
 
 * make timer units go away after they elapsed
 
 
 * make timer units go away after they elapsed
 

-* http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2012-September/006502.html
-  (network and remote-fs on shutdown)
-

 * come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
 
 * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
 
 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
 
 * come up with a nice way to write queue/read_ahead_kb for a block device without interfering with readahead
 
 * move PID 1 segfaults to /var/lib/systemd/coredump?
 
 * create /sbin/init symlinks from the build system
 

-* Query Paul Moore about relabelling socket fds while they are open
-

 * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
 
 * allow writing multiple conditions in unit files on one line
 

-* explore multiple service instances per listening socket idea
-

 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
 
 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()
 * MountFlags=shared acts as MountFlags=slave right now.
 
 * drop PID 1 reloading, only do reexecing (difficult: Reload()


@@ -556,7 +515,6 @@ Features:
 * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
 
 * tmpfiles:
 * when a bus name of a service disappears from the bus make sure to queue further activation requests
 
 * tmpfiles:

-  - check systemd-tmpfiles for selinux context hookup for mknod(), symlink() and similar

   - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
 
 * for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested
   - apply "x" on "D" too (see patch from William Douglas)
 
 * for services: do not set $HOME in services unless requested


@@ -595,8 +553,6 @@ Features:
   - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
   - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
 
   - readahead: when bumping /sys readahead variable save mtime and compare later to detect changes
   - readahead: make use of EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT, as used by http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/
 

-* add support for /bin/mount -s
-

 * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
 
 * write blog stories about:
 * GC unreferenced jobs (such as .device jobs)
 
 * write blog stories about: