-Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013
-===========================================================
+Release 0.26 - Tue Oct 14 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
+ * add new arch MIPS support
+ * add qcow2 image format support
+ * add strict mode for package installing
+ * enable ssl_verify option in config file
+ * enhance checksums of outputs: md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum
+ * enhance VCS info in yum backend
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix real path of device mapper causing initrd failure
+ - fix qemu arm and arm64 issues
+ - fix AttributeError in zypp backend
+ - fix 'python-xml' depends used by cElements
+
+Release 0.25 - Fri May 23 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
+ * new distribution support: Ubuntu 14.04 and Debian 7.0
+ * generate manifest file to describe image information
+ * refactor archive and compress module
+ * support sparse handle for tar command
+ * replace system V with systemd on locale setting
+ * support lzop compress
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix logfile incomplete in release option
+ - fix config file disappear in bootstrap
+ - fix aarch64 bin_format
+ - fix pylint
+
+Release 0.24 - Tue Mar 11 2014 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
+ * enhance to handle password with special characters
+ * change python-zypp require to python-zypp-tizen
+ * add --repo comand option for local build
+ * add --user and --password option for %repo directive of ks file
+ * clean up some codes relevant to EULA agreement
+ * add hostname showing in log
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix chroot failed by space in image not enough
+ - fix obsolete packages incorrect handling
+ - fix yum backend failed to cache packages
+ - fix bare ip in no_proxy not working
+ - fix repeated log showing with yum backend
+ - fix loop device latency timing
+ - fix zypp failed to download by changing 'cachedir'
+ - fix 'mkfs' not working caused by mic-bootstrap install failed
+
+Release 0.23 - Fri Dec 12 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
+ * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
+ * split requirements to subpackage 'mic-native' to reduce mic's dependencies
+ * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
+ * new option '--interactive'/'--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
+ * new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
+ * export more variables related to installer framework for loop format
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix bootstrap handling if bootstrap package failed
+ - fix 'mapper_device' key error
+ - fix detailed error messages missing in mounting
+ - fix version comparing issue of urlgrabber in Fedora
+
+Release 0.22 - Thu Oct 24 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
+ * use __version__ variable instead of VERSION file
+ * refactor msger module to ulitize logging module
+ * refine error class module
+ * improve installation in virtualenv
+ * add bash completion support
+ * add zsh completion support
+ * export mapper device related to installer framework
+ * update BmapCreate to the latest version
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix customized plugin_dir not work in bootstrap
+ - fix packing process exit on Ubuntu
+ - fix loop device alloaction failed on openSUSE
+ - fix incorrect number showing during installing
+ - set owner of cacheidr/outdir to SUDO_USER
+ - correct project url in setup.py
+ - fix mic not work when mic.conf disappear
+
+Release 0.21 - Mon Aug 26 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
+ * new distribution support: Fedora 19
+ * refactor chroot module to correct the logic
+ * add an alias for installerfw - installerfw_plugins
+ * remove fuser dependency to avoid some unmount issue
+ * enable proxy setting with authentication
+ * don't get proxy info from /etc/sysconfig/proxy ever
+ * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
+ * reload device mapper using 'dmsetup' utility
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix bootloader options omitted
+ - warn failed boot partition flags set
+ - fix wrong file descriptor issue
+ - fix some requires
+
+Release 0.20 - Mon Jul 01 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
+ * new distribution support: CentOS 6
+ * drop image creation if checked packages not present in image
+ * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart to customize configuration
+ * improve output message of post scripts
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
+
+Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
+ * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.04 and openSUSE 12.3
+ * introduce '--part-type' to handle GPT partition
+ * copy bmap creation from bmap-tools
+ * update some depends and fix depends issue
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix bug autologinuser always set
+ - fix symlink bind mount left issue
+ - fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
+
+Release 0.18 - Mon Apr 03 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
+ * put build_id before image name for release option
+ * mount build directory as tmpfs to speed up
+ * enable --priority in ks to set priority
+ * upgrade qemu (mic's depends) to 1.4.0
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix debuginfo rpm swig attribute lost
+ - fix release option failure with slash
+ - fix man page lost in some distros
+ - fix bmap file packed to tarball
+ * code cleanup:
+ - unify import statements to absolute import
+ - clean up many undefined in partitionfs.py/loop.py/livecd.py
+ - clean up some useless try and raise blocks
+ - clean up some bad indentations
+ - improve some error messages
+
+Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 28 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* support new distribution Fedora 18
* enable to handle more than 3 partitions
* support partitions without mount point
- clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
- clean up pylint issue in creator.py
-Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013
-===========================================================
+Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* fix no key 'HOME' in environ variable failure
* remove suffix when release specified
* roll back to original naming for release
-Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013
-===========================================================
+Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* add GPT support for UEFI format
- add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
- add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
- refactor try except statement in baseimager
- fix existing loop images overwritten
-Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013
-===========================================================
+Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* urgent bug fix:
- fix loop device not cleaned issue
- fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
- clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
- fix type error when calling mknod
-Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
- create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
- publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
- fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
- fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
-Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* support dracut for live image
* update bmap version to 1.1
-Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
* just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
* fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
- fix https proxy issue in yum backend
- avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
-Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* use cached metadata when checksum is not changed
* skip non-fatal error in ks file and prompt user to handle
* prompt user to handle when failed to apply img configure
- avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
- fix mic --version ugly output
-Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* create logfile as default when --release specifid
* use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
* automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
- fix unicode issue for logfile
- better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
-Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* use default value when @BUILD_ID@ and @ARCH@ not specified
* enhance proxy support in attachment retrieve
* add new --shrink opt for loop image to control img shrinking
- fix src pkgs download failed issue
- fix convert failed issue
-Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* support new subcmd 'auto' to handle magic line in ks
* enhance the handle of authentication url and https proxy
* support packing images together and support compressed file format
- fix attachment package url handling
- fix mic ch raw failed issue
-Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* container support using '%attachment' section in ks
* add --compress-to option to support zip format in loop image
* auto-detect config and plugindir to meet virtualenv and customized install
- some fixes to enhance authentication url
- refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
-Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* support pre-install package with zypp backend
* sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
* enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
* fix liveusb parted mkpart failure, revert mbr size expand in raw
* cleanup /tmp/repolic* dir in the EULA checking
-Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.8 - Mon Mar 26 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* partition alignment support
* remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
* update dist files in git source
* add 40 system test case for help
* rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
-Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* zypp backend: fixed a fatal issue of unreleasable loop devs
* zypp backend: more friendly output message
* backend: share cached rpm files between yum and zypp
* fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
* new written man page
-Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* give hint when converted image existed
* conf.py: proxy scheme check
* space check before copy image
- catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
- correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
-Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* Rewrite the algorithm of checking free space for download and install
* Add --shell option for convert to recreate image modified by internal shell
* Add -s option for chroot to unpack image
- Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
- Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
-Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012
-===========================================================
+Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
* Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
* Break dependency between backend and baseimage
* Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
* Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
-Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011
-===========================================================
+Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* Unit test support, run 'make test'
* Enable proxy support in config file
* Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
- Add priority and cost option for repos
- Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
-Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011
-===========================================================
+Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
* Append distfiles and Makefile
* Check arch type from repo data
* untrack mic/__version__.py
* Fix some minor issues
-Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011
-===========================================================
+Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
+=====================================================================
* Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
* Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
* Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp