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+Release 0.17 - Tue Feb 22 2013
+===========================================================
+ * support new distribution Fedora 18
+ * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
+ * support partitions without mount point
+ * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
+ * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix failure when symbolic link vmlinuz in single disk
+ - fix incorrect alignment handling
+ - fix requires squashfs in opensuse
+ - fix unicode error in myurlgrab
+ * code cleanup:
+ - clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
+ - clean up pylint issue in creator.py
+
+Release 0.16.3 - Wed Feb 06 2013
+===========================================================
+ * 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
+===========================================================
+ * add GPT support for UEFI format
+ - add --ptable=gpt option in kickstart to enable GPT
+ - add simple GPT parser to parse PARTUUID
+ - use PARTUUID in syslinux.cfg if gpt required
+ - clean up the mess code and improve readability
+ * improve alignment to reduce unused space
+ - add interface add_disks for PartitionedMount
+ - clean up the mess code in partitionfs.py
+ * append timestamp suffix to image name by default
+ * add a new option --nocache in kickstart to disable caching rpm
+ * add a new value 'vcs' for --record-pkgs to save VCS info
+ * add a new option --fstab-entry for raw image to set fstab entry
+ * introduce a new option '--install-pkgs' in mic
+ - valid values imagined: source, debuginfo, debugsource
+ - enable 'debuginfo' to install '-debuginfo' rpm in the meantime
+ * improve loop device generating and cleaning mechanism
+ * code cleanup:
+ - update documentation
+ - rename MANIFEST to MD5SUM
+ - clean up moblin stuff in kickstart
+ - clean mic tests and keep only unittest
+ - sepreate the download related as independent module
+ * bug fix:
+ - cleanup zypp credential file to fix conflicts during installing
+ - fix the issue that outdir/cachedir is not dir
+ - recalculate package content recording
+ - refactor try except statement in baseimager
+ - fix existing loop images overwritten
+
+Release 0.15.3 - Wed Jan 23 2013
+===========================================================
+ * urgent bug fix:
+ - fix loop device not cleaned issue
+ - fix bootstrap dirs not unmounted issue
+ - fix mic failed in kvmic issue
+ - fix binfmt register in bootstrap incorrect
+ - fix rpm path incorrect when local repo and sslverify used
+ * other bug fix:
+ - fix x86_64 image conflicts installing x86_64 and x86 rpm
+ - verify if logfile is a file
+ - fix type error when calling mknod
+ - fix the failure if ks under / dir
+ - clean up the mess 'directory not empty'
+ - fix type error when calling mknod
+
+Release 0.15 - Tue Dec 13 2012
+===========================================================
+ * adapt new mechanism for bootstrap mode
+ - create 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' by obs build
+ - publish 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' into server repo
+ - use 'mic-bootstrap-x86-arm' as bootstrap env for x86 and arm image
+ * filesystem parameter support for ext[234] fs
+ - sample in ks: part / --size 1000 --fstype=ext3 --extoptions="-I 256"
+ - other filesystem will ignore option '--extoptions'
+ * update the documentation and man page
+ * multiple bootstrap path to support multi-instance mic
+ * use 'pkgmgr=auto' to select available backend in conf file
+ * improve loop device creation algorithm and create loop device by 'mknod'
+ * bug fix:
+ - bear unexpected checksum type when getting metadata
+ - avoid traceback when loopback is NoneType
+ - lseek limit to 2G in 32bit env
+ - split out username and password in zypp repo file
+ - use rpm real path instead of 'cp' if it's local repo
+ - fix local repo unavailable in bootstrap
+ - fix traceback when failed to unmap kpartx device
+ - fix timestamp incorrect issue in logfile
+
+Release 0.14.2 - Wed Nov 14 2012
+===========================================================
+ * support dracut for live image
+ * update bmap version to 1.1
+
+Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012
+===========================================================
+ * support bmap file for ivi flashing tool
+ * just warning in chroot when not Tizen/MeeGo chroot dir
+ * fix logfile lost in bootstrap mode
+ * clean mounts in bootstrap when exiting
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix https proxy issue in yum backend
+ - avoid traceback when loop instance is NoneType
+
+Release 0.14 - Thu Aug 02 2012
+===========================================================
+ * 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
+ * replace hard name with device uuid in etc/fstab
+ * enhance extlinux cfg file for symbolic kernel like IVI
+ * support label assign for raw image
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix live image create failure when label assigned
+ - avoid traceback when converting unsupported type
+ - fix mic --version ugly output
+
+Release 0.13 - Wed Jul 12 2012
+===========================================================
+ * create logfile as default when --release specifid
+ * use 'gzip' and 'bzip2' to pack image instead of python
+ * automatically detect path of 'env' for chroot
+ * record version and os info in build log and logfile
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix popup message in ubuntus
+ - fix unicode issue for logfile
+ - better fix for 'chroot raw' issue
+
+Release 0.12 - Wed Jun 20 2012
+===========================================================
+ * 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
+ * avoid invalid literal for loop device generation
+ * relocate and refactor selinux_check func
+ * remove prefix for make install
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix compres image in raw image
+ - fix src pkgs download failed issue
+ - fix convert failed issue
+
+Release 0.11 - Fri Jun 08 2012
+===========================================================
+ * 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
+ * reset LD_PRELOAD for chroot env
+ * centralized interface to check existing images
+ * avoid live image creating when using multi-partitions
+ * resolve the depends of python-urlgrabber
+ * bug fix:
+ - fix logfile context lost issue
+ - fix attachment package url handling
+ - fix mic ch raw failed issue
+
+Release 0.10 - Tue May 15 2012
+===========================================================
+ * 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
+ * remove all hardcoded info in setup.py and use sys.prefix for installing
+ * tolerate some OS errors in the image configurations stage
+ * extra patch:
+ - fix zypp missing password when using username passwd
+ - some fixes to enhance authentication url
+ - refine repostr structure to fix comma issue in baseurl
+
+Release 0.9 - Fri Apr 13 2012
+===========================================================
+ * support pre-install package with zypp backend
+ * sync /etc/mic/mic.conf to bootstrap
+ * enhance sorting for version comparsion in zypp
+ * rewrite chroot tar image using xml format mount point file
+ * fix the incorrect number showing in fs src pkgs download
+ * remove tests directory for dist in Makefile
+ * 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
+===========================================================
+ * partition alignment support
+ * remove bootloader option 'quiet vga' for raw
+ * update dist files in git source
+ * update unittest, add cases for chroot, msger, runner
+ * add 40 system test case for help
+ * rewrite loop device allocation mechanism
+
+Release 0.7 - Fri Mar 02 2012
+===========================================================
+ * 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
+ * enhancement for multiple partition loop format
+ * make msger to accept Unicode string
+ * fixed a regression of compress option for FS format
+ * fixed issues in openSUSE12.1
+ * new written man page
+
+Release 0.6 - Thu Feb 16 2012
+===========================================================
+ * give hint when converted image existed
+ * conf.py: proxy scheme check
+ * space check before copy image
+ * zypp: abort with error msg for repo resolver issues
+ * runner.py refinement
+ * ks file syntax check for '%post' without '%end'
+ * support more compression formats than only bzip2
+ * fix msg NoneType issue, causing exit after install
+ * bootstrap:
+ - catch creator error when retrieving bootstrap metadata
+ - correct matching .metadata file in bootstrap
+
+Release 0.5 - Mon Feb 06 2012
+===========================================================
+ * 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
+ * Introduce --copy-kernel option for creator
+ * Remove the hardcoded default args for bootloader
+ * Disable logstderr and flush message buffer in disable_logstderr
+ * Deal with yum.conf inside yum backend by itself
+ * Bug fix:
+ - Fix rpmdb error in yum and zypp to avoid bad file descriptor message
+ - Fix MANIFEST syntax to be compliant with md5sum
+ - Correct dependencies for mic in bootstrap
+
+Release 0.4 - Fri Jan 06 2012
+===========================================================
+ * Support bootstrap mode, run with '--runtime=bootstrap'
+ * Full support for taring-to output, use 'mic ch x.tar'
+ * Break dependency between backend and baseimage
+ * Check valid repos in ks file
+ * Space check update and catch no space exception
+ * Fix no prompt when cv and ch no existed image
+ * Fix NoneType 'createopts' when convert
+ * Fix no existed local_pkgs_path
+
+Release 0.3 - Mon Dec 26 2011
+===========================================================
+ * Unit test support, run 'make test'
+ * Enable proxy support in config file
+ * Refine configmgr and pluginmgr
+ * Support multi instance with different cache dir
+ * Add 47 system test case
+ * Improve md5sum generation
+ * Add repo option --ssl_verify
+ * Add option --name_prefix
+ * Reformatted code according to PEP08
+ * Backport from mic2:
+ - Add priority and cost option for repos
+ - Reinstroduced compress-disk-image option
+
+Release 0.2 - Tue Nov 29 2011
+===========================================================
+ * Support btrfs and ext4 fstype for creator, convertor, and chroot
+ * Append distfiles and Makefile
+ * Check arch type from repo data
+ * Set rpm dbpath to fix 'rpm -qa' issue
+ * Fix chroot issue caused by image size
+ * Improve setup.py and make it compatible with python 2.5
+ * Disable ca check for https
+ * Change default output dir name to ./mic-output
+ * untrack mic/__version__.py
+ * Fix some minor issues
+
+Release 0.1 - Thu Oct 27 2011
+===========================================================
+ * Support three subcommand: create, convert, chroot
+ * Support five image types: fs, loop, raw, livecd, liveusb
+ * Support two package manager backend: yum and zypp
+ * Support the following global command line options:
+ - --verbose
+ - --debug
+ * Creator subcommand support the following command line options:
+ - --logfile=LOGFILE
+ - -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
+ - -k CACHEDIR, --cachedir=CACHEDIR
+ - -o OUTDIR, --outdir=OUTDIR
+ - -A ARCH, --arch=ARCH
+ - --release=RID
+ - --record-pkgs=RECORD_PKGS
+ - --pkgmgr=PKGMGR
+ - --local-pkgs-path=LOCAL_PKGS_PATH
+