1 * Mon Nov 24 2014 Yongfeng Du <dolpher.du@intel.com> - 0.24.3
3 - fix qemu arm and arm64 issues
4 - remove --preserve-order option in taring fs image
6 * Wed Jul 09 2014 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.24.2
7 * enable ssl_verify in config file
8 * fix logfile incompleted issue
9 * fix md5sum to be compatible with utility md5sum
10 * fix locale issue in systemd service
12 * Tue Mar 11 2014 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.24
13 * enhance to handle password with special characters
14 * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
15 * add --repo comand option for local build
16 * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
17 * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
18 * add hostname showing in log
20 - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
21 - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
22 - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
23 - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
24 - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
25 - fix loop device latency timing
26 - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
27 - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
29 * Fri Dec 12 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.23
30 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
31 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
32 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
33 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
34 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
35 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
37 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
38 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
39 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
40 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
42 * Thu Oct 24 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.22
43 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
44 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
45 * refine error class module
46 * improve installation in virtualenv
47 * add bash completion support
48 * add zsh completion support
49 * export mapper device related to installer framework
50 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
52 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
53 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
54 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
55 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
56 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
57 - correct project url in setup.py
58 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
60 * Mon Aug 26 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.21
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
69 - fix bootloader options omitted
70 - raise when incorrectly set partition flags 'legacy_boot'
71 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
74 * Mon Jul 01 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.20
75 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
76 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
77 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
78 * improve output message of post scripts
80 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
82 * Thu May 16 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.19
83 - new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
84 - introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
85 - copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
86 - update some depends and fix depends issue
88 - fix bug autologinuser always set
89 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
90 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
92 * Mon Apr 03 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.18
93 - put build_id before image name for release option
94 - mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
95 - enable --priority in ks to set priority
96 - upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
98 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
99 - fix release option failure with slash
100 - fix man page lost in some distros
101 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
103 - unify import statements to absolute import
104 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
105 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
106 - clean up some bad indentations
107 - improve some error messages
109 * Tue Feb 28 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.17
110 - support new distribution Fedora 18
111 - enable to handle more than 3 partitions
112 - support partitions without mount point
113 - move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
114 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
116 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
117 - fix incorrect alignment handling
118 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
119 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
121 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
122 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
124 * Wed Jan 30 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.16
125 - add GPT support for UEFI format
126 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
127 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
128 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
129 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
130 - improve alignment to reduce unused space
131 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
132 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
133 - append timestamp suffix to image name by default
134 - add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
135 - add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
136 - add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
137 - introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
138 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
139 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
140 - improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
142 - update documentation
143 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
144 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
145 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
146 - sepreate the download related as independent module
148 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
149 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
150 - recalculate package content recording
151 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
152 - fix existing loop images overwritten
154 * Fri Aug 31 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.15
155 - Release 0.15, changes including:
156 - new bootstrap implementation: use bootstrap as default
157 - enable 'pkgmgr=auto' to use auto-selected backend
158 - just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
159 - remove username and password in zypp repo file
160 - update usage.rst for man page
162 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
163 - fix repodata checksum failed issue
164 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
166 * Thu Aug 02 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.14
167 - Release 0.14, changes including:
168 - use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
169 - skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
170 - prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
171 - replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
172 - enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
173 - support label assign for raw image
175 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
176 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
177 - fix mic --version ugly output
179 * Wed Jul 12 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.13
180 - Release 0.13, changes including:
181 - create logfile as default when --release specifid
182 - use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
183 - automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
184 - record version and os info in build log and logfile
186 - fix popup message in ubuntus
187 - fix unicode issue for logfile
188 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
190 * Wed Jun 20 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.12
191 - Release 0.12, changes including:
192 - use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
193 - enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
194 - add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
195 - avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
196 - relocate and refactor selinux_check func
197 - remove prefix for make install
199 - fix compres image in raw image
200 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
201 - fix convert failed issue
203 * Fri Jun 08 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.11
204 - Release 0.11, changes including:
205 - support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
206 - enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
207 - support packing images together and support compressed file format
208 - reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
209 - centralized interface to check existing images
210 - avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
211 - resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
213 - fix logfile context lost issue
214 - fix attachment package url handling
215 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
217 * Tue May 15 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.10
218 - Release 0.10.4, changes including:
219 - container support using '%attachment' section in ks
220 - add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
221 - auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
222 - remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
223 - tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
225 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
226 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
227 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
229 * Fri Apr 13 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.9
230 - Release 0.9, changes including:
231 - support pre-install package with zypp backend
232 - sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
233 - enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
234 - rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
235 - fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
236 - remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
237 - fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
238 - cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
240 * Mon Mar 26 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.8
241 - Release 0.8, changes including:
242 - partition alignment support
243 - remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
244 - update dist files in git source
245 - update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
246 - add 40 system test case for help
247 - rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
249 * Fri Mar 02 2012 Jian-feng Ding <jian-feng.ding@intel.com> - 0.7
250 - Release 0.7, changes including:
251 - zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
252 - zypp backend: more friendly output message
253 - backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
254 - enhancement for multiple partition loop format
255 - make msger to accept Unicode string
256 - fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
257 - fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
258 - new written man page
260 * Thu Feb 16 2012 Qiang Zhang <qiang.z.zhang@intel.com> - 0.6
261 - Release 0.6, changes including:
262 - give hint when converted image existed
263 - conf.py: proxy scheme check
264 - space check before copy image
265 - zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
266 - runner.py refinement
267 - ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
268 - support more compression formats than only bzip2
269 - fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
271 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
272 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
274 * Mon Feb 06 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.5
275 - Release 0.5, changes including:
276 - Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
277 - Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
278 - Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
279 - Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
280 - Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
281 - Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
282 - Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
284 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
285 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
286 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
288 * Fri Jan 06 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.4
289 - Release 0.4, changes including:
290 - Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
291 - Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
292 - Break dependency between backend and baseimage
293 - Check valid repos in ks file
294 - Space check update and catch no space exception
295 - Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
296 - Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
297 - Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
299 * Mon Dec 26 2011 Zhang Qiang<qiang.z.zhang@intel.com> - 0.3
300 - Upgrade to version 0.3, changes including:
301 - Unit test support, run 'make test'
302 - Enable proxy support in config file
303 - Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
304 - Support multi instance with different cache dir
305 - Add 47 system test case
306 - Improve md5sum generation
307 - Add repo option --ssl_verify
308 - Add option --name_prefix
309 - Reformatted code according to PEP08
310 - Backport from mic2:
311 - Add priority and cost option for repos
312 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
314 * Tue Nov 29 2011 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.2
315 - Release 0.2, with the following changes:
316 - Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
317 - Append distfiles and Makefile
318 - Check arch type from repo data
319 - Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
320 - Fix chroot issue caused by image size
321 - Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
322 - Disable ca check for https
323 - Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
324 - untrack mic/__version__.py
325 - Fix some minor issues
327 * Thu Oct 27 2011 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.1
328 - Official release 0.1, with the following features:
329 - Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
330 - Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
331 - Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
332 - Support the following global command line options:
335 - Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
337 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
338 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
339 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
340 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
342 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
344 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH
346 Please read README.rst for more details.