ConE - the Configuration Engine

Release notes:

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== Version Cone-1.2.13 ==

* Stories

 * #1046 As a product integrator I want to get product specific report containing changed settings so that I can easily compare different configurations

 * #1047 Uda generation slow down with Vasco custvariant

 * #1054 As a TemplateML user I want to define a filter as a Python function

* Bug fixes

 * #1016 Error: Pickle usage break Nuage usage

 * #1053 CommandML should redirect output to the ConE log by default, not the standard output

== Version Cone-1.2.12 ==

* Stories

 * #1043 As an integrator I want to have more robust root flattener so that the whole build is not failing when something in input for some product is broken

== Version Cone-1.2.11 ==

* Stories

 * #1012 As a user I want to get information whether the setting has been changed in the layer usign regex for layer name so that only needed rules are run

 * #1022 As a RHEL 64-bit user I want to run ConE without any extra steps

 * #1013 As a user I want use environment variables when defining convertprojectml paths

 * #1033 Name-ID mapping with file/folder settings as mapKey or mapValue should default to using localPath

 * #929 ConE support for confml specification 2.88 / 2.90

 * #1035 As a cone user I want to define the data update policy so, that it would be possible to add the configuration as the first include to the target configuration

* Bug fixes

 * #1031 Copying of empty directories does not work with ContentML

 * #1026 Contentml plugin gives memory error on big content files.

 * #1007 As a user I want to be able to export vasco langpack customization root as such without filtering so that it works (Verifying and Code reviews)

 * #1021 ContentML throws exception when localpath is empty

 * #1027 Makefile generation gives error message with empty CPF and creates UDA always

== Version Cone-1.2.10 ==

* Bug fixes

  * #999 Makefile generation does not work

  * #1015 Merge conesub_update.py patch to trunk

  * #1014 ContentML external input doesn't work with network drives.

== Version Cone-1.2.9 ==

* Stories

  * #948 As a user I want run a custom script on top of cone api to investigate deprecate features from Carbon confmls

  * #975 As a user I want to set the value of a tempFeature from the cone generate commandline with --set=TempFea=1

  * #979 As a cone user I want to store the rule execution outputs to a confml file so that I can use the rule output configuration in some other context

  * #994 RuleML filtering bug

  * #995 As a ConE user I want to get the list of generation output to separate “what” list so that I can create a zip file with WinZip (using winzip include)

  * #997 PRODBUG: # (sharp/hash) in title name causes reference

  * #998 Extending support of ticket #948 implementation

  * #1004 ConE export fails if option name or value is missing

* Bug fixes

  * #984 RuleML logging error the first sequence item is not shown in the log

  * #989 Modifying sequence values via default view doesn't save the data correctly

  * #996 Execution of /source/scripts/tests/unittest_configroot2flat.py fails in packed bat.

  * #1001 Implementation container condition does not work if value is None

  * #1006 Error: Initvariant merges also AMPI custvariant layers

== Version Cone-1.2.8 ==

* Bug fixes

  * #1002 ConE execution conflicts EC image creation because of pyc file creation

== Version Cone-1.2.7 ==

* Stories

  * #991 As a cone developer I want to configure the script interface of cone command line client

* Bug fixes 

  * #980 ConE --run-action=fix leaves old options in merged ConfML

  * #976 An incorrectly defined rule element causes the entire implml file to fail

  * #985 uses_layer() method doesn't work correctly in all cases

  * #988 Name-ID mapping does not work if the source setting is not of string type

  * #990 cone.cmd does not preserve caret characters (^) correctly

  * #993 ConE in wk18 release does not generate all cenrep files for S60 asset

== Version Cone-1.2.6 ==

* Features:

  * #928 As a user I want to create a rule that resolves is there any uda content in the generated layers

  * #933 As a user I want to get image type as parameter from imaker so that factorydmprofiles can be customized

  * #977 Remove the temp features from the refs with no output from the generation report

* Bug fixes:

  * #955 NUAGE: Read error with readOnly attribute in View

== Version Cone-1.2.5 ==

* Features:

 * #925 As a user I want to name cone generation report after CPF name

 * #927 Rules are not working as implementations in generation report.

 * #934 As a variant engineer I want to use Initvariant for initialization of new variant based on existing one

 * #936 Study and integrate Jani's packvariant solution

 * #943 As a developer I want to see validation information in S60 dashboard

 * #944 As a user I want to filter out content files via command line paratemeters when exporting configuration so that the export size is smaller

* Errors:

 * #852 Generation report does not work with --all-layers

 * #921 Commandml condition problem with temp variables

 * #924 Ruleml tag filtering error

 * #956 Destination Netvork fix to accesspoint_id_counter.py

== Version Cone-1.2.4 ==

== Stories ==

 * #916 As vasco I need extra flag to create svgs to mif so that I would show startup images on my screen

== Bug fixes ==

 * #921 Commandml condition problem with temp variables

 * #923 ConE documentation errors

 * #941 Casting None error in model.set_value_case()

== Version Cone-1.2.3 ==

== Stories ==

 * #690 As a Variant Engineer I want to read imageml documentation

 * #789 Value report should show if a setting value is set in a specific configuration

 * #900 As a user I want to have configuration name visible instead of configuration root name in the default settng document

 * #913 As a cone rule script writer I want to know the output folder of the generation so that I can generate a output file inside the rule script1

 * #931 As a user I want to define name for layer root files in convert project so that the layer name can be shown in nuage

== Bug fixes ==

 * #192 Values inside sequence setting values are not cast to the correct type

 * #683 Generation report reports a file as not generated if it is the output of an implementation filtered out of the generation by a condition

 * #914 ConE way of creating temp files is racy and not good for server usage

 * #919 Error: ConE container conditions do not work correctly with data comparison on different data types

 * #932 Wildcards are working only in the beginning of filename in convertprojectml

== Version Cone-1.2.2 ==

Major features

 * Bug fixes 1.2, to mainly fix bugs found in real build environments (parallel building, etc). 

== Stories ==

 * #860 CI interface compare report

== Bug fixes ==

 * #917 Error: Cone generate fails when parameters to paths are given with \path syntax

 * #878 Helium 6.0.x: ConE errors in image creation

== Version Cone-1.2.1 ==

Major features

 * Bug fixes and small new features to ConE 1.2.1 

== Stories ==

 * #830 NUAGE: As a customisation engineer I want to override property elements in a view so that the properties can be extended / overriden

 * #846 As a variant engineer I want to easily merge a customer variant from a CPF back into the configuration project

 * #743 EPIC: Automatic validation with ConE

 * #851 Exporting CPFs to path creates that path

 * #884 As a user I want to generate certain layers based on the layer naming so that variant creation manual layer is included automatically when needed

 * #898 As a variant engineer I want to specifiy line change in templateml file for each template so that I can write either unix or windows files.

Bug fixes 

 * #861 NUAGE: Template/sequence problem

 * #864 NUAGE: File setting problem in template part

 * #876 Configuration version does not get read/written to confml output

 * #877 Empty attributes of elements are removed in read/write test

 * #207 set_value(value) method for sequence features modifies its parameter

== Version Cone-1.2.0 ==

* Features:

	* #40: As a variant engineer/Sw integrator I want to check data compatibility of certain configuration so that I can be sure that my configuration is valid.

	* #42: As a variant engineer I want to create operator cache using ConE so that content is visible already before image has been created

	* #84: EPIC: Cenrep changes related cenrep version 2 and PREQ2112

	* #96: As a variant engineer I need to enter variantID and variant version as a commandline parameter for the variant in case not included in the CPF

	* #120: ConE view inclusion support

	* #130: iMaker: Support baseporting team in iMaker - Cone HCR integration.

	* #559: As a customization designer I want have only delta cenreps in ROFS3 so that re-creation of ROFS3 images in PR update is minimized.

	* #584: As a variant engineer I want to be able to override implementation file in later layers so that public confml definition is easier.

	* #636: Export action does not export ConfML files correctly

	* #692: Value report generation fails if the view references non-existent settings

	* #693: Value report generation fails if the specified view file does not directly contain the view

	* #702: As a SW developer I want to validate my ConfML and Implml file schemas using ConE

	* #705: Change rule plugin due to engine changes

	* #74: 6NUAGE: As a cone developer I want to access view overridden and original attributes so that I can know which attributes are set in view level

	* #747: As a user I want to see different schema validation as different error types so that I can filter them

	* #792: Change ConE licenses from SFL to EPL

	* #794: Preliminary model-level validation framework design

	* #797: Productization and merging model level validation to ConE 1.2 release

	* #826: ConE Linux delivery

	* #858: Refs changed by rule execution should be visible to other implementations immediately

	* #859: Common ImplML elements should be inherited correctly to sub-implementations

	* #879: As a user I want to filter errors in the validation report so that I can find my errors easily

* Bug fixes:

	* #156: SchemaLocation attribute in Configuration element is invalid

	* #791: Writing FeatureLink objects to confml file fails

	* #799: As a customisation engineer I want to override option lists in a view so that the option list can be extended / overriden

	* #829: ConE must not assume that the executive process will have write access to workdir: change the usage of os.rename to use shutil.move

	* #831: Defining several mailbox feature elements under same group overrides the previously defined mailboxes in a view

	* #832: ConE log file parameter causes error if filename contains \x

	* #833: As a ConE API user I want to use all Confml feature xml schema facets consistently so that I can always trust that I get a certain type value

	* #834: As a user I want read/write length attribute of a confml feature/setting

	* #835: As a user I want to set desc and name attributes via constructor to a Confml sequence setting so that I can create it easily

	* #836: NUAGE: As a ConE API user I want to read/write the id of any confml element so that the id can be accessed via the API

	* #837: The ConfmlSequenceSetting template does not return ConfmlFile element data when it is fetched from confml

	* #854: Filtering based on setting references does not work correctly with ImplContainers

	* #855: ThemeML does not work in ImplML containers

	* #857: Template plug-in does not do ref-based filtering correctly

	* #866: Python version checking in cone.cmd might cause errors if multiple cone.cmd are executed at the same time.

	* #587: Cone.cmd contains strange line

== Version Cone-1.2.0DEV ==

 * Features:

   * Support for new webstorage (Carbon extapi)

     * Export features and data. Supports exporting of features and data from carbon to Configuration project and confml files.

     * 

   * Known issues

     * Carbon refs are converted to apropriate confml refs in Cone which will cause problems if the carbon ref 

     is not a valid confml ref. e.g. refs withs dots or any unicode characters.

     * Selection type feature cannot be created with the Carbon extapi (Creation of groups fails).

     * Directory separators '/' in configuration names will break the loading of configurations.

     * Carbon allows only references in lower case, which is contradicting current confml specification.

 * Stories:

  * #746 : As a cone developer I want to access view overridden and original attributes

           so that I can know which attributes are set in view level

== Version Cone-1.1.1 RC4 ==

 * Bugfixes:

    - cone.cmd fix

== Version Cone-1.1.1 RC3 ==

 * Bugfixes:

    - GenConfML plugin to use LXML instead of 4Suite

    - Changed installation system to make the installation into a sub-directory depending on the current Python version (e.g. cone/2.5/lib/ instead of cone/lib/ etc.)

    - Changed cone.cmd so that it chooses the correct base directory based on the Python version

    - Added dep-eggs for Python 2.6

    - Updated setuptools to version 0.6c11 from 0.6c9

    - PYTHONCASEOK=1 added to cone.cmd

== Version Cone-1.1.1RC2 ==

 * Bugfixes:

  * #640: Tag definitions in TemplateML namespace do not work

  * #645: Report generation fails if the changed data contains references to non-existent settings

  * #648: TemplateML plug-in does not list output files correctly

  * #589: Change ImageML get_refs() to report references used in determining input  

== Version Cone-1.1.0 ==

  * New features

    * Templateml plugin

    * Command plugin

    * CRML DC (Data Compatibility) report into compare action

    * Implementation Language parsing changed from file name based to XML namespace based

      * It is now possible to have multiple implementations in a single file

      * Support for implementation tags, invocation phase and temporary ConfML features added to a common ImplML namespace

  * Bugfixes

  * Known issues

== Version Cone-1.0.0 ==

  * New features

  * Bugfixes

  * Known issues

    * #1556: ConE: sequence prepending works incorrectly

    * #1722: Sequence items with extension policy prefix are reversed

    * #1726: generate --add doesn't include the included layer's data in generation

    * #1729: CO-18: Merged variant layer inclusions are not in the correct order

    * #1799: Empty folders are not preserved when importing from a CPF generated by Carbide.ct or Carbide.v

    * #1884: Cone: Imageml plugin execution tool setting configuration is relative to the execution folder.

    * #1893: ImageML mifconv command doesn't work if tooldir contains spaces

    * #1903: ConE rules cannot contain unicode chars

== Version Cone-1.0.0RC3 ==

  * New features

  * Bugfixes

    * #1909: Links to GenConfML output files don't work in the generation report

    * #1908: CPF exported with multiple roots and empty folders doesn't work correctly in Carbide.v

== Version Cone-1.0.0RC2 ==

  * New features

  * Bugfixes

    * #1881: Report generation fails if any of the values contains unicode values

    * #1890: Generation report doesn't support url encoding in links

    * #1904: Cone cannot be executed in directory that contains spaces

    * #1889: ImageML output goes under /output/content/content/

    * #1905: ConE: The priority for filenamejoin is incorrect

    * #1906: ConE generation fails if report output dir doesn't exist

    * Removed import_browserbookmarks action

    * #1907: Empty folders are not taken into CPF if they have been defined using -a parameter

== Version Cone-0.6.1 ==

  * New features

    * #1780: ConE plugin filtering re-factoring, http://configurationtools.nmp.nokia.com/configurationtool/ticket/1759

      * Add support for generic tags for plugin. Adds has_tag function to the plugin api. see http://configurationtools.nmp.nokia.com/builds/cone/docs/epydoc/cone.public.plugin.ImplBase-class.html#has_tag

      * Add support for ini file like configuring of ConE. e.g. Plugin paths and tags can be configured in these configuration files.

    * #1574: As a variant engineer I want to see generation report so that I know which settings are properly generated and which needs to be modified manually

      * See http://configurationtools.nmp.nokia.com/configurationtool/ticket/1574

      * This is a reporting functionality embedded now in generation action.

      * Uses jinja2 to make the reporting based on template language

    * #1684: As a customization designer I want to be able to use arithmetic operations in rule files so that I can configure MMS settings easily

      * See http://configurationtools.nmp.nokia.com/configurationtool/ticket/1684

    * #1104: Empty directories are omited in CPF export: Support for Cone

      * See http://configurationtools.nmp.nokia.com/configurationtool/ticket/1104

    * #1784: Include empty folders in ConE merge

      * See http://configurationtools.nmp.nokia.com/configurationtool/ticket/1784

    * #1625: Phase support to Cone Content Plugin

      * http://configurationtools.nmp.nokia.com/configurationtool/ticket/1625

    * #1487: ConE support for Rules / Relations

      * Adds a ruleml implementation language and plugin

      * See http://configurationtools.nmp.nokia.com/configurationtool/ticket/1487  

  * Bugfixes

    * Fixed a bug in view parsing, which expected a id instead of a name.

    * Fixed a bug in implementation container creation to a configuration that is not in the root of the storage.

    * Fixed file handle leak in acceptance tests.

    * Fixed a bug in user story, As a customization designer I want to add rule also for settings that have empty default value.

    * #1654: Default extension policy not set correctly in ConE

    * #1532: ConE: Removing non existing configuration fails

    * #1499: Cone: Projectconversion plugin does not remove old includes from existing data files

== Version Cone-0.6.0 ==

  * Confml support:

    * Sequence data supports subsecuences (e.g. file element under sequence)

    * Sequence data access via column (e.g. ref fea.sequencefea.column1) returns a list of data values in the column1 of sequencefea.

    * Python type casting  for confml elements (ConfmlIntSetting,ConfmlBooleanSetting supported)

== Version Cone-0.5.2 ==

  * Confml support:

    * sequence data support

    * view support

== Version Cone-0.5.1 ==

  * First version of the ConE public API