1 Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013
2 ===========================================================
3 * add GPT support for UEFI format
4 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
5 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
6 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
7 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
8 * improve alignment to reduce unused space
9 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
10 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
11 * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
12 * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
13 * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
14 * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
15 * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
16 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
17 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
18 * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
20 - update documentation
21 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
22 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
23 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
24 - sepreate the download related as independent module
26 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
27 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
28 - recalculate package content recording
29 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
30 - fix existing loop images overwritten
32 Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013
33 ===========================================================
35 - fix loop device not cleaned issue
36 - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
37 - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
38 - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
39 - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
41 - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
42 - verify if logfile is a file
43 - fix type error when calling mknod
44 - fix the failure if ks under / dir
45 - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
46 - fix type error when calling mknod
48 Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012
49 ===========================================================
50 * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
51 - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
52 - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
53 - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
54 * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
55 - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
56 - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
57 * update the documentation and man page
58 * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
59 * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
60 * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
62 - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
63 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
64 - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
65 - split out username and password in zypp repo file
66 - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
67 - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
68 - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
69 - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
71 Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012
72 ===========================================================
73 * support dracut for live image
74 * update bmap version to 1.1
76 Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012
77 ===========================================================
78 * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
79 * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
80 * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
81 * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
83 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
84 - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
86 Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012
87 ===========================================================
88 * use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
89 * skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
90 * prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
91 * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
92 * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
93 * support label assign for raw image
95 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
96 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
97 - fix mic --version ugly output
99 Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012
100 ===========================================================
101 * create logfile as default when --release specifid
102 * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
103 * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
104 * record version and os info in build log and logfile
106 - fix popup message in ubuntus
107 - fix unicode issue for logfile
108 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
110 Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012
111 ===========================================================
112 * use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
113 * enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
114 * add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
115 * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
116 * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
117 * remove prefix for make install
119 - fix compres image in raw image
120 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
121 - fix convert failed issue
123 Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012
124 ===========================================================
125 * support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
126 * enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
127 * support packing images together and support compressed file format
128 * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
129 * centralized interface to check existing images
130 * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
131 * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
133 - fix logfile context lost issue
134 - fix attachment package url handling
135 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
137 Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012
138 ===========================================================
139 * container support using '%attachment' section in ks
140 * add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
141 * auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
142 * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
143 * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
145 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
146 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
147 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
149 Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012
150 ===========================================================
151 * support pre-install package with zypp backend
152 * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
153 * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
154 * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
155 * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
156 * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
157 * fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
158 * cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
160 Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012
161 ===========================================================
162 * partition alignment support
163 * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
164 * update dist files in git source
165 * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
166 * add 40 system test case for help
167 * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
169 Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012
170 ===========================================================
171 * zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
172 * zypp backend: more friendly output message
173 * backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
174 * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
175 * make msger to accept Unicode string
176 * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
177 * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
178 * new written man page
180 Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012
181 ===========================================================
182 * give hint when converted image existed
183 * conf.py: proxy scheme check
184 * space check before copy image
185 * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
186 * runner.py refinement
187 * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
188 * support more compression formats than only bzip2
189 * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
191 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
192 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
194 Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012
195 ===========================================================
196 * Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
197 * Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
198 * Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
199 * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
200 * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
201 * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
202 * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
204 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
205 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
206 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
208 Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012
209 ===========================================================
210 * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
211 * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
212 * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
213 * Check valid repos in ks file
214 * Space check update and catch no space exception
215 * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
216 * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
217 * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
219 Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011
220 ===========================================================
221 * Unit test support, run 'make test'
222 * Enable proxy support in config file
223 * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
224 * Support multi instance with different cache dir
225 * Add 47 system test case
226 * Improve md5sum generation
227 * Add repo option --ssl_verify
228 * Add option --name_prefix
229 * Reformatted code according to PEP08
230 * Backport from mic2:
231 - Add priority and cost option for repos
232 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
234 Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011
235 ===========================================================
236 * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
237 * Append distfiles and Makefile
238 * Check arch type from repo data
239 * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
240 * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
241 * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
242 * Disable ca check for https
243 * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
244 * untrack mic/__version__.py
245 * Fix some minor issues
247 Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011
248 ===========================================================
249 * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
250 * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
251 * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
252 * Support the following global command line options:
255 * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
257 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
258 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
259 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
260 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
262 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
264 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH