1 Release 0.26 - Tue Oct 14 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
2 =====================================================================
3 * add new arch MIPS support
4 * add qcow2 image format support
5 * add strict mode for package installing
6 * enable ssl_verify option in config file
7 * enhance checksums of outputs: md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum
8 * enhance VCS info in yum backend
10 - fix real path of device mapper causing initrd failure
11 - fix qemu arm and arm64 issues
12 - fix AttributeError in zypp backend
13 - fix 'python-xml' depends used by cElements
15 Release 0.25 - Fri May 23 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
16 =====================================================================
17 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 7.0
18 * generate manifest file to describe image information
19 * refactor archive and compress module
20 * support sparse handle for tar command
21 * replace system V with systemd on locale setting
22 * support lzop compress
24 - fix logfile incomplete in release option
25 - fix config file disappear in bootstrap
26 - fix aarch64 bin_format
29 Release 0.24 - Tue Mar 11 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
30 =====================================================================
31 * enhance to handle password with special characters
32 * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
33 * add --repo comand option for local build
34 * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
35 * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
36 * add hostname showing in log
38 - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
39 - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
40 - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
41 - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
42 - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
43 - fix loop device latency timing
44 - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
45 - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
47 Release 0.23 - Fri Dec 12 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
48 =====================================================================
49 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
50 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
51 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
52 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
53 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
54 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
56 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
57 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
58 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
59 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
61 Release 0.22 - Thu Oct 24 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
62 =====================================================================
63 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
64 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
65 * refine error class module
66 * improve installation in virtualenv
67 * add bash completion support
68 * add zsh completion support
69 * export mapper device related to installer framework
70 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
72 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
73 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
74 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
75 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
76 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
77 - correct project url in setup.py
78 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
80 Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
81 =====================================================================
82 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
83 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
84 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
85 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
86 * enable proxy setting with authentication
87 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
88 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
89 * reload device mapper using 'dmsetup' utility
91 - fix bootloader options omitted
92 - warn failed boot partition flags set
93 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
96 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
97 =====================================================================
98 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
99 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
100 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
101 * improve output message of post scripts
103 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
105 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
106 =====================================================================
107 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
108 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
109 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
110 * update some depends and fix depends issue
112 - fix bug autologinuser always set
113 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
114 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
116 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
117 =====================================================================
118 * put build_id before image name for release option
119 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
120 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
121 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
123 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
124 - fix release option failure with slash
125 - fix man page lost in some distros
126 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
128 - unify import statements to absolute import
129 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
130 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
131 - clean up some bad indentations
132 - improve some error messages
134 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
135 =====================================================================
136 * support new distribution Fedora 18
137 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
138 * support partitions without mount point
139 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
140 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
142 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
143 - fix incorrect alignment handling
144 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
145 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
147 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
148 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
150 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
151 =====================================================================
152 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
153 * remove suffix when release specified
154 * roll back to original naming for release
156 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
157 =====================================================================
158 * add GPT support for UEFI format
159 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
160 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
161 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
162 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
163 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
164 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
165 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
166 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
167 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
168 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
169 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
170 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
171 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
172 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
173 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
175 - update documentation
176 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
177 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
178 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
179 - sepreate the download related as independent module
181 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
182 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
183 - recalculate package content recording
184 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
185 - fix existing loop images overwritten
187 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
188 =====================================================================
190 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
191 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
192 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
193 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
194 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
196 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
197 - verify if logfile is a file
198 - fix type error when calling mknod
199 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
200 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
201 - fix type error when calling mknod
203 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
204 =====================================================================
205 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
206 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
207 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
208 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
209 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
210 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
211 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
212 * update the documentation and man page
213 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
214 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
215 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
217 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
218 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
219 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
220 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
221 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
222 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
223 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
224 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
226 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
227 =====================================================================
228 * support dracut for live image
229 * update bmap version to 1.1
231 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
232 =====================================================================
233 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
234 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
235 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
236 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
238 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
239 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
241 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
242 =====================================================================
243 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
244 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
245 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
246 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
247 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
248 * support label assign for raw image
250 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
251 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
252 - fix mic --version ugly output
254 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
255 =====================================================================
256 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
257 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
258 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
259 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
261 - fix popup message in ubuntus
262 - fix unicode issue for logfile
263 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
265 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
266 =====================================================================
267 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
268 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
269 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
270 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
271 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
272 * remove prefix for make install
274 - fix compres image in raw image
275 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
276 - fix convert failed issue
278 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
279 =====================================================================
280 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
281 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
282 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
283 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
284 * centralized interface to check existing images
285 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
286 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
288 - fix logfile context lost issue
289 - fix attachment package url handling
290 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
292 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
293 =====================================================================
294 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
295 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
296 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
297 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
298 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
300 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
301 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
302 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
304 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
305 =====================================================================
306 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
307 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
308 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
309 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
310 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
311 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
312 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
313 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
315 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
316 =====================================================================
317 * partition alignment support
318 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
319 * update dist files in git source
320 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
321 * add 40 system test case for help
322 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
324 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
325 =====================================================================
326 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
327 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
328 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
329 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
330 * make msger to accept Unicode string
331 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
332 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
333 * new written man page
335 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
336 =====================================================================
337 * give hint when converted image existed
338 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
339 * space check before copy image
340 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
341 * runner.py refinement
342 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
343 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
344 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
346 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
347 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
349 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
350 =====================================================================
351 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
352 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
353 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
354 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
355 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
356 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
357 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
359 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
360 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
361 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
363 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
364 =====================================================================
365 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
366 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
367 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
368 * Check valid repos in ks file
369 * Space check update and catch no space exception
370 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
371 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
372 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
374 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
375 =====================================================================
376 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
377 * Enable proxy support in config file
378 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
379 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
380 * Add 47 system test case
381 * Improve md5sum generation
382 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
383 * Add option --name_prefix
384 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
385 * Backport from mic2:
386 - Add priority and cost option for repos
387 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
389 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
390 =====================================================================
391 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
392 * Append distfiles and Makefile
393 * Check arch type from repo data
394 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
395 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
396 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
397 * Disable ca check for https
398 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
399 * untrack mic/__version__.py
400 * Fix some minor issues
402 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
403 =====================================================================
404 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
405 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
406 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
407 * Support the following global command line options:
410 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
412 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
413 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
414 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
415 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
417 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
419 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH