1 Release 0.27.1 - Wed May 25 2016 - Jianzhong Fang <jz.fang@samsung.com>
2 =====================================================================
3 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 16.04
4 * add raw image format support
6 - fix remove BmapCreate and Filemap source code (#DEVT-151)
8 Release 0.27 - Mon Mar 28 2016 - Jianzhong Fang <jz.fang@samsung.com>
9 =====================================================================
10 * new distribution support: CentOS 7, Debian 8, Fedora 21,
11 Fedora 22, openSUSE 13.2
12 * generate manifest file to describe image information
13 * refactor archive and compress module
14 * support sparse handle for tar command
15 * replace system V with systemd on locale setting
16 * add qcow2 image format support
17 * add strict mode for package installing
18 * enable ssl_verify option in config file
19 * enhance checksums of outputs: md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum (#DEVT-224)
20 * drop mic-native support (#DEVT-248)
22 * revert bind mount config file to instroot
23 * drop liveusb, livecd and raw image formats support (#DEVT-243, #DEVT-263)
24 * use argparse module to parse the cmd line (#DEVT-52)
28 - fix logfile incomplete in release option
29 - fix config file disappear in bootstrap
30 - fix aarch64 bin_format
32 - fix real path of device mapper causing initrd failure
33 - fix qemu arm and arm64 issues
34 - fix AttributeError in zypp backend
35 - fix 'python-xml' depends used by cElements
36 - fix xml requirements
37 - fix logfile not in release of '--release' when creation failed
38 - fix copyright missing issue
39 - fix syslinux installation path issue in Arch Linux
40 - fix priority option of ks file not apply (#DEVT-254)
41 - fix need to check loop device after excute 'losetup --find'
42 - fix check scriptlet error file on /tmp/.postscript/error/
43 - fix broken tar archive
45 Release 0.24 - Tue Mar 11 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
46 =====================================================================
47 * enhance to handle password with special characters
48 * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
49 * add --repo comand option for local build
50 * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
51 * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
52 * add hostname showing in log
54 - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
55 - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
56 - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
57 - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
58 - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
59 - fix loop device latency timing
60 - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
61 - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
63 Release 0.23 - Fri Dec 12 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
64 =====================================================================
65 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
66 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
67 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
68 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
69 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
70 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
72 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
73 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
74 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
75 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
77 Release 0.22 - Thu Oct 24 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
78 =====================================================================
79 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
80 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
81 * refine error class module
82 * improve installation in virtualenv
83 * add bash completion support
84 * add zsh completion support
85 * export mapper device related to installer framework
86 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
88 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
89 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
90 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
91 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
92 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
93 - correct project url in setup.py
94 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
96 Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
97 =====================================================================
98 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
99 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
100 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
101 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
102 * enable proxy setting with authentication
103 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
104 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
105 * reload device mapper using 'dmsetup' utility
107 - fix bootloader options omitted
108 - warn failed boot partition flags set
109 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
112 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
113 =====================================================================
114 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
115 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
116 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
117 * improve output message of post scripts
119 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
121 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
122 =====================================================================
123 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
124 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
125 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
126 * update some depends and fix depends issue
128 - fix bug autologinuser always set
129 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
130 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
132 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
133 =====================================================================
134 * put build_id before image name for release option
135 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
136 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
137 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
139 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
140 - fix release option failure with slash
141 - fix man page lost in some distros
142 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
144 - unify import statements to absolute import
145 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
146 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
147 - clean up some bad indentations
148 - improve some error messages
150 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
151 =====================================================================
152 * support new distribution Fedora 18
153 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
154 * support partitions without mount point
155 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
156 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
158 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
159 - fix incorrect alignment handling
160 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
161 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
163 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
164 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
166 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
167 =====================================================================
168 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
169 * remove suffix when release specified
170 * roll back to original naming for release
172 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
173 =====================================================================
174 * add GPT support for UEFI format
175 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
176 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
177 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
178 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
179 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
180 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
181 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
182 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
183 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
184 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
185 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
186 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
187 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
188 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
189 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
191 - update documentation
192 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
193 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
194 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
195 - sepreate the download related as independent module
197 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
198 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
199 - recalculate package content recording
200 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
201 - fix existing loop images overwritten
203 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
204 =====================================================================
206 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
207 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
208 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
209 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
210 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
212 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
213 - verify if logfile is a file
214 - fix type error when calling mknod
215 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
216 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
217 - fix type error when calling mknod
219 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
220 =====================================================================
221 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
222 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
223 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
224 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
225 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
226 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
227 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
228 * update the documentation and man page
229 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
230 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
231 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
233 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
234 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
235 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
236 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
237 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
238 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
239 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
240 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
242 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
243 =====================================================================
244 * support dracut for live image
245 * update bmap version to 1.1
247 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
248 =====================================================================
249 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
250 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
251 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
252 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
254 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
255 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
257 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
258 =====================================================================
259 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
260 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
261 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
262 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
263 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
264 * support label assign for raw image
266 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
267 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
268 - fix mic --version ugly output
270 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
271 =====================================================================
272 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
273 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
274 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
275 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
277 - fix popup message in ubuntus
278 - fix unicode issue for logfile
279 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
281 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
282 =====================================================================
283 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
284 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
285 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
286 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
287 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
288 * remove prefix for make install
290 - fix compres image in raw image
291 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
292 - fix convert failed issue
294 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
295 =====================================================================
296 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
297 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
298 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
299 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
300 * centralized interface to check existing images
301 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
302 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
304 - fix logfile context lost issue
305 - fix attachment package url handling
306 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
308 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
309 =====================================================================
310 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
311 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
312 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
313 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
314 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
316 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
317 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
318 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
320 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
321 =====================================================================
322 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
323 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
324 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
325 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
326 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
327 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
328 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
329 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
331 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
332 =====================================================================
333 * partition alignment support
334 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
335 * update dist files in git source
336 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
337 * add 40 system test case for help
338 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
340 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
341 =====================================================================
342 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
343 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
344 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
345 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
346 * make msger to accept Unicode string
347 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
348 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
349 * new written man page
351 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
352 =====================================================================
353 * give hint when converted image existed
354 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
355 * space check before copy image
356 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
357 * runner.py refinement
358 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
359 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
360 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
362 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
363 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
365 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
366 =====================================================================
367 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
368 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
369 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
370 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
371 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
372 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
373 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
375 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
376 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
377 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
379 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
380 =====================================================================
381 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
382 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
383 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
384 * Check valid repos in ks file
385 * Space check update and catch no space exception
386 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
387 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
388 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
390 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
391 =====================================================================
392 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
393 * Enable proxy support in config file
394 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
395 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
396 * Add 47 system test case
397 * Improve md5sum generation
398 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
399 * Add option --name_prefix
400 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
401 * Backport from mic2:
402 - Add priority and cost option for repos
403 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
405 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
406 =====================================================================
407 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
408 * Append distfiles and Makefile
409 * Check arch type from repo data
410 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
411 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
412 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
413 * Disable ca check for https
414 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
415 * untrack mic/__version__.py
416 * Fix some minor issues
418 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
419 =====================================================================
420 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
421 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
422 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
423 * Support the following global command line options:
426 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
428 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
429 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
430 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
431 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
433 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
435 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH