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@@ -8,6 +8,197 @@ Changelog
Added
-----
+Changed
+-------
+
+- Moved the ``pkglist.x86_64.txt`` file outside the bootstrap tarball's ``root.x86_64`` directly to avoid polluting the
+ root file system.
+
+Deprecated
+----------
+
+Fixed
+-----
+
+- Look for microcode update files in the initramfs images when checking if external microcode images are needed. The
+ existence of a ``early_cpio`` file is not enough since mkinitcpio can and will place other files in the early
+ uncompressed CPIO even when the ``microcode`` hook is not used.
+
+Removed
+-------
+
+[77] - 2024-04-21
+=================
+
+Added
+-----
+
+- Copy Memtest86+ EFI binary to the EFI system partition and ISO 9660 for ``uefi-x86.systemd-boot`` boot modes.
+ Additionally, create a boot entry with it for the releng profile.
+
+Changed
+-------
+
+- Change releng profile's bootstrap tarball compression from gzip to zstd. zstd provides higher and faster compression.
+- Use mkinitcpio's ``microcode`` hook instead of external microcode images to simplify boot loader configuration.
+ Custom PXE setups will need to update their boot loader configuration.
+- Replace ``archisodevice`` boot parameter with ``archisosearchuuid`` in all boot loader configuration. This allows to
+ have "file system transposition" without relaying on GRUB-specific features.
+- Replace GRUB with systemd-boot as the UEFI boot loader for the releng profile. While this increases the ISO size, it
+ avoids all GRUB-specific annoyances and oddities.
+
+Fixed
+-----
+
+- Fix requirement validation logic for the ``uefi-ia32.systemd-boot.eltorito`` boot mode. It incorrectly applied the
+ same requirements as ``uefi-x64.systemd-boot.esp``.
+
+[76] - 2024-03-30
+=================
+
+Added
+-----
+
+- Add a man page for ``mkarchiso``.
+- Implement configurable bootstrap tarball compression. It is configured in ``profiledef.sh`` using a bash array called
+ ``bootstrap_tarball_compression``. baseline tarball now uses zstd compression while releng remains with gzip for now.
+
+Changed
+-------
+
+- Move ``/boot/grub/YYYY-mm-dd-HH-MM-SS-00.uuid`` to ``/boot/YYYY-mm-dd-HH-MM-SS-00.uuid`` and always create the file.
+ Once mkinitcpio-archiso implements searching for the file in early userspace, this file's use will not be limited to
+ just GRUB.
+- Skip including external microcode images in build artifacts if the initramfs file contains ``early_cpio`` (indicating
+ an early uncompressed CPIO archive which should have the microcode update files).
+
+Removed
+-------
+
+- Remove workaround for glibc < 2.39. ``LC_ALL=C.UTF-8`` now overrides ``LANGUAGE``, just like ``LC_ALL=C``.
+
+[75] - 2024-01-24
+=================
+
+Added
+-----
+
+- Explicitly add ldns to releng (as opposed to it only being pulled in as a dependency of another package) to ensure
+ ``drill`` remains available.
+
+Changed
+-------
+
+- Update the releng ISO description to "Arch Linux Live/Rescue DVD" since the ISO size now exceeds the maximum size of
+ a CD (900 MiB).
+
+Fixed
+-----
+
+- Update the location where ``mkarchiso`` looks for the memtest86+ license file.
+
+[74] - 2023-12-21
+=================
+
+Added
+-----
+
+- Add bcachefs-tools to releng for access to bcachefs userspace tools.
+- Add tftp as a valid protocol for downloading automated boot script.
+
+Changed
+-------
+
+- Set ``RequiredForOnline=routable`` in systemd-networkd configuration files to improve the chances that the network
+ really is *online* when ``network-online.target`` is reached.
+
+Fixed
+-----
+
+- Add missing replacement for the UUID variable in systemd-boot configuration files on ISO 9660.
+
+[73] - 2023-09-29
+=================
+
+Added
+-----
+
+- Add bolt to releng for authorizing and otherwise managing Thunderbolt and USB4 devices.
+- Add ``uefi-ia32.systemd-boot.esp`` and ``uefi-ia32.systemd-boot.eltorito`` boot modes that use systemd-boot for IA32
+ UEFI. The boot modes of baseline and releng are not changed.
+- Add GRUB configuration file ``/boot/grub/loopback.cfg`` to the releng and baseline profiles. It sets the necessary
+ boot parameters required for booting the ISO image as a file on a file system.
+
+Fixed
+-----
+
+- Add ``/etc/localtime`` to the baseline profile to ensure the ISO can be booted successfully without triggering
+ questions from systemd-firstboot.
+
+[72] - 2023-08-29
+=================
+
+Added
+-----
+
+- Add tpm2-tools to releng to allow clearing, creating and reading keys on the TPM.
+- Add sequoia-sq and openpgp-card-tools as additional tooling for working with OpenPGP certificates and smartcards.
+
+Changed
+-------
+
+- Moved custom ``mkinitcpio.conf`` files to ``/etc/mkinitcpio.conf.d/archiso.conf``.
+- Mount ``/etc/pacman.d/gnupg`` on tmpfs with option ``noswap`` instead of using ramfs. This ensures there is a limit to
+ the file system size.
+- Enable systemd-networkd's support for IPv6 Privacy Extensions globally instead of per-connection.
+- Moved custom ``sshd_config`` files to ``/ssh/sshd_config.d/10-archiso.conf``
+- Use pcsclite for interfacing with smartcards, since both gnupg and opgpcard support it.
+
+Fixed
+-----
+
+- Sign the root file system image only once.
+- Make sure xorriso does not read its configuration files to prevent interference and unintended behavior.
+
+[71] - 2023-05-28
+=================
+
+Added
+-----
+
+- Added classes for Memtest86+ and UEFI Shell menuentries.
+- Add foot-terminfo and wezterm-terminfo packages to releng to support terminal emulators using them. E.g. when
+ installing via SSH.
+- Add a new ``-r`` option to ``mkarchiso`` that deletes the working directly after the build.
+- Add support for mDNS announce and resolve.
+
+Changed
+-------
+
+- Increase EROFS compression for the baseline profile by using an extreme LZMA compression level and enabling the
+ experimental compressed fragments and data deduplication features.
+- Identify the ISO volume via a UUID instead of a file system label in all boot loader configuration files.
+- Update ``pacman.conf`` to match the one shipped with pacman 6.0.2-7 which removes the community repository.
+
+Fixed
+-----
+
+- Wait for ``network-online.target`` to become active before trying to download the script passed via the ``script=``
+ boot parameter.
+- Subdirectories from ``grub/`` are copied to the ISO.
+- Modify the commandline options to a ``cp`` command in ``mkarchiso`` so that the entire script does not exit with
+ failure when a custom ``.bashrc`` file is supplied with the archiso configuration. This fix was needed after
+ **GNU Coreutils** recently changed the behaviour of the ``-n`` (or ``--no-clobber``) commandline option to the ``cp``
+ command.
+- Ensure ``SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`` is read from the ``build_date`` file before ``profiledef.sh`` is sourced to ensure the
+ variable has a correct value when used inside ``profiledef.sh``.
+
+[70] - 2023-02-27
+=================
+
+Added
+-----
+
- Support *file system transposition* to simplify boot medium preparation for UEFI boot via extracting the ISO image
contents to a drive. ``grub.cfg`` does not hardcode the ISO volume label anymore, instead GRUB will search for volume
with a ``/boot/grub/YYYY-mm-dd-HH-MM-SS-00.uuid`` file on it.
@@ -29,6 +220,7 @@ Changed
is deprecated and a future archiso release will not create this file anymore.
- Moved syslinux directory from ``/syslinux/`` to ``/boot/syslinux/`` to keep most boot loader files in ``/boot/``.
- Update ``README.transfer`` documentation and convert it to reStructuredText.
+- Use ``console`` as grub's ``terminal_output``, as ``gfxterm`` leads to a blank screen on some hardware.
Removed
-------