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