1 * Wed Jan 30 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.16
2 - add GPT support for UEFI format
3 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
4 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
5 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
6 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
7 - improve alignment to reduce unused space
8 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
9 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
10 - append timestamp suffix to image name by default
11 - add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
12 - add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
13 - add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
14 - introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
15 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
16 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
17 - improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
19 - update documentation
20 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
21 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
22 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
23 - sepreate the download related as independent module
25 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
26 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
27 - recalculate package content recording
28 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
29 - fix existing loop images overwritten
31 * Fri Aug 31 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.15
32 - Release 0.15, changes including:
33 - new bootstrap implementation: use bootstrap as default
34 - enable 'pkgmgr=auto' to use auto-selected backend
35 - just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
36 - remove username and password in zypp repo file
37 - update usage.rst for man page
39 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
40 - fix repodata checksum failed issue
41 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
43 * Thu Aug 02 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.14
44 - Release 0.14, changes including:
45 - use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
46 - skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
47 - prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
48 - replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
49 - enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
50 - support label assign for raw image
52 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
53 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
54 - fix mic --version ugly output
56 * Wed Jul 12 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.13
57 - Release 0.13, changes including:
58 - create logfile as default when --release specifid
59 - use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
60 - automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
61 - record version and os info in build log and logfile
63 - fix popup message in ubuntus
64 - fix unicode issue for logfile
65 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
67 * Wed Jun 20 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.12
68 - Release 0.12, changes including:
69 - use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
70 - enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
71 - add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
72 - avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
73 - relocate and refactor selinux_check func
74 - remove prefix for make install
76 - fix compres image in raw image
77 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
78 - fix convert failed issue
80 * Fri Jun 08 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.11
81 - Release 0.11, changes including:
82 - support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
83 - enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
84 - support packing images together and support compressed file format
85 - reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
86 - centralized interface to check existing images
87 - avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
88 - resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
90 - fix logfile context lost issue
91 - fix attachment package url handling
92 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
94 * Tue May 15 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.10
95 - Release 0.10.4, changes including:
96 - container support using '%attachment' section in ks
97 - add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
98 - auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
99 - remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
100 - tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
102 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
103 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
104 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
106 * Fri Apr 13 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.9
107 - Release 0.9, changes including:
108 - support pre-install package with zypp backend
109 - sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
110 - enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
111 - rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
112 - fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
113 - remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
114 - fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
115 - cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
117 * Mon Mar 26 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.8
118 - Release 0.8, changes including:
119 - partition alignment support
120 - remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
121 - update dist files in git source
122 - update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
123 - add 40 system test case for help
124 - rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
126 * Fri Mar 02 2012 Jian-feng Ding <jian-feng.ding@intel.com> - 0.7
127 - Release 0.7, changes including:
128 - zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
129 - zypp backend: more friendly output message
130 - backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
131 - enhancement for multiple partition loop format
132 - make msger to accept Unicode string
133 - fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
134 - fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
135 - new written man page
137 * Thu Feb 16 2012 Qiang Zhang <qiang.z.zhang@intel.com> - 0.6
138 - Release 0.6, changes including:
139 - give hint when converted image existed
140 - conf.py: proxy scheme check
141 - space check before copy image
142 - zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
143 - runner.py refinement
144 - ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
145 - support more compression formats than only bzip2
146 - fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
148 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
149 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
151 * Mon Feb 06 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.5
152 - Release 0.5, changes including:
153 - Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
154 - Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
155 - Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
156 - Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
157 - Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
158 - Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
159 - Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
161 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
162 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
163 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
165 * Fri Jan 06 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.4
166 - Release 0.4, changes including:
167 - Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
168 - Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
169 - Break dependency between backend and baseimage
170 - Check valid repos in ks file
171 - Space check update and catch no space exception
172 - Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
173 - Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
174 - Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
176 * Mon Dec 26 2011 Zhang Qiang<qiang.z.zhang@intel.com> - 0.3
177 - Upgrade to version 0.3, changes including:
178 - Unit test support, run 'make test'
179 - Enable proxy support in config file
180 - Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
181 - Support multi instance with different cache dir
182 - Add 47 system test case
183 - Improve md5sum generation
184 - Add repo option --ssl_verify
185 - Add option --name_prefix
186 - Reformatted code according to PEP08
187 - Backport from mic2:
188 - Add priority and cost option for repos
189 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
191 * Tue Nov 29 2011 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.2
192 - Release 0.2, with the following changes:
193 - Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
194 - Append distfiles and Makefile
195 - Check arch type from repo data
196 - Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
197 - Fix chroot issue caused by image size
198 - Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
199 - Disable ca check for https
200 - Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
201 - untrack mic/__version__.py
202 - Fix some minor issues
204 * Thu Oct 27 2011 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.1
205 - Official release 0.1, with the following features:
206 - Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
207 - Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
208 - Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
209 - Support the following global command line options:
212 - Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
214 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
215 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
216 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
217 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
219 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
221 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH
223 Please read README.rst for more details.