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MIC Image Creator 0.27 Release Notes
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Released Mar 28 2016

This release note documents the changes included in the new release. And
the release contains new features, enhancements and bug fixes.

New Features & Enhancements
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  * new distribution support: CentOS 7, Debian 8, Fedora 21, 
    Fedora 22, openSUSE 13.2
  * 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
  * 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 (#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 (#DEVT-243, #DEVT-263)
  * use argparse module to parse the cmd line (#DEVT-52)

Bug Fixes
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  * fix logfile incomplete in release option
  * fix config file disappear in bootstrap
  * fix aarch64 bin_format
  * fix pylint
  * 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
  * fix xml requirements
  * 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 (#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
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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
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  * 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
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  * 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
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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
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Bug Fixes
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 * fix AttributeError in zypp backend

MIC Image Creator 0.25.1 Release Notes
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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
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Bug Fixes
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  * revert bind mount config file to instroot
  * fix xml requirements

MIC Image Creator 0.25 Release Notes
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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
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  * 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
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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
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 * enable ssl_verify in config file

Bug Fixes
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 * 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
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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
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  * 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
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  * 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
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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
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 * fix bmap creation failed if using tmpfs

MIC Image Creator 0.23 Release Notes
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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
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 * 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
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 * 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
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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
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 * export mapper device for installer framework
 * update BmapCreate to 2.0
 * enable internal setarch in bootstrap environment

Bug Fixes
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 MIC Image Creator 0.22.2 Release Notes
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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
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 * export mapper device for installer framework
 * update BmapCreate to 2.0

Bug Fixes
---------

          MIC Image Creator 0.22 Release Notes
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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
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 * 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
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 - 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
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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
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 * use sync mode in kpartx command

          MIC Image Creator 0.21.1 Release Notes
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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
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 * prefer to use 'pbzip2'/'pigz' to compress image if possible
 * won't fallback to native mode if bootstrap not found

Bug Fixes
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 * fix exiting at packaging images on Ubuntu distro

          MIC Image Creator 0.21 Release Notes
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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
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 * 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
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 * 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
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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
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 * 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
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 * fix rpm not support 'VCS' tag traceback

 MIC Image Creator 0.19.3 Release Notes
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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
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 * fix vfat UUID issue in liveusb

 MIC Image Creator 0.19.2 Release Notes
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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
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 * introduce 'installerfw' command in kickstart
 * export several environment to keep image information

Bug Fixes
---------

 MIC Image Creator 0.19.1 Release Notes
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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
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 * fall back to old arch detecting

 MIC Image Creator 0.19 Release Notes
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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
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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 Fixes
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 * 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
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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
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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 Fixes
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 * 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
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 * 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
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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
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 * 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
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 * 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
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 * clean up some mess in utils/misc.py
 * clean up pylint issue in creator.py

Release 0.16 - Wed Jan 30 2013
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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 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
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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
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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
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 * support dracut for live image
 * update bmap version to 1.1

Release 0.14.1 - Fri Oct 15 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

Resource
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 * 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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