Update Change Logs and RELEASE_NOTES for 0.27

Change-Id: Ic14019a86c4efd1c302ea123579d9c1747785a91

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@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ New Features & Enhancements
   * 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
-  * drop mic-native support
+  * enhance checksums of outputs: md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum (#DEVT-224)
+  * drop mic-native support (#DEVT-248)
   * update mount option
   * revert bind mount config file to instroot
-  * drop liveusb, livecd and raw image formats support
-  * use argparse module to parse the cmd line
+  * drop liveusb, livecd and raw image formats support (#DEVT-243, #DEVT-263)
+  * use argparse module to parse the cmd line (#DEVT-52)
 
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
@@ -37,17 +37,699 @@ Bug Fixes
   * fix logfile not in release of '--release' when creation failed
   * fix copyright missing issue
   * fix syslinux installation path issue in Arch Linux
-  * fix priority option of ks file not apply
+  * fix priority option of ks file not apply (#DEVT-254)
   * fix need to check loop device after excute 'losetup --find'
   * fix check scriptlet error file on /tmp/.postscript/error/
   * fix broken tar archive
 
+MIC Image Creator 0.26 Release Notes
+======================================
+Released Oct 14 2014
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+  * 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 Fixes
+---------
+  * 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
+
+MIC Image Creator 0.25.2 Release Notes
+======================================
+Released Jun 11 2014
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+ * fix AttributeError in zypp backend
+
+MIC Image Creator 0.25.1 Release Notes
+======================================
+Released May 28 2014
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+  * revert bind mount config file to instroot
+  * fix xml requirements
+
+MIC Image Creator 0.25 Release Notes
+====================================
+Released May 23 2014
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+  * 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 Fixes
+---------
+  * fix logfile incomplete in release option
+  * fix config file disappear in bootstrap
+  * fix aarch64 bin_format
+  * fix pylint
+
+MIC Image Creator 0.24.2 Release Notes
+====================================
+Released June 09 2014
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * enable ssl_verify in config file
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+ * fix logfile incompleted issue
+ * fix md5sum to be compatible with utility md5sum
+ * fix locale issue in systemd service
+
+MIC Image Creator 0.24 Release Notes
+====================================
+Released March 11 2014
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+  * 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 Fixes
+---------
+  * 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
+
+MIC Image Creator 0.23.1 Release Notes
+====================================
+Released January 23 2014
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+ * fix bmap creation failed if using tmpfs
+
+MIC Image Creator 0.23 Release Notes
+====================================
+Released December 18 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * support arm64 architecture image creation in native mode
+   (to know more about arm64 support, check doc/KNOWN_ISSUES)
+ * new distribution support: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenSUSE 13.1
+ * split the "native" running mode support to a separated sub-package
+ * reduced the dependencies(packages) of mic main package dramatically
+ * add new options '--interactive' and '--non-interactive' to enable/disable interaction
+ * add new option '--uuid' for 'part' in ks file to set filesystem uuid
+ * export more environment variables related to installer framework for loop format
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+ * 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
+
+ MIC Image Creator 0.22.3 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+Released Nov 19 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * export mapper device for installer framework
+ * update BmapCreate to 2.0
+ * enable internal setarch in bootstrap environment
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+ MIC Image Creator 0.22.2 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+Released Nov 18 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * export mapper device for installer framework
+ * update BmapCreate to 2.0
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+          MIC Image Creator 0.22 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+
+Released October 24 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * 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 Fixes
+---------
+ - 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
+
+          MIC Image Creator 0.21.2 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+
+Released September 28 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+ * use sync mode in kpartx command
+
+          MIC Image Creator 0.21.1 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+
+Released September 18 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * prefer to use 'pbzip2'/'pigz' to compress image if possible
+ * won't fallback to native mode if bootstrap not found
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+ * fix exiting at packaging images on Ubuntu distro
+
+          MIC Image Creator 0.21 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+
+Released August 28 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * new distribution support: Fedora 19
+ * refactor part of chroot modules for better cleanup handling
+ * add an alias "installerfw_plugins" for installerfw
+ * remove unnecessary fuser dependency for "fuser" command
+ * enable proxy with user authentication setting
+ * correct no_proxy handling in openSUSE
+ * kill processes inside chroot after post script running
+ * ulitize 'dmsetup' to avoid possible dm device unaccessible issue
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+ * fix bootloader options omitted
+ * warn failed boot partition flags set
+ * fix wrong file descriptor issue
+ * fix some requires
+
+
+ MIC Image Creator 0.20 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+Released Jule 08 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.20 release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * 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 Fixes
+---------
+ * fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback
+
+ MIC Image Creator 0.19.3 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+Released July 01 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.19.3 release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+ * fix vfat UUID issue in liveusb
+
+ MIC Image Creator 0.19.2 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+Released July 01 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.19.2 release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart
+ * export several environment to keep image information
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+ MIC Image Creator 0.19.1 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+Released June 21 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.19.1 release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+ * fall back to old arch detecting
+
+ MIC Image Creator 0.19 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+Released May 16 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.18 release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * 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 Fixes
+---------
+ * fix bug autologinuser always set
+ * fix symlink bind mount left issue
+ * fix '/var/lock' non-existent throw traceback
+
+ MIC Image Creator 0.18 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+Released Apr 03 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.18 release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * 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 Fixes
+---------
+ * 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
+
+ MIC Image Creator 0.17 Release Notes
+===========================================================
+Released Feb 28 2013
+
+This release note documents the changes included in the MIC 0.17 release. And
+the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.
+
+New Features & Ehancements
+--------------------------
+ * support new distribution Fedora 18
+ * enable to handle more than 3 partitions
+ * support partition without mount point
+ * move vcs infomation from .vcs to .packages
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+ * 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 - 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 clean:
+   - 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
+
+Resource
+--------
+ * SITE: https://www.tizen.org/
+ * REPO: https://download.tizen.org/tools/
+ * DOCS: https://source.tizen.org/documentation/reference/mic-image-creator
+ * CODE: https://review.tizen.org/git/tools/mic 
+ * BUGS: https://bugs.tizen.org/jira
+ * HELP: general@lists.tizen.org
 
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