1 Release 0.25 - Fri May 23 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
2 =====================================================================
3 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 7.0
4 * generate manifest file to describe image information
5 * refactor archive and compress module
6 * support sparse handle for tar command
7 * replace system V with systemd on locale setting
8 * support lzop compress
10 - fix logfile incomplete in release option
11 - fix config file disappear in bootstrap
12 - fix aarch64 bin_format
15 Release 0.24 - Tue Mar 11 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
16 =====================================================================
17 * enhance to handle password with special characters
18 * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
19 * add --repo comand option for local build
20 * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
21 * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
22 * add hostname showing in log
24 - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
25 - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
26 - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
27 - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
28 - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
29 - fix loop device latency timing
30 - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
31 - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
33 Release 0.23 - Fri Dec 12 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
34 =====================================================================
35 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
36 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
37 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
38 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
39 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
40 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
42 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
43 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
44 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
45 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
47 Release 0.22 - Thu Oct 24 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
48 =====================================================================
49 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
50 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
51 * refine error class module
52 * improve installation in virtualenv
53 * add bash completion support
54 * add zsh completion support
55 * export mapper device related to installer framework
56 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
58 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
59 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
60 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
61 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
62 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
63 - correct project url in setup.py
64 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
66 Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
67 =====================================================================
68 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
69 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
70 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
71 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
72 * enable proxy setting with authentication
73 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
74 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
75 * reload device mapper using 'dmsetup' utility
77 - fix bootloader options omitted
78 - warn failed boot partition flags set
79 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
82 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
83 =====================================================================
84 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
85 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
86 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
87 * improve output message of post scripts
89 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
91 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
92 =====================================================================
93 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
94 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
95 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
96 * update some depends and fix depends issue
98 - fix bug autologinuser always set
99 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
100 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
102 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
103 =====================================================================
104 * put build_id before image name for release option
105 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
106 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
107 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
109 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
110 - fix release option failure with slash
111 - fix man page lost in some distros
112 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
114 - unify import statements to absolute import
115 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
116 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
117 - clean up some bad indentations
118 - improve some error messages
120 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
121 =====================================================================
122 * support new distribution Fedora 18
123 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
124 * support partitions without mount point
125 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
126 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
128 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
129 - fix incorrect alignment handling
130 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
131 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
133 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
134 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
136 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
137 =====================================================================
138 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
139 * remove suffix when release specified
140 * roll back to original naming for release
142 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
143 =====================================================================
144 * add GPT support for UEFI format
145 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
146 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
147 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
148 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
149 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
150 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
151 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
152 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
153 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
154 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
155 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
156 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
157 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
158 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
159 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
161 - update documentation
162 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
163 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
164 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
165 - sepreate the download related as independent module
167 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
168 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
169 - recalculate package content recording
170 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
171 - fix existing loop images overwritten
173 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
174 =====================================================================
176 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
177 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
178 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
179 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
180 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
182 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
183 - verify if logfile is a file
184 - fix type error when calling mknod
185 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
186 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
187 - fix type error when calling mknod
189 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
190 =====================================================================
191 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
192 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
193 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
194 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
195 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
196 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
197 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
198 * update the documentation and man page
199 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
200 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
201 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
203 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
204 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
205 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
206 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
207 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
208 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
209 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
210 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
212 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
213 =====================================================================
214 * support dracut for live image
215 * update bmap version to 1.1
217 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
218 =====================================================================
219 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
220 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
221 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
222 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
224 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
225 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
227 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
228 =====================================================================
229 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
230 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
231 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
232 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
233 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
234 * support label assign for raw image
236 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
237 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
238 - fix mic --version ugly output
240 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
241 =====================================================================
242 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
243 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
244 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
245 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
247 - fix popup message in ubuntus
248 - fix unicode issue for logfile
249 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
251 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
252 =====================================================================
253 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
254 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
255 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
256 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
257 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
258 * remove prefix for make install
260 - fix compres image in raw image
261 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
262 - fix convert failed issue
264 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
265 =====================================================================
266 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
267 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
268 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
269 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
270 * centralized interface to check existing images
271 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
272 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
274 - fix logfile context lost issue
275 - fix attachment package url handling
276 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
278 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
279 =====================================================================
280 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
281 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
282 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
283 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
284 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
286 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
287 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
288 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
290 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
291 =====================================================================
292 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
293 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
294 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
295 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
296 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
297 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
298 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
299 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
301 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
302 =====================================================================
303 * partition alignment support
304 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
305 * update dist files in git source
306 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
307 * add 40 system test case for help
308 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
310 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
311 =====================================================================
312 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
313 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
314 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
315 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
316 * make msger to accept Unicode string
317 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
318 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
319 * new written man page
321 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
322 =====================================================================
323 * give hint when converted image existed
324 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
325 * space check before copy image
326 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
327 * runner.py refinement
328 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
329 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
330 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
332 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
333 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
335 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
336 =====================================================================
337 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
338 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
339 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
340 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
341 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
342 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
343 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
345 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
346 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
347 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
349 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
350 =====================================================================
351 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
352 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
353 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
354 * Check valid repos in ks file
355 * Space check update and catch no space exception
356 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
357 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
358 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
360 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
361 =====================================================================
362 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
363 * Enable proxy support in config file
364 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
365 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
366 * Add 47 system test case
367 * Improve md5sum generation
368 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
369 * Add option --name_prefix
370 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
371 * Backport from mic2:
372 - Add priority and cost option for repos
373 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
375 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
376 =====================================================================
377 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
378 * Append distfiles and Makefile
379 * Check arch type from repo data
380 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
381 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
382 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
383 * Disable ca check for https
384 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
385 * untrack mic/__version__.py
386 * Fix some minor issues
388 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
389 =====================================================================
390 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
391 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
392 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
393 * Support the following global command line options:
396 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
398 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
399 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
400 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
401 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
403 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
405 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH