1 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
2 =====================================================================
3 - new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
4 - introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
5 - copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
6 - update some depends and fix depends issue
8 - fix bug autologinuser always set
9 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
10 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
12 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
13 =====================================================================
14 * put build_id before image name for release option
15 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
16 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
17 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
19 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
20 - fix release option failure with slash
21 - fix man page lost in some distros
22 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
24 - unify import statements to absolute import
25 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
26 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
27 - clean up some bad indentations
28 - improve some error messages
30 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
31 =====================================================================
32 * support new distribution Fedora 18
33 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
34 * support partitions without mount point
35 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
36 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
38 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
39 - fix incorrect alignment handling
40 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
41 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
43 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
44 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
46 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
47 =====================================================================
48 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
49 * remove suffix when release specified
50 * roll back to original naming for release
52 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
53 =====================================================================
54 * add GPT support for UEFI format
55 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
56 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
57 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
58 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
59 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
60 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
61 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
62 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
63 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
64 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
65 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
66 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
67 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
68 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
69 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
71 - update documentation
72 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
73 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
74 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
75 - sepreate the download related as independent module
77 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
78 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
79 - recalculate package content recording
80 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
81 - fix existing loop images overwritten
83 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
84 =====================================================================
86 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
87 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
88 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
89 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
90 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
92 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
93 - verify if logfile is a file
94 - fix type error when calling mknod
95 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
96 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
97 - fix type error when calling mknod
99 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
100 =====================================================================
101 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
102 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
103 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
104 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
105 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
106 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
107 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
108 * update the documentation and man page
109 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
110 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
111 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
113 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
114 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
115 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
116 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
117 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
118 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
119 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
120 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
122 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
123 =====================================================================
124 * support dracut for live image
125 * update bmap version to 1.1
127 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
128 =====================================================================
129 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
130 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
131 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
132 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
134 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
135 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
137 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
138 =====================================================================
139 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
140 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
141 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
142 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
143 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
144 * support label assign for raw image
146 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
147 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
148 - fix mic --version ugly output
150 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
151 =====================================================================
152 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
153 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
154 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
155 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
157 - fix popup message in ubuntus
158 - fix unicode issue for logfile
159 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
161 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
162 =====================================================================
163 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
164 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
165 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
166 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
167 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
168 * remove prefix for make install
170 - fix compres image in raw image
171 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
172 - fix convert failed issue
174 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
175 =====================================================================
176 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
177 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
178 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
179 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
180 * centralized interface to check existing images
181 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
182 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
184 - fix logfile context lost issue
185 - fix attachment package url handling
186 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
188 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
189 =====================================================================
190 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
191 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
192 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
193 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
194 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
196 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
197 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
198 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
200 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
201 =====================================================================
202 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
203 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
204 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
205 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
206 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
207 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
208 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
209 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
211 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
212 =====================================================================
213 * partition alignment support
214 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
215 * update dist files in git source
216 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
217 * add 40 system test case for help
218 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
220 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
221 =====================================================================
222 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
223 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
224 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
225 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
226 * make msger to accept Unicode string
227 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
228 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
229 * new written man page
231 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
232 =====================================================================
233 * give hint when converted image existed
234 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
235 * space check before copy image
236 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
237 * runner.py refinement
238 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
239 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
240 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
242 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
243 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
245 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
246 =====================================================================
247 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
248 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
249 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
250 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
251 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
252 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
253 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
255 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
256 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
257 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
259 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
260 =====================================================================
261 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
262 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
263 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
264 * Check valid repos in ks file
265 * Space check update and catch no space exception
266 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
267 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
268 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
270 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
271 =====================================================================
272 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
273 * Enable proxy support in config file
274 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
275 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
276 * Add 47 system test case
277 * Improve md5sum generation
278 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
279 * Add option --name_prefix
280 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
281 * Backport from mic2:
282 - Add priority and cost option for repos
283 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
285 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
286 =====================================================================
287 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
288 * Append distfiles and Makefile
289 * Check arch type from repo data
290 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
291 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
292 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
293 * Disable ca check for https
294 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
295 * untrack mic/__version__.py
296 * Fix some minor issues
298 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
299 =====================================================================
300 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
301 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
302 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
303 * Support the following global command line options:
306 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
308 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
309 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
310 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
311 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
313 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
315 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH