1 Release 0.24.3 - Mon Nov 17 2014 - Yongfeng Du <dolpher.du@intel.com>
2 =====================================================================
3 * add qcow2 image format support
5 - fix qemu arm and arm64 issues
6 - remove --preserve-order option in taring fs image
8 Release 0.24 - Tue Mar 11 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
9 =====================================================================
10 * enhance to handle password with special characters
11 * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
12 * add --repo comand option for local build
13 * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
14 * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
15 * add hostname showing in log
17 - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
18 - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
19 - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
20 - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
21 - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
22 - fix loop device latency timing
23 - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
24 - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
26 Release 0.23 - Fri Dec 12 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
27 =====================================================================
28 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
29 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
30 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
31 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
32 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
33 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
35 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
36 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
37 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
38 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
40 Release 0.22 - Thu Oct 24 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
41 =====================================================================
42 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
43 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
44 * refine error class module
45 * improve installation in virtualenv
46 * add bash completion support
47 * add zsh completion support
48 * export mapper device related to installer framework
49 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
51 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
52 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
53 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
54 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
55 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
56 - correct project url in setup.py
57 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
59 Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
60 =====================================================================
61 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
62 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
63 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
64 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
65 * enable proxy setting with authentication
66 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
67 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
68 * reload device mapper using 'dmsetup' utility
70 - fix bootloader options omitted
71 - warn failed boot partition flags set
72 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
75 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
76 =====================================================================
77 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
78 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
79 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
80 * improve output message of post scripts
82 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
84 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
85 =====================================================================
86 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
87 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
88 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
89 * update some depends and fix depends issue
91 - fix bug autologinuser always set
92 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
93 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
95 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
96 =====================================================================
97 * put build_id before image name for release option
98 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
99 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
100 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
102 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
103 - fix release option failure with slash
104 - fix man page lost in some distros
105 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
107 - unify import statements to absolute import
108 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
109 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
110 - clean up some bad indentations
111 - improve some error messages
113 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
114 =====================================================================
115 * support new distribution Fedora 18
116 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
117 * support partitions without mount point
118 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
119 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
121 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
122 - fix incorrect alignment handling
123 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
124 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
126 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
127 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
129 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
130 =====================================================================
131 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
132 * remove suffix when release specified
133 * roll back to original naming for release
135 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
136 =====================================================================
137 * add GPT support for UEFI format
138 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
139 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
140 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
141 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
142 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
143 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
144 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
145 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
146 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
147 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
148 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
149 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
150 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
151 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
152 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
154 - update documentation
155 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
156 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
157 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
158 - sepreate the download related as independent module
160 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
161 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
162 - recalculate package content recording
163 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
164 - fix existing loop images overwritten
166 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
167 =====================================================================
169 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
170 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
171 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
172 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
173 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
175 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
176 - verify if logfile is a file
177 - fix type error when calling mknod
178 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
179 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
180 - fix type error when calling mknod
182 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
183 =====================================================================
184 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
185 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
186 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
187 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
188 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
189 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
190 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
191 * update the documentation and man page
192 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
193 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
194 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
196 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
197 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
198 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
199 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
200 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
201 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
202 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
203 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
205 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
206 =====================================================================
207 * support dracut for live image
208 * update bmap version to 1.1
210 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
211 =====================================================================
212 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
213 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
214 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
215 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
217 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
218 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
220 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
221 =====================================================================
222 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
223 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
224 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
225 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
226 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
227 * support label assign for raw image
229 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
230 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
231 - fix mic --version ugly output
233 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
234 =====================================================================
235 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
236 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
237 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
238 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
240 - fix popup message in ubuntus
241 - fix unicode issue for logfile
242 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
244 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
245 =====================================================================
246 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
247 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
248 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
249 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
250 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
251 * remove prefix for make install
253 - fix compres image in raw image
254 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
255 - fix convert failed issue
257 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
258 =====================================================================
259 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
260 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
261 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
262 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
263 * centralized interface to check existing images
264 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
265 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
267 - fix logfile context lost issue
268 - fix attachment package url handling
269 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
271 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
272 =====================================================================
273 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
274 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
275 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
276 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
277 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
279 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
280 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
281 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
283 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
284 =====================================================================
285 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
286 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
287 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
288 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
289 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
290 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
291 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
292 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
294 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
295 =====================================================================
296 * partition alignment support
297 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
298 * update dist files in git source
299 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
300 * add 40 system test case for help
301 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
303 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
304 =====================================================================
305 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
306 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
307 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
308 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
309 * make msger to accept Unicode string
310 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
311 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
312 * new written man page
314 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
315 =====================================================================
316 * give hint when converted image existed
317 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
318 * space check before copy image
319 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
320 * runner.py refinement
321 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
322 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
323 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
325 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
326 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
328 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
329 =====================================================================
330 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
331 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
332 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
333 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
334 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
335 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
336 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
338 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
339 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
340 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
342 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
343 =====================================================================
344 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
345 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
346 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
347 * Check valid repos in ks file
348 * Space check update and catch no space exception
349 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
350 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
351 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
353 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
354 =====================================================================
355 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
356 * Enable proxy support in config file
357 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
358 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
359 * Add 47 system test case
360 * Improve md5sum generation
361 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
362 * Add option --name_prefix
363 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
364 * Backport from mic2:
365 - Add priority and cost option for repos
366 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
368 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
369 =====================================================================
370 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
371 * Append distfiles and Makefile
372 * Check arch type from repo data
373 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
374 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
375 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
376 * Disable ca check for https
377 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
378 * untrack mic/__version__.py
379 * Fix some minor issues
381 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
382 =====================================================================
383 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
384 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
385 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
386 * Support the following global command line options:
389 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
391 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
392 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
393 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
394 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
396 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
398 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH