1 Release 0.27 - Wed Apr 29 2015 - Lihong Sun <lihongx.sun@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
9 * add new arch MIPS support
10 * add qcow2 image format support
11 * add strict mode for package installing
12 * enable ssl_verify option in config file
13 * enhance checksums of outputs: md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum
14 * enhance VCS info in yum backend
15 * drop mic-native support
17 * revert bind mount config file to instroot
20 - fix logfile incomplete in release option
21 - fix config file disappear in bootstrap
22 - fix aarch64 bin_format
24 - fix real path of device mapper causing initrd failure
25 - fix qemu arm and arm64 issues
26 - fix AttributeError in zypp backend
27 - fix 'python-xml' depends used by cElements
28 - fix xml requirements
29 - fix logfile not in release of '--release' when creation failed
30 - fix copyright missing issue
31 - fix syslinux installation path issue in Arch Linux
33 Release 0.24 - Tue Mar 11 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
34 =====================================================================
35 * enhance to handle password with special characters
36 * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
37 * add --repo comand option for local build
38 * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
39 * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
40 * add hostname showing in log
42 - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
43 - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
44 - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
45 - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
46 - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
47 - fix loop device latency timing
48 - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
49 - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
51 Release 0.23 - Fri Dec 12 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
52 =====================================================================
53 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
54 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
55 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
56 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
57 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
58 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
60 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
61 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
62 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
63 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
65 Release 0.22 - Thu Oct 24 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
66 =====================================================================
67 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
68 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
69 * refine error class module
70 * improve installation in virtualenv
71 * add bash completion support
72 * add zsh completion support
73 * export mapper device related to installer framework
74 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
76 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
77 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
78 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
79 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
80 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
81 - correct project url in setup.py
82 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
84 Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
85 =====================================================================
86 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
87 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
88 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
89 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
90 * enable proxy setting with authentication
91 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
92 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
93 * reload device mapper using 'dmsetup' utility
95 - fix bootloader options omitted
96 - warn failed boot partition flags set
97 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
100 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
101 =====================================================================
102 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
103 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
104 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
105 * improve output message of post scripts
107 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
109 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
110 =====================================================================
111 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
112 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
113 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
114 * update some depends and fix depends issue
116 - fix bug autologinuser always set
117 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
118 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
120 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
121 =====================================================================
122 * put build_id before image name for release option
123 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
124 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
125 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
127 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
128 - fix release option failure with slash
129 - fix man page lost in some distros
130 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
132 - unify import statements to absolute import
133 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
134 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
135 - clean up some bad indentations
136 - improve some error messages
138 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
139 =====================================================================
140 * support new distribution Fedora 18
141 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
142 * support partitions without mount point
143 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
144 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
146 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
147 - fix incorrect alignment handling
148 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
149 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
151 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
152 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
154 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
155 =====================================================================
156 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
157 * remove suffix when release specified
158 * roll back to original naming for release
160 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
161 =====================================================================
162 * add GPT support for UEFI format
163 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
164 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
165 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
166 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
167 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
168 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
169 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
170 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
171 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
172 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
173 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
174 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
175 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
176 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
177 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
179 - update documentation
180 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
181 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
182 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
183 - sepreate the download related as independent module
185 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
186 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
187 - recalculate package content recording
188 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
189 - fix existing loop images overwritten
191 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
192 =====================================================================
194 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
195 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
196 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
197 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
198 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
200 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
201 - verify if logfile is a file
202 - fix type error when calling mknod
203 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
204 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
205 - fix type error when calling mknod
207 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
208 =====================================================================
209 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
210 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
211 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
212 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
213 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
214 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
215 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
216 * update the documentation and man page
217 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
218 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
219 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
221 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
222 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
223 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
224 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
225 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
226 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
227 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
228 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
230 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
231 =====================================================================
232 * support dracut for live image
233 * update bmap version to 1.1
235 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
236 =====================================================================
237 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
238 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
239 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
240 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
242 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
243 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
245 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
246 =====================================================================
247 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
248 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
249 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
250 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
251 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
252 * support label assign for raw image
254 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
255 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
256 - fix mic --version ugly output
258 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
259 =====================================================================
260 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
261 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
262 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
263 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
265 - fix popup message in ubuntus
266 - fix unicode issue for logfile
267 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
269 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
270 =====================================================================
271 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
272 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
273 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
274 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
275 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
276 * remove prefix for make install
278 - fix compres image in raw image
279 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
280 - fix convert failed issue
282 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
283 =====================================================================
284 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
285 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
286 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
287 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
288 * centralized interface to check existing images
289 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
290 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
292 - fix logfile context lost issue
293 - fix attachment package url handling
294 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
296 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
297 =====================================================================
298 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
299 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
300 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
301 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
302 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
304 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
305 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
306 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
308 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
309 =====================================================================
310 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
311 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
312 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
313 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
314 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
315 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
316 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
317 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
319 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
320 =====================================================================
321 * partition alignment support
322 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
323 * update dist files in git source
324 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
325 * add 40 system test case for help
326 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
328 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
329 =====================================================================
330 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
331 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
332 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
333 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
334 * make msger to accept Unicode string
335 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
336 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
337 * new written man page
339 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
340 =====================================================================
341 * give hint when converted image existed
342 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
343 * space check before copy image
344 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
345 * runner.py refinement
346 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
347 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
348 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
350 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
351 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
353 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
354 =====================================================================
355 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
356 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
357 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
358 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
359 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
360 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
361 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
363 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
364 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
365 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
367 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
368 =====================================================================
369 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
370 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
371 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
372 * Check valid repos in ks file
373 * Space check update and catch no space exception
374 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
375 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
376 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
378 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
379 =====================================================================
380 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
381 * Enable proxy support in config file
382 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
383 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
384 * Add 47 system test case
385 * Improve md5sum generation
386 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
387 * Add option --name_prefix
388 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
389 * Backport from mic2:
390 - Add priority and cost option for repos
391 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
393 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
394 =====================================================================
395 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
396 * Append distfiles and Makefile
397 * Check arch type from repo data
398 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
399 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
400 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
401 * Disable ca check for https
402 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
403 * untrack mic/__version__.py
404 * Fix some minor issues
406 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
407 =====================================================================
408 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
409 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
410 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
411 * Support the following global command line options:
414 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
416 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
417 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
418 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
419 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
421 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
423 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH