1 * Thu May 16 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.19
2 - new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
3 - introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
4 - copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
5 - update some depends and fix depends issue
7 - fix bug autologinuser always set
8 - fix symlink bind mount left issue
9 - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
11 * Mon Apr 03 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.18
12 - put build_id before image name for release option
13 - mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
14 - enable --priority in ks to set priority
15 - upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
17 - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
18 - fix release option failure with slash
19 - fix man page lost in some distros
20 - fix bmap file packed to tarball
22 - unify import statements to absolute import
23 - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
24 - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
25 - clean up some bad indentations
26 - improve some error messages
28 * Tue Feb 28 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.17
29 - support new distribution Fedora 18
30 - enable to handle more than 3 partitions
31 - support partitions without mount point
32 - move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
33 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
35 - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
36 - fix incorrect alignment handling
37 - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
38 - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
40 - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
41 - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
43 * Wed Jan 30 2013 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.16
44 - add GPT support for UEFI format
45 - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
46 - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
47 - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
48 - clean up the mess code and improve readability
49 - improve alignment to reduce unused space
50 - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
51 - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
52 - append timestamp suffix to image name by default
53 - add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
54 - add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
55 - add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
56 - introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
57 - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
58 - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
59 - improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
61 - update documentation
62 - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
63 - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
64 - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
65 - sepreate the download related as independent module
67 - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
68 - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
69 - recalculate package content recording
70 - refactor try except statement in baseimager
71 - fix existing loop images overwritten
73 * Fri Aug 31 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.15
74 - Release 0.15, changes including:
75 - new bootstrap implementation: use bootstrap as default
76 - enable 'pkgmgr=auto' to use auto-selected backend
77 - just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
78 - remove username and password in zypp repo file
79 - update usage.rst for man page
81 - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
82 - fix repodata checksum failed issue
83 - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
85 * Thu Aug 02 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.14
86 - Release 0.14, changes including:
87 - use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
88 - skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
89 - prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
90 - replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
91 - enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
92 - support label assign for raw image
94 - fix live image create failure when label assigned
95 - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
96 - fix mic --version ugly output
98 * Wed Jul 12 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.13
99 - Release 0.13, changes including:
100 - create logfile as default when --release specifid
101 - use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
102 - automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
103 - record version and os info in build log and logfile
105 - fix popup message in ubuntus
106 - fix unicode issue for logfile
107 - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
109 * Wed Jun 20 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.12
110 - Release 0.12, changes including:
111 - use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
112 - enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
113 - add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
114 - avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
115 - relocate and refactor selinux_check func
116 - remove prefix for make install
118 - fix compres image in raw image
119 - fix src pkgs download failed issue
120 - fix convert failed issue
122 * Fri Jun 08 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.11
123 - Release 0.11, changes including:
124 - support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
125 - enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
126 - support packing images together and support compressed file format
127 - reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
128 - centralized interface to check existing images
129 - avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
130 - resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
132 - fix logfile context lost issue
133 - fix attachment package url handling
134 - fix mic ch raw failed issue
136 * Tue May 15 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.10
137 - Release 0.10.4, changes including:
138 - container support using '%attachment' section in ks
139 - add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
140 - auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
141 - remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
142 - tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
144 - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
145 - some fixes to enhance authentication url
146 - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
148 * Fri Apr 13 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.9
149 - Release 0.9, changes including:
150 - support pre-install package with zypp backend
151 - sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
152 - enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
153 - rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
154 - fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
155 - remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
156 - fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
157 - cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
159 * Mon Mar 26 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.8
160 - Release 0.8, changes including:
161 - partition alignment support
162 - remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
163 - update dist files in git source
164 - update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
165 - add 40 system test case for help
166 - rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
168 * Fri Mar 02 2012 Jian-feng Ding <jian-feng.ding@intel.com> - 0.7
169 - Release 0.7, changes including:
170 - zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
171 - zypp backend: more friendly output message
172 - backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
173 - enhancement for multiple partition loop format
174 - make msger to accept Unicode string
175 - fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
176 - fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
177 - new written man page
179 * Thu Feb 16 2012 Qiang Zhang <qiang.z.zhang@intel.com> - 0.6
180 - Release 0.6, changes including:
181 - give hint when converted image existed
182 - conf.py: proxy scheme check
183 - space check before copy image
184 - zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
185 - runner.py refinement
186 - ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
187 - support more compression formats than only bzip2
188 - fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
190 - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
191 - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
193 * Mon Feb 06 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.5
194 - Release 0.5, changes including:
195 - Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
196 - Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
197 - Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
198 - Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
199 - Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
200 - Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
201 - Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
203 - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
204 - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
205 - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
207 * Fri Jan 06 2012 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.4
208 - Release 0.4, changes including:
209 - Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
210 - Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
211 - Break dependency between backend and baseimage
212 - Check valid repos in ks file
213 - Space check update and catch no space exception
214 - Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
215 - Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
216 - Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
218 * Mon Dec 26 2011 Zhang Qiang<qiang.z.zhang@intel.com> - 0.3
219 - Upgrade to version 0.3, changes including:
220 - Unit test support, run 'make test'
221 - Enable proxy support in config file
222 - Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
223 - Support multi instance with different cache dir
224 - Add 47 system test case
225 - Improve md5sum generation
226 - Add repo option --ssl_verify
227 - Add option --name_prefix
228 - Reformatted code according to PEP08
229 - Backport from mic2:
230 - Add priority and cost option for repos
231 - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
233 * Tue Nov 29 2011 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.2
234 - Release 0.2, with the following changes:
235 - Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
236 - Append distfiles and Makefile
237 - Check arch type from repo data
238 - Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
239 - Fix chroot issue caused by image size
240 - Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
241 - Disable ca check for https
242 - Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
243 - untrack mic/__version__.py
244 - Fix some minor issues
246 * Thu Oct 27 2011 Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com> - 0.1
247 - Official release 0.1, with the following features:
248 - Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
249 - Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
250 - Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
251 - Support the following global command line options:
254 - Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
256 - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
257 - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
258 - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
259 - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
261 - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
263 - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH
265 Please read README.rst for more details.