# Release notes for v-i

This file summarizes user-visible changes between releases of v-i, the
vmdb2-based installer of Debian onto bare metal systems.


# Version 0.2, released 2022-08-07

## New or changed features

* New script `configure-installer` allows configuring an installer
  image that has been written to a USB drive or other block device. It
  replaced the older `set-authorized-key` script. It adds support for
  SSH CA and host host certificates for the installer, and accepting
  user certificates for logging into the installer.

* The tutorial is a little improved and will hopefully be possible to
  understand even if you don't already know everything.

* The installer image now boots a little faster: it now uses
  `systemd-networkd` instead of `iupdown` to bring up the network, and
  the persistent `journald` system log is disabled.

* The `/etc/v-i-version` file contains information about the version
  of the `v-i` repository used to build the installer image.

## Bug fixes

* `ping` now works on the installer.

## Other notable changes

* The `rootfs.tar.gz` tarball that used to be included in the
  installer image is gone. It wasn't useful for anything but building
  an installer image.

# Version 0.1, released 2022-03-06

This is the first release of v-i. It may or may not work for you. It
will reliably destroy all your data.