[snf-image] / snf-image-host / ChangeLog

2013-08-27, v0.9.2
        * Use devflow building system
        * In pithcat if the provided URL is a pithosmap, initialize the backend
          with no database

2013-05-16, v0.9.1
        * Change pinned version for ufsutils package

2013-04-23, v0.9
        * Add support for FreeBSD images

2013-03-12, v0.8.1
        * Fix a bug in helper-monitor.py
        * Make snf-image-update-helper install a patched version of ntfs-3g.
          The debian squeeze version does not recognize the "--no-mtab" option
        * Update contact email address

2013-03-09, v0.8
        * Add support for xen
        * Increase the default HELPER_SIZE and TIMEOUT values
        * Cleanup the code and remove settings no longer used
        * Rename snf-image-host to snf-image

2013-01-21, v0.7.6
        * Make the size of the helper VM image configurable

2013-01-17, v0.7.5
        * Cleanup defaults file and remove redundant variables
        * Make defaults file inherit the configuration options
          passed with ./configure

2013-01-08, v0.7.4

2013-01-04, v0.7.3
        * Fix multistrap.conf to work with apt2.dev.grnet.gr

2013-01-04, v0.7.2
        * Change snf-image-helper repository to apt2.dev.grnet.gr

2012-12-07, v0.7.1
        * Make pithcat work with pithosmap URLs

2012-12-03, v0.7
        * Abandon debootstrap in favor of multistrap. This way we can define
          more than 1 repositories to retrieve packages from.
        * Add a mechanism for pinning repositories and package versions
        * Add a version check in snf-image-update-helper. After the creation
          of the helper, check if the versions of snf-image-{host,helper} match
        * Remove the HELPER_PKG variable from common.sh. The helper package by
          default should get downloaded from a repo using
          snf-image-update-helper. You can still install a package from the
          local file system using the -p variable.
        * Specify snf-image-helper as the init process when running the helper
          VM

2012-11-20, v0.6.5

2012-11-15, v0.6.4
        * Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper introduced in v0.6.3

2012-11-13, v0.6.3
        * Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper where the temporary image file
          was not removed if an error occured.

2012-10-12, v0.6.2
        * Seperate the error messages that should be logged by the system from
          those that should be propagated to the user through the monitoring
          mechanism. Don't allow internal configuration options get revieled to
          the user.

2012-10-05, v0.6.1
        * Use Coordinated Universal Time when logging.
        * Fix a bug in the way snf-image-update-helper reads the links of the
          kernel and the initrd in the helper VM.
        * Use environmental variables instead of input options to pass sensitive
          data to pithcat. This is needed because when pithcat is running, every
          user can see the program's command line by using ps.

2012-09-15, v0.6
        * Fix import and export scripts
        * Add new config_url os parameter. This can be used by snf-image to
          download a json file that contains the value for other os parameters

2012-08-31, v0.5
        * Add a new progress monitoring mechanism. With this new mechanism,
          snf-image can output progress and error messages to external programs
          when running.
        * Make the name of image properties case insensitive
        * Abandon timelimit command in favor of timeout
        * Add support for null image backend type. This backend type can be
          used if we want snf-image to configure the VM disk without first
          copying an image to it.

2012-06-29, v0.4.2

2012-05-28, v0.4.1

2012-05-17, v0.4
        * Remove progress-monitor-support flag. An external progress monitor
          programm will be used if --with-progress-monitor flag is used in
          configure or if PROGRESS_MONITOR variable in the defaults file has a
          non-empty value
        * Remove --enable-pithos-backend option in configure. This will be
          detected at runtime
        * Create package list in snf-update-helper every time debootstrap is
          performed. If a cache file is found, snf-update-helper will use this
          list to determine if it is OK to use this cache file or not.
        * Add mechanism for overwritting the helper's Unattend.xml file

2012-03-29, v0.3.6
        * Make snf-image-update-helper ask whether to use the found deboostrap
          cache file when in interactive mode.
        * Make the system update the default debootstrap cache file when -c
          option is used and it's value does not point to a cache file.

2012-03-26, v0.3.5

2012-03-05, v0.3.4

2012-02-29, v0.3.3
        * Fix a bug in pithcat where the restored image had incorrect
          size. The trailing zeros in the image files where not restored.

2012-02-06, v0.3.2
        * Make pithcat work with pithos v0.8.3

2012-01-26, v0.3.1

2011-01-12, v0.3
        * Put all helpers run-time created files in a tmpfs jail
        * Remove the ARCH field from the image name
        * Support remote (network accessable) and pithos hosted images
        * Remove custom images format (remote images is a supergroup)

2011-11-18, v0.2
        * Support diskdump format
        * Support custom images format. Custom images are diskdump images
          that can be accessed from a URL
        * Add a new OS parameter (img_properties)

2011-10-20, v0.1.2
        * Fix a debootstrap bug in snf-image-update-helper
        * Use --one-file-system option when creating cache for update-helper
        * Add setting for allowing the user to manually pick a debian mirror
          for debootstrap.

2011-10-17, v0.1.1
        * Replace $(var) with ${var} in defaults file.
        * Fix a dangerous-use-of-xargs bug in create.

2011-10-04, v0.1
        * Initial release