2 * Fix a bug in helper-monitor.py
3 * Make snf-image-update-helper install a patched version of ntfs-3g.
4 The debian squeeze version does not recognize the "--no-mtab" option
5 * Update contact email address
9 * Increase the default HELPER_SIZE and TIMEOUT values
10 * Cleanup the code and remove settings no longer used
11 * Rename snf-image-host to snf-image
14 * Make the size of the helper VM image configurable
17 * Cleanup defaults file and remove redundant variables
18 * Make defaults file inherit the configuration options
19 passed with ./configure
24 * Fix multistrap.conf to work with apt2.dev.grnet.gr
27 * Change snf-image-helper repository to apt2.dev.grnet.gr
30 * Make pithcat work with pithosmap URLs
33 * Abandon debootstrap in favor of multistrap. This way we can define
34 more than 1 repositories to retrieve packages from.
35 * Add a mechanism for pinning repositories and package versions
36 * Add a version check in snf-image-update-helper. After the creation
37 of the helper, check if the versions of snf-image-{host,helper} match
38 * Remove the HELPER_PKG variable from common.sh. The helper package by
39 default should get downloaded from a repo using
40 snf-image-update-helper. You can still install a package from the
41 local file system using the -p variable.
42 * Specify snf-image-helper as the init process when running the helper
48 * Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper introduced in v0.6.3
51 * Fix a bug in snf-image-update-helper where the temporary image file
52 was not removed if an error occured.
55 * Seperate the error messages that should be logged by the system from
56 those that should be propagated to the user through the monitoring
57 mechanism. Don't allow internal configuration options get revieled to
61 * Use Coordinated Universal Time when logging.
62 * Fix a bug in the way snf-image-update-helper reads the links of the
63 kernel and the initrd in the helper VM.
64 * Use environmental variables instead of input options to pass sensitive
65 data to pithcat. This is needed because when pithcat is running, every
66 user can see the program's command line by using ps.
69 * Fix import and export scripts
70 * Add new config_url os parameter. This can be used by snf-image to
71 download a json file that contains the value for other os parameters
74 * Add a new progress monitoring mechanism. With this new mechanism,
75 snf-image can output progress and error messages to external programs
77 * Make the name of image properties case insensitive
78 * Abandon timelimit command in favor of timeout
79 * Add support for null image backend type. This backend type can be
80 used if we want snf-image to configure the VM disk without first
81 copying an image to it.
88 * Remove progress-monitor-support flag. An external progress monitor
89 programm will be used if --with-progress-monitor flag is used in
90 configure or if PROGRESS_MONITOR variable in the defaults file has a
92 * Remove --enable-pithos-backend option in configure. This will be
94 * Create package list in snf-update-helper every time debootstrap is
95 performed. If a cache file is found, snf-update-helper will use this
96 list to determine if it is OK to use this cache file or not.
97 * Add mechanism for overwritting the helper's Unattend.xml file
100 * Make snf-image-update-helper ask whether to use the found deboostrap
101 cache file when in interactive mode.
102 * Make the system update the default debootstrap cache file when -c
103 option is used and it's value does not point to a cache file.
110 * Fix a bug in pithcat where the restored image had incorrect
111 size. The trailing zeros in the image files where not restored.
114 * Make pithcat work with pithos v0.8.3
119 * Put all helpers run-time created files in a tmpfs jail
120 * Remove the ARCH field from the image name
121 * Support remote (network accessable) and pithos hosted images
122 * Remove custom images format (remote images is a supergroup)
125 * Support diskdump format
126 * Support custom images format. Custom images are diskdump images
127 that can be accessed from a URL
128 * Add a new OS parameter (img_properties)
131 * Fix a debootstrap bug in snf-image-update-helper
132 * Use --one-file-system option when creating cache for update-helper
133 * Add setting for allowing the user to manually pick a debian mirror
137 * Replace $(var) with ${var} in defaults file.
138 * Fix a dangerous-use-of-xargs bug in create.