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Release 0.19 - Thu May 16 2013 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 - 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>
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 * 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>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * support dracut for live image
 * update bmap version to 1.1

Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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 - Gui Chen <gui.chen@intel.com>
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 * 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