1 Release 0.24.3 - Mon Nov 24 2014 - Yongfeng Du <dolpher.du@intel.com>
2 =====================================================================
4 - fix qemu arm and arm64 issues
5 - remove --preserve-order option in taring fs image
7 Release 0.24 - Tue Mar 11 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
8 =====================================================================
9 * enhance to handle password with special characters
10 * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
11 * add --repo comand option for local build
12 * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
13 * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
14 * add hostname showing in log
16 - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
17 - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
18 - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
19 - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
20 - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
21 - fix loop device latency timing
22 - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
23 - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
25 Release 0.23 - Fri Dec 12 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
26 =====================================================================
27 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
28 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
29 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
30 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
31 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
32 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
34 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
35 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
36 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
37 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
39 Release 0.22 - Thu Oct 24 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
40 =====================================================================
41 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
42 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
43 * refine error class module
44 * improve installation in virtualenv
45 * add bash completion support
46 * add zsh completion support
47 * export mapper device related to installer framework
48 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
50 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
51 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
52 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
53 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
54 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
55 - correct project url in setup.py
56 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
58 Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
59 =====================================================================
60 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
61 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
62 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
63 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
64 * enable proxy setting with authentication
65 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
66 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
67 * reload device mapper using 'dmsetup' utility
69 - fix bootloader options omitted
70 - warn failed boot partition flags set
71 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
74 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
75 =====================================================================
76 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
77 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
78 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
79 * improve output message of post scripts
81 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
83 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
84 =====================================================================
85 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
86 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
87 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
88 * update some depends and fix depends issue
90 - fix bug autologinuser always set
91 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
92 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
94 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
95 =====================================================================
96 * put build_id before image name for release option
97 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
98 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
99 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
101 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
102 - fix release option failure with slash
103 - fix man page lost in some distros
104 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
106 - unify import statements to absolute import
107 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
108 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
109 - clean up some bad indentations
110 - improve some error messages
112 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
113 =====================================================================
114 * support new distribution Fedora 18
115 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
116 * support partitions without mount point
117 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
118 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
120 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
121 - fix incorrect alignment handling
122 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
123 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
125 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
126 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
128 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
129 =====================================================================
130 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
131 * remove suffix when release specified
132 * roll back to original naming for release
134 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
135 =====================================================================
136 * add GPT support for UEFI format
137 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
138 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
139 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
140 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
141 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
142 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
143 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
144 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
145 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
146 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
147 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
148 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
149 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
150 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
151 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
153 - update documentation
154 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
155 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
156 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
157 - sepreate the download related as independent module
159 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
160 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
161 - recalculate package content recording
162 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
163 - fix existing loop images overwritten
165 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
166 =====================================================================
168 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
169 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
170 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
171 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
172 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
174 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
175 - verify if logfile is a file
176 - fix type error when calling mknod
177 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
178 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
179 - fix type error when calling mknod
181 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
182 =====================================================================
183 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
184 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
185 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
186 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
187 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
188 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
189 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
190 * update the documentation and man page
191 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
192 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
193 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
195 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
196 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
197 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
198 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
199 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
200 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
201 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
202 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
204 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
205 =====================================================================
206 * support dracut for live image
207 * update bmap version to 1.1
209 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
210 =====================================================================
211 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
212 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
213 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
214 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
216 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
217 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
219 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
220 =====================================================================
221 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
222 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
223 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
224 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
225 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
226 * support label assign for raw image
228 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
229 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
230 - fix mic --version ugly output
232 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
233 =====================================================================
234 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
235 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
236 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
237 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
239 - fix popup message in ubuntus
240 - fix unicode issue for logfile
241 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
243 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
244 =====================================================================
245 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
246 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
247 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
248 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
249 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
250 * remove prefix for make install
252 - fix compres image in raw image
253 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
254 - fix convert failed issue
256 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
257 =====================================================================
258 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
259 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
260 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
261 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
262 * centralized interface to check existing images
263 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
264 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
266 - fix logfile context lost issue
267 - fix attachment package url handling
268 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
270 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
271 =====================================================================
272 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
273 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
274 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
275 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
276 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
278 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
279 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
280 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
282 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
283 =====================================================================
284 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
285 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
286 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
287 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
288 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
289 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
290 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
291 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
293 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
294 =====================================================================
295 * partition alignment support
296 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
297 * update dist files in git source
298 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
299 * add 40 system test case for help
300 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
302 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
303 =====================================================================
304 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
305 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
306 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
307 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
308 * make msger to accept Unicode string
309 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
310 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
311 * new written man page
313 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
314 =====================================================================
315 * give hint when converted image existed
316 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
317 * space check before copy image
318 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
319 * runner.py refinement
320 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
321 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
322 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
324 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
325 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
327 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
328 =====================================================================
329 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
330 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
331 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
332 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
333 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
334 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
335 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
337 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
338 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
339 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
341 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
342 =====================================================================
343 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
344 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
345 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
346 * Check valid repos in ks file
347 * Space check update and catch no space exception
348 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
349 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
350 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
352 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
353 =====================================================================
354 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
355 * Enable proxy support in config file
356 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
357 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
358 * Add 47 system test case
359 * Improve md5sum generation
360 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
361 * Add option --name_prefix
362 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
363 * Backport from mic2:
364 - Add priority and cost option for repos
365 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
367 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
368 =====================================================================
369 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
370 * Append distfiles and Makefile
371 * Check arch type from repo data
372 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
373 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
374 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
375 * Disable ca check for https
376 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
377 * untrack mic/__version__.py
378 * Fix some minor issues
380 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
381 =====================================================================
382 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
383 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
384 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
385 * Support the following global command line options:
388 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
390 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
391 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
392 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
393 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
395 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
397 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH