1 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
2 =====================================================================
3 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
4 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
5 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
6 * improve output message of post scripts
8 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
10 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
11 =====================================================================
12 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
13 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
14 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
15 * update some depends and fix depends issue
17 - fix bug autologinuser always set
18 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
19 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
21 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
22 =====================================================================
23 * put build_id before image name for release option
24 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
25 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
26 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
28 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
29 - fix release option failure with slash
30 - fix man page lost in some distros
31 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
33 - unify import statements to absolute import
34 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
35 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
36 - clean up some bad indentations
37 - improve some error messages
39 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
40 =====================================================================
41 * support new distribution Fedora 18
42 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
43 * support partitions without mount point
44 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
45 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
47 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
48 - fix incorrect alignment handling
49 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
50 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
52 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
53 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
55 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
56 =====================================================================
57 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
58 * remove suffix when release specified
59 * roll back to original naming for release
61 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
62 =====================================================================
63 * add GPT support for UEFI format
64 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
65 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
66 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
67 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
68 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
69 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
70 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
71 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
72 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
73 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
74 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
75 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
76 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
77 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
78 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
80 - update documentation
81 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
82 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
83 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
84 - sepreate the download related as independent module
86 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
87 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
88 - recalculate package content recording
89 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
90 - fix existing loop images overwritten
92 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
93 =====================================================================
95 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
96 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
97 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
98 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
99 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
101 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
102 - verify if logfile is a file
103 - fix type error when calling mknod
104 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
105 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
106 - fix type error when calling mknod
108 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
109 =====================================================================
110 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
111 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
112 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
113 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
114 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
115 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
116 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
117 * update the documentation and man page
118 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
119 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
120 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
122 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
123 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
124 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
125 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
126 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
127 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
128 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
129 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
131 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
132 =====================================================================
133 * support dracut for live image
134 * update bmap version to 1.1
136 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
137 =====================================================================
138 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
139 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
140 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
141 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
143 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
144 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
146 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
147 =====================================================================
148 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
149 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
150 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
151 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
152 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
153 * support label assign for raw image
155 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
156 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
157 - fix mic --version ugly output
159 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
160 =====================================================================
161 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
162 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
163 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
164 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
166 - fix popup message in ubuntus
167 - fix unicode issue for logfile
168 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
170 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
171 =====================================================================
172 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
173 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
174 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
175 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
176 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
177 * remove prefix for make install
179 - fix compres image in raw image
180 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
181 - fix convert failed issue
183 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
184 =====================================================================
185 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
186 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
187 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
188 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
189 * centralized interface to check existing images
190 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
191 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
193 - fix logfile context lost issue
194 - fix attachment package url handling
195 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
197 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
198 =====================================================================
199 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
200 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
201 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
202 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
203 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
205 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
206 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
207 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
209 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
210 =====================================================================
211 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
212 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
213 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
214 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
215 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
216 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
217 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
218 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
220 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
221 =====================================================================
222 * partition alignment support
223 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
224 * update dist files in git source
225 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
226 * add 40 system test case for help
227 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
229 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
230 =====================================================================
231 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
232 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
233 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
234 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
235 * make msger to accept Unicode string
236 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
237 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
238 * new written man page
240 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
241 =====================================================================
242 * give hint when converted image existed
243 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
244 * space check before copy image
245 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
246 * runner.py refinement
247 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
248 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
249 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
251 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
252 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
254 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
255 =====================================================================
256 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
257 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
258 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
259 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
260 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
261 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
262 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
264 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
265 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
266 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
268 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
269 =====================================================================
270 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
271 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
272 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
273 * Check valid repos in ks file
274 * Space check update and catch no space exception
275 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
276 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
277 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
279 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
280 =====================================================================
281 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
282 * Enable proxy support in config file
283 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
284 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
285 * Add 47 system test case
286 * Improve md5sum generation
287 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
288 * Add option --name_prefix
289 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
290 * Backport from mic2:
291 - Add priority and cost option for repos
292 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
294 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
295 =====================================================================
296 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
297 * Append distfiles and Makefile
298 * Check arch type from repo data
299 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
300 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
301 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
302 * Disable ca check for https
303 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
304 * untrack mic/__version__.py
305 * Fix some minor issues
307 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
308 =====================================================================
309 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
310 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
311 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
312 * Support the following global command line options:
315 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
317 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
318 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
319 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
320 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
322 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
324 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH