1 Release 0.27 - Mon Mar 28 2016 - Jianzhong Fang <jz.fang@samsung.com>
2 =====================================================================
3 * new distribution support: CentOS 7, Debian 8, Fedora 21,
4 Fedora 22, Fedora 23, openSUSE 13.2
5 * generate manifest file to describe image information
6 * refactor archive and compress module
7 * support sparse handle for tar command
8 * replace system V with systemd on locale setting
9 * add qcow2 image format support
10 * add strict mode for package installing
11 * enable ssl_verify option in config file
12 * enhance checksums of outputs: md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum
13 * drop mic-native support
15 * revert bind mount config file to instroot
16 * drop liveusb, livecd and raw image formats support
17 * use argparse module to parse the cmd line
20 - fix logfile incomplete in release option
21 - fix config file disappear in bootstrap
22 - fix aarch64 bin_format
24 - fix real path of device mapper causing initrd failure
25 - fix qemu arm and arm64 issues
26 - fix AttributeError in zypp backend
27 - fix 'python-xml' depends used by cElements
28 - fix xml requirements
29 - fix logfile not in release of '--release' when creation failed
30 - fix copyright missing issue
31 - fix syslinux installation path issue in Arch Linux
32 - fix priority option of ks file not apply
33 - fix need to check loop device after excute 'losetup --find'
34 - fix check scriptlet error file on /tmp/.postscript/error/
35 - fix broken tar archive
37 Release 0.24 - Tue Mar 11 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
38 =====================================================================
39 * enhance to handle password with special characters
40 * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
41 * add --repo comand option for local build
42 * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
43 * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
44 * add hostname showing in log
46 - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
47 - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
48 - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
49 - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
50 - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
51 - fix loop device latency timing
52 - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
53 - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
55 Release 0.23 - Fri Dec 12 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
56 =====================================================================
57 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
58 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
59 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
60 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
61 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
62 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
64 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
65 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
66 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
67 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
69 Release 0.22 - Thu Oct 24 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
70 =====================================================================
71 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
72 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
73 * refine error class module
74 * improve installation in virtualenv
75 * add bash completion support
76 * add zsh completion support
77 * export mapper device related to installer framework
78 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
80 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
81 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
82 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
83 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
84 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
85 - correct project url in setup.py
86 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
88 Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
89 =====================================================================
90 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
91 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
92 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
93 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
94 * enable proxy setting with authentication
95 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
96 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
97 * reload device mapper using 'dmsetup' utility
99 - fix bootloader options omitted
100 - warn failed boot partition flags set
101 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
104 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
105 =====================================================================
106 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
107 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
108 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
109 * improve output message of post scripts
111 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
113 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
114 =====================================================================
115 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
116 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
117 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
118 * update some depends and fix depends issue
120 - fix bug autologinuser always set
121 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
122 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
124 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
125 =====================================================================
126 * put build_id before image name for release option
127 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
128 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
129 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
131 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
132 - fix release option failure with slash
133 - fix man page lost in some distros
134 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
136 - unify import statements to absolute import
137 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
138 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
139 - clean up some bad indentations
140 - improve some error messages
142 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
143 =====================================================================
144 * support new distribution Fedora 18
145 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
146 * support partitions without mount point
147 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
148 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
150 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
151 - fix incorrect alignment handling
152 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
153 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
155 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
156 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
158 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
159 =====================================================================
160 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
161 * remove suffix when release specified
162 * roll back to original naming for release
164 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
165 =====================================================================
166 * add GPT support for UEFI format
167 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
168 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
169 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
170 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
171 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
172 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
173 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
174 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
175 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
176 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
177 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
178 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
179 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
180 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
181 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
183 - update documentation
184 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
185 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
186 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
187 - sepreate the download related as independent module
189 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
190 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
191 - recalculate package content recording
192 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
193 - fix existing loop images overwritten
195 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
196 =====================================================================
198 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
199 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
200 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
201 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
202 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
204 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
205 - verify if logfile is a file
206 - fix type error when calling mknod
207 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
208 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
209 - fix type error when calling mknod
211 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
212 =====================================================================
213 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
214 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
215 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
216 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
217 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
218 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
219 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
220 * update the documentation and man page
221 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
222 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
223 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
225 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
226 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
227 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
228 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
229 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
230 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
231 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
232 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
234 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
235 =====================================================================
236 * support dracut for live image
237 * update bmap version to 1.1
239 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
240 =====================================================================
241 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
242 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
243 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
244 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
246 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
247 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
249 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
250 =====================================================================
251 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
252 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
253 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
254 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
255 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
256 * support label assign for raw image
258 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
259 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
260 - fix mic --version ugly output
262 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
263 =====================================================================
264 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
265 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
266 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
267 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
269 - fix popup message in ubuntus
270 - fix unicode issue for logfile
271 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
273 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
274 =====================================================================
275 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
276 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
277 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
278 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
279 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
280 * remove prefix for make install
282 - fix compres image in raw image
283 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
284 - fix convert failed issue
286 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
287 =====================================================================
288 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
289 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
290 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
291 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
292 * centralized interface to check existing images
293 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
294 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
296 - fix logfile context lost issue
297 - fix attachment package url handling
298 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
300 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
301 =====================================================================
302 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
303 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
304 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
305 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
306 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
308 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
309 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
310 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
312 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
313 =====================================================================
314 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
315 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
316 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
317 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
318 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
319 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
320 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
321 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
323 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
324 =====================================================================
325 * partition alignment support
326 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
327 * update dist files in git source
328 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
329 * add 40 system test case for help
330 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
332 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
333 =====================================================================
334 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
335 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
336 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
337 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
338 * make msger to accept Unicode string
339 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
340 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
341 * new written man page
343 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
344 =====================================================================
345 * give hint when converted image existed
346 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
347 * space check before copy image
348 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
349 * runner.py refinement
350 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
351 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
352 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
354 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
355 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
357 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
358 =====================================================================
359 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
360 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
361 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
362 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
363 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
364 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
365 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
367 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
368 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
369 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
371 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
372 =====================================================================
373 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
374 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
375 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
376 * Check valid repos in ks file
377 * Space check update and catch no space exception
378 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
379 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
380 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
382 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
383 =====================================================================
384 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
385 * Enable proxy support in config file
386 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
387 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
388 * Add 47 system test case
389 * Improve md5sum generation
390 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
391 * Add option --name_prefix
392 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
393 * Backport from mic2:
394 - Add priority and cost option for repos
395 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
397 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
398 =====================================================================
399 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
400 * Append distfiles and Makefile
401 * Check arch type from repo data
402 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
403 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
404 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
405 * Disable ca check for https
406 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
407 * untrack mic/__version__.py
408 * Fix some minor issues
410 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
411 =====================================================================
412 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
413 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
414 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
415 * Support the following global command line options:
418 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
420 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
421 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
422 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
423 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
425 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
427 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH