2 * Move the snf-image-helper image from squeeze to wheezy
3 * Add documentations under /docs
4 * Fix a bug in the network back-end
7 * Add code to download and install a fixed snf-image-helper image. This is the default
8 behaviour for snf-image-update-helper.
11 * Use devflow building system
12 * In pithcat if the provided URL is a pithosmap, initialize the backend
16 * Change pinned version for ufsutils package
19 * Add support for FreeBSD images
22 * Fix a bug in helper-monitor.py
23 * Make snf-image-update-helper install a patched version of ntfs-3g.
24 The debian squeeze version does not recognize the "--no-mtab" option
25 * Update contact email address
29 * Increase the default HELPER_SIZE and TIMEOUT values
30 * Cleanup the code and remove settings no longer used
31 * Rename snf-image-host to snf-image
34 * Make the size of the helper VM image configurable
37 * Cleanup defaults file and remove redundant variables
38 * Make defaults file inherit the configuration options
39 passed with ./configure
44 * Fix multistrap.conf to work with apt2.dev.grnet.gr
47 * Change snf-image-helper repository to apt2.dev.grnet.gr
50 * Make pithcat work with pithosmap URLs
53 * Abandon debootstrap in favor of multistrap. This way we can define
54 more than 1 repositories to retrieve packages from.
55 * Add a mechanism for pinning repositories and package versions
56 * Add a version check in snf-image-update-helper. After the creation
57 of the helper, check if the versions of snf-image-{host,helper} match
58 * Remove the HELPER_PKG variable from common.sh. The helper package by
59 default should get downloaded from a repo using
60 snf-image-update-helper. You can still install a package from the
61 local file system using the -p variable.
62 * Specify snf-image-helper as the init process when running the helper
68 * Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper introduced in v0.6.3
71 * Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper where the temporary image file
72 was not removed if an error occured.
75 * Seperate the error messages that should be logged by the system from
76 those that should be propagated to the user through the monitoring
77 mechanism. Don't allow internal configuration options get revieled to
81 * Use Coordinated Universal Time when logging.
82 * Fix a bug in the way snf-image-update-helper reads the links of the
83 kernel and the initrd in the helper VM.
84 * Use environmental variables instead of input options to pass sensitive
85 data to pithcat. This is needed because when pithcat is running, every
86 user can see the program's command line by using ps.
89 * Fix import and export scripts
90 * Add new config_url os parameter. This can be used by snf-image to
91 download a json file that contains the value for other os parameters
94 * Add a new progress monitoring mechanism. With this new mechanism,
95 snf-image can output progress and error messages to external programs
97 * Make the name of image properties case insensitive
98 * Abandon timelimit command in favor of timeout
99 * Add support for null image backend type. This backend type can be
100 used if we want snf-image to configure the VM disk without first
101 copying an image to it.
108 * Remove progress-monitor-support flag. An external progress monitor
109 programm will be used if --with-progress-monitor flag is used in
110 configure or if PROGRESS_MONITOR variable in the defaults file has a
112 * Remove --enable-pithos-backend option in configure. This will be
114 * Create package list in snf-update-helper every time debootstrap is
115 performed. If a cache file is found, snf-update-helper will use this
116 list to determine if it is OK to use this cache file or not.
117 * Add mechanism for overwritting the helper's Unattend.xml file
120 * Make snf-image-update-helper ask whether to use the found deboostrap
121 cache file when in interactive mode.
122 * Make the system update the default debootstrap cache file when -c
123 option is used and it's value does not point to a cache file.
130 * Fix a bug in pithcat where the restored image had incorrect
131 size. The trailing zeros in the image files where not restored.
134 * Make pithcat work with pithos v0.8.3
139 * Put all helpers run-time created files in a tmpfs jail
140 * Remove the ARCH field from the image name
141 * Support remote (network accessable) and pithos hosted images
142 * Remove custom images format (remote images is a supergroup)
145 * Support diskdump format
146 * Support custom images format. Custom images are diskdump images
147 that can be accessed from a URL
148 * Add a new OS parameter (img_properties)
151 * Fix a debootstrap bug in snf-image-update-helper
152 * Use --one-file-system option when creating cache for update-helper
153 * Add setting for allowing the user to manually pick a debian mirror
157 * Replace $(var) with ${var} in defaults file.
158 * Fix a dangerous-use-of-xargs bug in create.