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Topic: GParted 0.5.0 to be Released Dec 2, 2009

PRELIMINARY RELEASE NOTES
    This release of GParted adds support for Linux software RAID.

    RAID systems now supported include:
      - Hardware RAID
      - Motherboard BIOS RAID (also known as Fake RAID - dmraid)
      - Linux Software RAID (mdadm)

    Key changes include:
      - Add auto detection of Linux software RAID devices
      - Re-enable ability to paste into an existing partition
      - Ensure parted-1.9.0 is patched if using with GParted

BUG FIXES
    * Add auto detection of Linux software RAID devices
    * GNOME Goal: Correct desktop files (#600048)
    * GNOME Goal: Replace gnome-open with gtk_show_uri (#600046)
    * Found cause of NTFS volume bigger than device size (#601574)
      - Ensure parted-1.9.0 is patched if using with GParted
    * Re-enable ability to paste into an existing partition (#582101)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
    * bg(Krasimir Chonov), cs(Adrian Guniš), es(Jorge González),
      pt_BR(Djavan Fagundes), sv(Daniel Nylander)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
    * For Linux software RAID support, the following command is required:
      - mdadm