1 * Mon Nov 17 2014 Yongfeng Du <dolpher.du@intel.com> - 0.24.3
2 * add qcow2 image format support
4 - fix qemu arm and arm64 issues
5 - remove --preserve-order option in taring fs image
7 * Wed Jul 09 2014 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.24.2
8 * enable ssl_verify in config file
9 * fix logfile incompleted issue
10 * fix md5sum to be compatible with utility md5sum
11 * fix locale issue in systemd service
13 * Tue Mar 11 2014 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.24
14 * enhance to handle password with special characters
15 * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
16 * add --repo comand option for local build
17 * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
18 * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
19 * add hostname showing in log
21 - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
22 - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
23 - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
24 - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
25 - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
26 - fix loop device latency timing
27 - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
28 - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
30 * Fri Dec 12 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.23
31 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
32 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
33 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
34 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
35 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
36 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
38 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
39 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
40 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
41 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
43 * Thu Oct 24 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.22
44 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
45 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
46 * refine error class module
47 * improve installation in virtualenv
48 * add bash completion support
49 * add zsh completion support
50 * export mapper device related to installer framework
51 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
53 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
54 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
55 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
56 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
57 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
58 - correct project url in setup.py
59 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
61 * Mon Aug 26 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.21
62 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
63 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
64 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
65 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
66 * enable proxy setting with authentication
67 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
68 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
70 - fix bootloader options omitted
71 - raise when incorrectly set partition flags 'legacy_boot'
72 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
75 * Mon Jul 01 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.20
76 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
77 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
78 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
79 * improve output message of post scripts
81 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
83 * Thu May 16 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.19
84 - new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
85 - introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
86 - copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
87 - update some depends and fix depends issue
89 - fix bug autologinuser always set
90 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
91 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
93 * Mon Apr 03 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.18
94 - put build_id before image name for release option
95 - mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
96 - enable --priority in ks to set priority
97 - upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
99 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
100 - fix release option failure with slash
101 - fix man page lost in some distros
102 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
104 - unify import statements to absolute import
105 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
106 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
107 - clean up some bad indentations
108 - improve some error messages
110 * Tue Feb 28 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.17
111 - support new distribution Fedora 18
112 - enable to handle more than 3 partitions
113 - support partitions without mount point
114 - move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
115 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
117 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
118 - fix incorrect alignment handling
119 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
120 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
122 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
123 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
125 * Wed Jan 30 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.16
126 - add GPT support for UEFI format
127 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
128 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
129 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
130 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
131 - improve alignment to reduce unused space
132 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
133 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
134 - append timestamp suffix to image name by default
135 - add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
136 - add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
137 - add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
138 - introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
139 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
140 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
141 - improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
143 - update documentation
144 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
145 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
146 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
147 - sepreate the download related as independent module
149 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
150 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
151 - recalculate package content recording
152 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
153 - fix existing loop images overwritten
155 * Fri Aug 31 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.15
156 - Release 0.15, changes including:
157 - new bootstrap implementation: use bootstrap as default
158 - enable 'pkgmgr=auto' to use auto-selected backend
159 - just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
160 - remove username and password in zypp repo file
161 - update usage.rst for man page
163 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
164 - fix repodata checksum failed issue
165 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
167 * Thu Aug 02 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.14
168 - Release 0.14, changes including:
169 - use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
170 - skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
171 - prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
172 - replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
173 - enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
174 - support label assign for raw image
176 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
177 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
178 - fix mic --version ugly output
180 * Wed Jul 12 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.13
181 - Release 0.13, changes including:
182 - create logfile as default when --release specifid
183 - use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
184 - automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
185 - record version and os info in build log and logfile
187 - fix popup message in ubuntus
188 - fix unicode issue for logfile
189 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
191 * Wed Jun 20 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.12
192 - Release 0.12, changes including:
193 - use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
194 - enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
195 - add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
196 - avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
197 - relocate and refactor selinux_check func
198 - remove prefix for make install
200 - fix compres image in raw image
201 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
202 - fix convert failed issue
204 * Fri Jun 08 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.11
205 - Release 0.11, changes including:
206 - support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
207 - enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
208 - support packing images together and support compressed file format
209 - reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
210 - centralized interface to check existing images
211 - avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
212 - resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
214 - fix logfile context lost issue
215 - fix attachment package url handling
216 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
218 * Tue May 15 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.10
219 - Release 0.10.4, changes including:
220 - container support using '%attachment' section in ks
221 - add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
222 - auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
223 - remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
224 - tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
226 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
227 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
228 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
230 * Fri Apr 13 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.9
231 - Release 0.9, changes including:
232 - support pre-install package with zypp backend
233 - sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
234 - enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
235 - rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
236 - fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
237 - remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
238 - fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
239 - cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
241 * Mon Mar 26 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.8
242 - Release 0.8, changes including:
243 - partition alignment support
244 - remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
245 - update dist files in git source
246 - update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
247 - add 40 system test case for help
248 - rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
250 * Fri Mar 02 2012 Jian-feng Ding <jian-feng.ding@intel.com> - 0.7
251 - Release 0.7, changes including:
252 - zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
253 - zypp backend: more friendly output message
254 - backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
255 - enhancement for multiple partition loop format
256 - make msger to accept Unicode string
257 - fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
258 - fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
259 - new written man page
261 * Thu Feb 16 2012 Qiang Zhang <qiang.z.zhang@intel.com> - 0.6
262 - Release 0.6, changes including:
263 - give hint when converted image existed
264 - conf.py: proxy scheme check
265 - space check before copy image
266 - zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
267 - runner.py refinement
268 - ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
269 - support more compression formats than only bzip2
270 - fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
272 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
273 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
275 * Mon Feb 06 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.5
276 - Release 0.5, changes including:
277 - Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
278 - Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
279 - Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
280 - Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
281 - Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
282 - Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
283 - Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
285 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
286 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
287 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
289 * Fri Jan 06 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.4
290 - Release 0.4, changes including:
291 - Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
292 - Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
293 - Break dependency between backend and baseimage
294 - Check valid repos in ks file
295 - Space check update and catch no space exception
296 - Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
297 - Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
298 - Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
300 * Mon Dec 26 2011 Zhang Qiang<qiang.z.zhang@intel.com> - 0.3
301 - Upgrade to version 0.3, changes including:
302 - Unit test support, run 'make test'
303 - Enable proxy support in config file
304 - Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
305 - Support multi instance with different cache dir
306 - Add 47 system test case
307 - Improve md5sum generation
308 - Add repo option --ssl_verify
309 - Add option --name_prefix
310 - Reformatted code according to PEP08
311 - Backport from mic2:
312 - Add priority and cost option for repos
313 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
315 * Tue Nov 29 2011 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.2
316 - Release 0.2, with the following changes:
317 - Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
318 - Append distfiles and Makefile
319 - Check arch type from repo data
320 - Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
321 - Fix chroot issue caused by image size
322 - Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
323 - Disable ca check for https
324 - Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
325 - untrack mic/__version__.py
326 - Fix some minor issues
328 * Thu Oct 27 2011 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.1
329 - Official release 0.1, with the following features:
330 - Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
331 - Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
332 - Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
333 - Support the following global command line options:
336 - Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
338 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
339 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
340 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
341 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
343 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
345 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH
347 Please read README.rst for more details.