1 * Tue Oct 14 2014 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.26
2 * add new arch MIPS support
3 * add qcow2 image format support
4 * add strict mode for package installing
5 * enable ssl_verify option in config file
6 * enhance checksums of outputs: md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum
7 * enhance VCS info in yum backend
9 - fix real path of device mapper causing initrd failure
10 - fix qemu arm and arm64 issues
11 - fix AttributeError in zypp backend
12 - fix 'python-xml' depends used by cElements
15 * Fri May 28 2014 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.25.1
16 * revert bind mount config file to instroot
17 * fix xml requirements
19 * Fri May 23 2014 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.25
20 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 7.0
21 * generate manifest file to describe image information
22 * refactor archive and compress module
23 * support sparse handle for tar command
24 * replace system V with systemd on locale setting
25 * support lzop compress
27 - fix logfile incomplete in release option
28 - fix config file disappear in bootstrap
29 - fix aarch64 bin_format
32 * Tue Mar 11 2014 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.24
33 * enhance to handle password with special characters
34 * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
35 * add --repo comand option for local build
36 * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
37 * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
38 * add hostname showing in log
40 - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
41 - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
42 - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
43 - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
44 - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
45 - fix loop device latency timing
46 - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
47 - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
49 * Fri Dec 12 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.23
50 * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
51 * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
52 * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
53 * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
54 * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
55 * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
57 - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
58 - fix 'mapper_device' key error
59 - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
60 - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
62 * Thu Oct 24 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.22
63 * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
64 * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
65 * refine error class module
66 * improve installation in virtualenv
67 * add bash completion support
68 * add zsh completion support
69 * export mapper device related to installer framework
70 * update BmapCreate to the latest version
72 - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
73 - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
74 - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
75 - fix incorrect number showing during installing
76 - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
77 - correct project url in setup.py
78 - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
80 * Mon Aug 26 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.21
81 * new distribution support: Fedora 19
82 * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
83 * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
84 * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
85 * enable proxy setting with authentication
86 * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
87 * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
89 - fix bootloader options omitted
90 - raise when incorrectly set partition flags 'legacy_boot'
91 - fix wrong file descriptor issue
94 * Mon Jul 01 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.20
95 * new distribution support: CentOS 6
96 * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
97 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
98 * improve output message of post scripts
100 - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
102 * Thu May 16 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.19
103 - new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
104 - introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
105 - copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
106 - update some depends and fix depends issue
108 - fix bug autologinuser always set
109 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
110 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
112 * Mon Apr 03 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.18
113 - put build_id before image name for release option
114 - mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
115 - enable --priority in ks to set priority
116 - upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
118 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
119 - fix release option failure with slash
120 - fix man page lost in some distros
121 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
123 - unify import statements to absolute import
124 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
125 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
126 - clean up some bad indentations
127 - improve some error messages
129 * Tue Feb 28 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.17
130 - support new distribution Fedora 18
131 - enable to handle more than 3 partitions
132 - support partitions without mount point
133 - move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
134 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
136 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
137 - fix incorrect alignment handling
138 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
139 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
141 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
142 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
144 * Wed Jan 30 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.16
145 - add GPT support for UEFI format
146 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
147 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
148 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
149 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
150 - improve alignment to reduce unused space
151 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
152 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
153 - append timestamp suffix to image name by default
154 - add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
155 - add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
156 - add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
157 - introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
158 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
159 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
160 - improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
162 - update documentation
163 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
164 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
165 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
166 - sepreate the download related as independent module
168 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
169 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
170 - recalculate package content recording
171 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
172 - fix existing loop images overwritten
174 * Fri Aug 31 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.15
175 - Release 0.15, changes including:
176 - new bootstrap implementation: use bootstrap as default
177 - enable 'pkgmgr=auto' to use auto-selected backend
178 - just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
179 - remove username and password in zypp repo file
180 - update usage.rst for man page
182 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
183 - fix repodata checksum failed issue
184 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
186 * Thu Aug 02 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.14
187 - Release 0.14, changes including:
188 - use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
189 - skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
190 - prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
191 - replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
192 - enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
193 - support label assign for raw image
195 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
196 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
197 - fix mic --version ugly output
199 * Wed Jul 12 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.13
200 - Release 0.13, changes including:
201 - create logfile as default when --release specifid
202 - use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
203 - automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
204 - record version and os info in build log and logfile
206 - fix popup message in ubuntus
207 - fix unicode issue for logfile
208 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
210 * Wed Jun 20 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.12
211 - Release 0.12, changes including:
212 - use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
213 - enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
214 - add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
215 - avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
216 - relocate and refactor selinux_check func
217 - remove prefix for make install
219 - fix compres image in raw image
220 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
221 - fix convert failed issue
223 * Fri Jun 08 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.11
224 - Release 0.11, changes including:
225 - support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
226 - enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
227 - support packing images together and support compressed file format
228 - reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
229 - centralized interface to check existing images
230 - avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
231 - resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
233 - fix logfile context lost issue
234 - fix attachment package url handling
235 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
237 * Tue May 15 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.10
238 - Release 0.10.4, changes including:
239 - container support using '%attachment' section in ks
240 - add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
241 - auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
242 - remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
243 - tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
245 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
246 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
247 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
249 * Fri Apr 13 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.9
250 - Release 0.9, changes including:
251 - support pre-install package with zypp backend
252 - sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
253 - enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
254 - rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
255 - fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
256 - remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
257 - fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
258 - cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
260 * Mon Mar 26 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.8
261 - Release 0.8, changes including:
262 - partition alignment support
263 - remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
264 - update dist files in git source
265 - update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
266 - add 40 system test case for help
267 - rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
269 * Fri Mar 02 2012 Jian-feng Ding <jian-feng.ding@intel.com> - 0.7
270 - Release 0.7, changes including:
271 - zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
272 - zypp backend: more friendly output message
273 - backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
274 - enhancement for multiple partition loop format
275 - make msger to accept Unicode string
276 - fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
277 - fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
278 - new written man page
280 * Thu Feb 16 2012 Qiang Zhang <qiang.z.zhang@intel.com> - 0.6
281 - Release 0.6, changes including:
282 - give hint when converted image existed
283 - conf.py: proxy scheme check
284 - space check before copy image
285 - zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
286 - runner.py refinement
287 - ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
288 - support more compression formats than only bzip2
289 - fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
291 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
292 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
294 * Mon Feb 06 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.5
295 - Release 0.5, changes including:
296 - Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
297 - Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
298 - Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
299 - Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
300 - Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
301 - Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
302 - Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
304 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
305 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
306 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
308 * Fri Jan 06 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.4
309 - Release 0.4, changes including:
310 - Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
311 - Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
312 - Break dependency between backend and baseimage
313 - Check valid repos in ks file
314 - Space check update and catch no space exception
315 - Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
316 - Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
317 - Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
319 * Mon Dec 26 2011 Zhang Qiang<qiang.z.zhang@intel.com> - 0.3
320 - Upgrade to version 0.3, changes including:
321 - Unit test support, run 'make test'
322 - Enable proxy support in config file
323 - Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
324 - Support multi instance with different cache dir
325 - Add 47 system test case
326 - Improve md5sum generation
327 - Add repo option --ssl_verify
328 - Add option --name_prefix
329 - Reformatted code according to PEP08
330 - Backport from mic2:
331 - Add priority and cost option for repos
332 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
334 * Tue Nov 29 2011 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.2
335 - Release 0.2, with the following changes:
336 - Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
337 - Append distfiles and Makefile
338 - Check arch type from repo data
339 - Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
340 - Fix chroot issue caused by image size
341 - Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
342 - Disable ca check for https
343 - Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
344 - untrack mic/__version__.py
345 - Fix some minor issues
347 * Thu Oct 27 2011 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.1
348 - Official release 0.1, with the following features:
349 - Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
350 - Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
351 - Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
352 - Support the following global command line options:
355 - Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
357 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
358 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
359 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
360 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
362 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
364 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH
366 Please read README.rst for more details.