1 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013
2 ===========================================================
3 * put build_id before image name for release option
4 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
5 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
6 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
8 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
9 - fix release option failure with slash
10 - fix man page lost in some distros
11 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
13 - unify import statements to absolute import
14 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
15 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
16 - clean up some bad indentations
17 - improve some error messages
19 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013
20 ===========================================================
21 * support new distribution Fedora 18
22 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
23 * support partitions without mount point
24 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
25 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
27 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
28 - fix incorrect alignment handling
29 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
30 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
32 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
33 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
35 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013
36 ===========================================================
37 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
38 * remove suffix when release specified
39 * roll back to original naming for release
41 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013
42 ===========================================================
43 * add GPT support for UEFI format
44 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
45 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
46 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
47 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
48 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
49 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
50 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
51 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
52 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
53 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
54 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
55 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
56 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
57 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
58 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
60 - update documentation
61 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
62 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
63 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
64 - sepreate the download related as independent module
66 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
67 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
68 - recalculate package content recording
69 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
70 - fix existing loop images overwritten
72 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013
73 ===========================================================
75 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
76 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
77 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
78 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
79 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
81 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
82 - verify if logfile is a file
83 - fix type error when calling mknod
84 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
85 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
86 - fix type error when calling mknod
88 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012
89 ===========================================================
90 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
91 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
92 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
93 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
94 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
95 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
96 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
97 * update the documentation and man page
98 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
99 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
100 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
102 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
103 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
104 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
105 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
106 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
107 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
108 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
109 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
111 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012
112 ===========================================================
113 * support dracut for live image
114 * update bmap version to 1.1
116 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012
117 ===========================================================
118 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
119 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
120 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
121 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
123 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
124 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
126 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012
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128 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
129 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
130 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
131 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
132 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
133 * support label assign for raw image
135 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
136 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
137 - fix mic --version ugly output
139 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012
140 ===========================================================
141 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
142 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
143 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
144 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
146 - fix popup message in ubuntus
147 - fix unicode issue for logfile
148 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
150 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012
151 ===========================================================
152 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
153 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
154 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
155 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
156 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
157 * remove prefix for make install
159 - fix compres image in raw image
160 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
161 - fix convert failed issue
163 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012
164 ===========================================================
165 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
166 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
167 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
168 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
169 * centralized interface to check existing images
170 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
171 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
173 - fix logfile context lost issue
174 - fix attachment package url handling
175 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
177 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012
178 ===========================================================
179 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
180 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
181 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
182 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
183 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
185 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
186 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
187 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
189 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012
190 ===========================================================
191 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
192 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
193 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
194 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
195 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
196 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
197 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
198 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
200 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012
201 ===========================================================
202 * partition alignment support
203 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
204 * update dist files in git source
205 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
206 * add 40 system test case for help
207 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
209 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012
210 ===========================================================
211 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
212 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
213 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
214 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
215 * make msger to accept Unicode string
216 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
217 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
218 * new written man page
220 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012
221 ===========================================================
222 * give hint when converted image existed
223 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
224 * space check before copy image
225 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
226 * runner.py refinement
227 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
228 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
229 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
231 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
232 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
234 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012
235 ===========================================================
236 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
237 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
238 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
239 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
240 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
241 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
242 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
244 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
245 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
246 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
248 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012
249 ===========================================================
250 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
251 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
252 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
253 * Check valid repos in ks file
254 * Space check update and catch no space exception
255 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
256 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
257 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
259 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011
260 ===========================================================
261 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
262 * Enable proxy support in config file
263 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
264 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
265 * Add 47 system test case
266 * Improve md5sum generation
267 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
268 * Add option --name_prefix
269 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
270 * Backport from mic2:
271 - Add priority and cost option for repos
272 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
274 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011
275 ===========================================================
276 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
277 * Append distfiles and Makefile
278 * Check arch type from repo data
279 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
280 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
281 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
282 * Disable ca check for https
283 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
284 * untrack mic/__version__.py
285 * Fix some minor issues
287 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011
288 ===========================================================
289 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
290 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
291 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
292 * Support the following global command line options:
295 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
297 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
298 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
299 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
300 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
302 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
304 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH