1 Release 0.23 - Fri Dec 12 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
2 =====================================================================
3 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
4 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
5 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
6 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
7 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
8 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
10 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
11 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
12 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
13 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
15 Release 0.22 - Thu Oct 24 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
16 =====================================================================
17 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
18 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
19 * refine error class module
20 * improve installation in virtualenv
21 * add bash completion support
22 * add zsh completion support
23 * export mapper device related to installer framework
24 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
26 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
27 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
28 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
29 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
30 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
31 - correct project url in setup.py
32 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
34 Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
35 =====================================================================
36 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
37 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
38 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
39 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
40 * enable proxy setting with authentication
41 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
42 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
43 * reload device mapper using 'dmsetup' utility
45 - fix bootloader options omitted
46 - warn failed boot partition flags set
47 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
50 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
51 =====================================================================
52 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
53 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
54 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
55 * improve output message of post scripts
57 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
59 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
60 =====================================================================
61 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
62 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
63 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
64 * update some depends and fix depends issue
66 - fix bug autologinuser always set
67 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
68 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
70 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
71 =====================================================================
72 * put build_id before image name for release option
73 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
74 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
75 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
77 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
78 - fix release option failure with slash
79 - fix man page lost in some distros
80 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
82 - unify import statements to absolute import
83 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
84 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
85 - clean up some bad indentations
86 - improve some error messages
88 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
89 =====================================================================
90 * support new distribution Fedora 18
91 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
92 * support partitions without mount point
93 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
94 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
96 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
97 - fix incorrect alignment handling
98 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
99 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
101 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
102 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
104 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
105 =====================================================================
106 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
107 * remove suffix when release specified
108 * roll back to original naming for release
110 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
111 =====================================================================
112 * add GPT support for UEFI format
113 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
114 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
115 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
116 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
117 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
118 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
119 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
120 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
121 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
122 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
123 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
124 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
125 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
126 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
127 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
129 - update documentation
130 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
131 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
132 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
133 - sepreate the download related as independent module
135 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
136 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
137 - recalculate package content recording
138 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
139 - fix existing loop images overwritten
141 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
142 =====================================================================
144 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
145 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
146 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
147 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
148 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
150 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
151 - verify if logfile is a file
152 - fix type error when calling mknod
153 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
154 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
155 - fix type error when calling mknod
157 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
158 =====================================================================
159 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
160 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
161 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
162 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
163 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
164 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
165 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
166 * update the documentation and man page
167 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
168 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
169 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
171 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
172 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
173 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
174 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
175 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
176 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
177 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
178 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
180 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
181 =====================================================================
182 * support dracut for live image
183 * update bmap version to 1.1
185 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
186 =====================================================================
187 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
188 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
189 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
190 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
192 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
193 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
195 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
196 =====================================================================
197 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
198 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
199 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
200 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
201 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
202 * support label assign for raw image
204 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
205 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
206 - fix mic --version ugly output
208 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
209 =====================================================================
210 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
211 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
212 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
213 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
215 - fix popup message in ubuntus
216 - fix unicode issue for logfile
217 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
219 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
220 =====================================================================
221 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
222 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
223 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
224 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
225 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
226 * remove prefix for make install
228 - fix compres image in raw image
229 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
230 - fix convert failed issue
232 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
233 =====================================================================
234 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
235 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
236 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
237 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
238 * centralized interface to check existing images
239 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
240 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
242 - fix logfile context lost issue
243 - fix attachment package url handling
244 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
246 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
247 =====================================================================
248 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
249 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
250 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
251 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
252 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
254 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
255 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
256 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
258 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
259 =====================================================================
260 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
261 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
262 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
263 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
264 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
265 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
266 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
267 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
269 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
270 =====================================================================
271 * partition alignment support
272 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
273 * update dist files in git source
274 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
275 * add 40 system test case for help
276 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
278 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
279 =====================================================================
280 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
281 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
282 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
283 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
284 * make msger to accept Unicode string
285 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
286 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
287 * new written man page
289 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
290 =====================================================================
291 * give hint when converted image existed
292 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
293 * space check before copy image
294 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
295 * runner.py refinement
296 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
297 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
298 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
300 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
301 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
303 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
304 =====================================================================
305 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
306 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
307 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
308 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
309 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
310 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
311 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
313 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
314 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
315 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
317 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
318 =====================================================================
319 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
320 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
321 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
322 * Check valid repos in ks file
323 * Space check update and catch no space exception
324 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
325 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
326 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
328 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
329 =====================================================================
330 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
331 * Enable proxy support in config file
332 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
333 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
334 * Add 47 system test case
335 * Improve md5sum generation
336 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
337 * Add option --name_prefix
338 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
339 * Backport from mic2:
340 - Add priority and cost option for repos
341 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
343 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
344 =====================================================================
345 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
346 * Append distfiles and Makefile
347 * Check arch type from repo data
348 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
349 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
350 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
351 * Disable ca check for https
352 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
353 * untrack mic/__version__.py
354 * Fix some minor issues
356 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
357 =====================================================================
358 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
359 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
360 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
361 * Support the following global command line options:
364 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
366 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
367 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
368 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
369 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
371 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
373 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH