1 Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
2 =====================================================================
3 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
4 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
5 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
6 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
7 * enable proxy setting with authentication
8 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
9 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
10 * reload device mapper using 'dmsetup' utility
12 - fix bootloader options omitted
13 - warn failed boot partition flags set
14 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
17 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
18 =====================================================================
19 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
20 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
21 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
22 * improve output message of post scripts
24 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
26 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
27 =====================================================================
28 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
29 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
30 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
31 * update some depends and fix depends issue
33 - fix bug autologinuser always set
34 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
35 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
37 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
38 =====================================================================
39 * put build_id before image name for release option
40 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
41 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
42 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
44 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
45 - fix release option failure with slash
46 - fix man page lost in some distros
47 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
49 - unify import statements to absolute import
50 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
51 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
52 - clean up some bad indentations
53 - improve some error messages
55 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
56 =====================================================================
57 * support new distribution Fedora 18
58 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
59 * support partitions without mount point
60 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
61 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
63 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
64 - fix incorrect alignment handling
65 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
66 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
68 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
69 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
71 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
72 =====================================================================
73 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
74 * remove suffix when release specified
75 * roll back to original naming for release
77 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
78 =====================================================================
79 * add GPT support for UEFI format
80 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
81 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
82 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
83 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
84 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
85 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
86 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
87 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
88 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
89 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
90 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
91 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
92 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
93 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
94 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
96 - update documentation
97 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
98 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
99 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
100 - sepreate the download related as independent module
102 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
103 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
104 - recalculate package content recording
105 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
106 - fix existing loop images overwritten
108 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
109 =====================================================================
111 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
112 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
113 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
114 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
115 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
117 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
118 - verify if logfile is a file
119 - fix type error when calling mknod
120 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
121 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
122 - fix type error when calling mknod
124 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
125 =====================================================================
126 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
127 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
128 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
129 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
130 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
131 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
132 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
133 * update the documentation and man page
134 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
135 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
136 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
138 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
139 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
140 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
141 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
142 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
143 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
144 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
145 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
147 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
148 =====================================================================
149 * support dracut for live image
150 * update bmap version to 1.1
152 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
153 =====================================================================
154 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
155 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
156 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
157 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
159 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
160 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
162 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
163 =====================================================================
164 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
165 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
166 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
167 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
168 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
169 * support label assign for raw image
171 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
172 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
173 - fix mic --version ugly output
175 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
176 =====================================================================
177 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
178 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
179 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
180 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
182 - fix popup message in ubuntus
183 - fix unicode issue for logfile
184 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
186 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
187 =====================================================================
188 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
189 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
190 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
191 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
192 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
193 * remove prefix for make install
195 - fix compres image in raw image
196 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
197 - fix convert failed issue
199 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
200 =====================================================================
201 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
202 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
203 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
204 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
205 * centralized interface to check existing images
206 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
207 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
209 - fix logfile context lost issue
210 - fix attachment package url handling
211 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
213 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
214 =====================================================================
215 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
216 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
217 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
218 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
219 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
221 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
222 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
223 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
225 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
226 =====================================================================
227 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
228 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
229 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
230 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
231 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
232 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
233 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
234 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
236 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
237 =====================================================================
238 * partition alignment support
239 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
240 * update dist files in git source
241 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
242 * add 40 system test case for help
243 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
245 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
246 =====================================================================
247 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
248 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
249 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
250 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
251 * make msger to accept Unicode string
252 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
253 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
254 * new written man page
256 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
257 =====================================================================
258 * give hint when converted image existed
259 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
260 * space check before copy image
261 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
262 * runner.py refinement
263 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
264 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
265 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
267 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
268 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
270 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
271 =====================================================================
272 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
273 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
274 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
275 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
276 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
277 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
278 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
280 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
281 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
282 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
284 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
285 =====================================================================
286 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
287 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
288 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
289 * Check valid repos in ks file
290 * Space check update and catch no space exception
291 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
292 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
293 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
295 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
296 =====================================================================
297 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
298 * Enable proxy support in config file
299 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
300 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
301 * Add 47 system test case
302 * Improve md5sum generation
303 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
304 * Add option --name_prefix
305 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
306 * Backport from mic2:
307 - Add priority and cost option for repos
308 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
310 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
311 =====================================================================
312 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
313 * Append distfiles and Makefile
314 * Check arch type from repo data
315 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
316 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
317 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
318 * Disable ca check for https
319 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
320 * untrack mic/__version__.py
321 * Fix some minor issues
323 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
324 =====================================================================
325 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
326 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
327 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
328 * Support the following global command line options:
331 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
333 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
334 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
335 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
336 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
338 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
340 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH