1 Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
2 =====================================================================
3 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
4 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
5 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
6 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
7 * enable proxy setting with authentication
8 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
9 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
11 - fix bootloader options omitted
12 - raise when incorrectly set partition flags 'legacy_boot'
13 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
16 Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
17 =====================================================================
18 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
19 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
20 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
21 * improve output message of post scripts
23 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
25 Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
26 =====================================================================
27 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
28 * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
29 * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
30 * update some depends and fix depends issue
32 - fix bug autologinuser always set
33 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
34 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
36 Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
37 =====================================================================
38 * put build_id before image name for release option
39 * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
40 * enable --priority in ks to set priority
41 * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
43 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
44 - fix release option failure with slash
45 - fix man page lost in some distros
46 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
48 - unify import statements to absolute import
49 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
50 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
51 - clean up some bad indentations
52 - improve some error messages
54 Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
55 =====================================================================
56 * support new distribution Fedora 18
57 * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
58 * support partitions without mount point
59 * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
60 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
62 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
63 - fix incorrect alignment handling
64 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
65 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
67 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
68 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
70 Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
71 =====================================================================
72 * fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
73 * remove suffix when release specified
74 * roll back to original naming for release
76 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
77 =====================================================================
78 * add GPT support for UEFI format
79 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
80 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
81 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
82 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
83 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
84 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
85 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
86 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
87 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
88 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
89 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
90 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
91 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
92 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
93 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
95 - update documentation
96 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
97 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
98 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
99 - sepreate the download related as independent module
101 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
102 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
103 - recalculate package content recording
104 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
105 - fix existing loop images overwritten
107 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
108 =====================================================================
110 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
111 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
112 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
113 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
114 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
116 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
117 - verify if logfile is a file
118 - fix type error when calling mknod
119 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
120 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
121 - fix type error when calling mknod
123 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
124 =====================================================================
125 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
126 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
127 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
128 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
129 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
130 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
131 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
132 * update the documentation and man page
133 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
134 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
135 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
137 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
138 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
139 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
140 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
141 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
142 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
143 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
144 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
146 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
147 =====================================================================
148 * support dracut for live image
149 * update bmap version to 1.1
151 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
152 =====================================================================
153 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
154 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
155 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
156 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
158 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
159 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
161 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
162 =====================================================================
163 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
164 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
165 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
166 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
167 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
168 * support label assign for raw image
170 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
171 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
172 - fix mic --version ugly output
174 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
175 =====================================================================
176 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
177 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
178 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
179 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
181 - fix popup message in ubuntus
182 - fix unicode issue for logfile
183 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
185 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
186 =====================================================================
187 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
188 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
189 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
190 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
191 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
192 * remove prefix for make install
194 - fix compres image in raw image
195 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
196 - fix convert failed issue
198 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
199 =====================================================================
200 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
201 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
202 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
203 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
204 * centralized interface to check existing images
205 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
206 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
208 - fix logfile context lost issue
209 - fix attachment package url handling
210 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
212 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
213 =====================================================================
214 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
215 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
216 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
217 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
218 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
220 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
221 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
222 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
224 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
225 =====================================================================
226 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
227 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
228 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
229 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
230 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
231 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
232 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
233 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
235 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
236 =====================================================================
237 * partition alignment support
238 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
239 * update dist files in git source
240 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
241 * add 40 system test case for help
242 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
244 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
245 =====================================================================
246 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
247 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
248 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
249 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
250 * make msger to accept Unicode string
251 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
252 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
253 * new written man page
255 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
256 =====================================================================
257 * give hint when converted image existed
258 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
259 * space check before copy image
260 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
261 * runner.py refinement
262 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
263 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
264 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
266 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
267 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
269 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
270 =====================================================================
271 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
272 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
273 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
274 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
275 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
276 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
277 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
279 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
280 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
281 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
283 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
284 =====================================================================
285 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
286 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
287 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
288 * Check valid repos in ks file
289 * Space check update and catch no space exception
290 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
291 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
292 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
294 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
295 =====================================================================
296 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
297 * Enable proxy support in config file
298 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
299 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
300 * Add 47 system test case
301 * Improve md5sum generation
302 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
303 * Add option --name_prefix
304 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
305 * Backport from mic2:
306 - Add priority and cost option for repos
307 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
309 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
310 =====================================================================
311 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
312 * Append distfiles and Makefile
313 * Check arch type from repo data
314 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
315 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
316 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
317 * Disable ca check for https
318 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
319 * untrack mic/__version__.py
320 * Fix some minor issues
322 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
323 =====================================================================
324 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
325 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
326 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
327 * Support the following global command line options:
330 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
332 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
333 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
334 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
335 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
337 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
339 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH