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Topic: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.7.0)

With the next release of GParted (0.7.0) we plan to add new features in addition to maintaining our focus on critical bug fixes.

The planned release date for GParted 0.7.0 is October 29, 2010.

Candidates under consideration for GParted 0.7.0 include:

Done?
yes - Bug 631026 - Partitions created using MiB alignment are 1 MiB larger than specified
Work around is to specify partition size as 1 MiB smaller than desired.
NOTE:  This patch was released with GParted 0.6.4.

yes - Bug 571170 - Initial btrfs support
Configure with --enable-btrfs
Thanks go to Luca Bruno for developing this enhancement.

yes - Ubuntu Launchpad Bug #617885 - GParted crash at startup: glibmm-ERROR with btrfs enabled
See also Ubuntu Launchpad Bug #609477 - gpartedbin crashed with signal 5 in Glib::exception_handlers_invoke()
Thanks go to Seth Heeren for troubleshooting and providing a patch to solve this problem.

yes - Bug 628863 - gparted crashes applying move to right of more than one logical partition
This problem occurs when moving more than one cylinder aligned logical partitions to the right, using MiB alignment, such that these partitions butt up against each other.

yes - Bug 631201 - Several memory leaks, valgrind errors
Thanks go to Seth Heeren for discovering and fixing these problems.

yes - Bug 539092 - Remove unnecessary null pointer checks
Thanks go to Markus Elfring for providing a patch to de-clutter the code.

yes - Bug 631684 - Needed Translator Comments

yes - Bug 632478 - Move/Copy using MiB alignment results in destination being 1 MiB larger

yes - Bug 589555 - moving a swap partition needlessly copies all "data" on it

yes - Ensure 1 MiB reserved for MBR when moving partition to start of disk device

no - Bug 171215 - Support lost partition recovery
Joan Lledó has done much work in this area providing a patch that uses gpart to find lost partitions.

no - Ubuntu Launchpad Bug #583746 - Partition graph disappears after a swap partition has been deleted


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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.7.0)

Patches for Bug 571170 - Initial btrfs support have been commited to the Gnome git repository master for inclusion in the next release of GParted.  To enable btrfs support you will need to build GParted using the configure option --enable-btrfs.
Thanks go to Luca Bruno for developing this enhancement.

A patch for Ubuntu Launchpad Bug #617885 - GParted crash at startup: glibmm-ERROR with btrfs enabled has been committed to the Gnome git repository for inclusion in the next release of GParted.
Thanks go to Seth Heeren for troubleshooting and providing a patch to solve this problem.

Several patches for Bug 631201 - Several memory leaks, valgrind errors have been committed to the Gnome git repository for inclusion in the next release of GParted.
Thanks go to Seth Heeren for discovering and fixing these problems.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.7.0)

The patch for Bug 539092 - Remove unnecessary null pointer checks has been committed to the gnome git master.
Thanks go to Markus Elfring for this patch to de-clutter the code.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.7.0)

Enhancements for Bug 631684 - Needed Translator Comments have been committed to the gnome git master.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.7.0)

A fix for Bug 632478 - Move/Copy using MiB alignment results in destination being 1 MiB larger has been committed to the gnome git master.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.7.0)

Enhancements to address Bug 589555 - moving a swap partition needlessly copies all "data" on it have been committed to the gnome git master.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.7.0)

GParted 0.7.0 is planned for release on October 29, 2010.

PRELIMINARY RELEASE NOTES
    This release of GParted includes btrfs support, bug fixes, and
    language translation updates.

    Key changes include:
      - Add initial support for btrfs
      - Fix gparted crash at start with glibmm-ERROR when btrfs enabled

BUG FIXES
    * Add initial support for btrfs (#571170)
      - Thanks go to Luca Bruno for this big patch
    * Fix gparted crash at start with glibmm-ERROR when btrfs enabled
      - Crash due to using ustring for file system signature recognition
      - Ubuntu launchpad #609477
      - Ubuntu launchpad #617885
      - Thanks go to Seth Heeren for this small patch
    * Remove unnecessary null pointer checks (#539092)
      - Thanks go Markus Elfring for this small patch
    * Insert additional translator comments (#631684)
    * Fix partitions moved or copied are 1 MiB larger (#632478)
    * Skip move/copy action because linux swap contains no data (#589555)
      - Ubuntu launchpad #401228

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
    * de(Mario Blättermann), es(Jorge González), et(Mattias Põldaru),
      nb(Kjartan Maraas), sl(Matej Urbančič), uk(Maxim V. Dziumanenko),
      zh_CN(Aron Xu, Yunqiang Su)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
    * btrfs-tools package is required for optional btrfs support.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.7.0)

A fix to address Bug 628863 - gparted crashes applying move to right of more than one logical partition has been commited to the gnome git master.

This fix will also be included in the upcoming GParted 0.7.0 release.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.7.0)

GParted 0.7.0 was released on October 29, 2010.