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Topic: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

With the next release we plan to focus on improvements and bug fixes.

GParted 1.4.0 is planned for release on Monday, March 28, 2022.

Candidates under consideration include:

Done? - Bug# - Description
Yes - Issue #163 - Feature request: set label on a mounted btrfs / MR !87 - Add labelling of mounted btrfs, ext2/3/4 and xfs file systems
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Issue #162 - It is no longer possible to mount a LUKS encrypted file system / MR !88 - Fix detection of available mount points for encrypted file systems
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Issue #165 - GParted segfaults if scrolling quickly in the device dropdown / MR !91 - Fix crash scrolling quickly in the drive selection combobox
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch.

Yes - Issue #172 - GParted doesn't allow creation of a partition starting at sector 2048 if there is a partition before it / MR !93 - Fix sector 2048 alignment issues
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - MR !94 - Make more getter methods use return-by-constant-reference
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - MR !90 - Add initial Indonesian translation of help
Andika Triwidada has provided a patch set.

Yes - MR !89 - Fix unmount error when unmounting below a bind mount point
Movie Ma and Mike Fleetwood have provided a patch set.

Yes - MR !92 - Add accessibility relations
Pascal Engélibert has provided a patch.

Yes - Bug 723571 - Copying ext4 partitions should not fix the source but the destination / MR !95 - Check copy destination instead of source
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Issue #183 - Basic support for bcache / MR !96 - Add bcache detection
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - MR !98 - Fix translation of DocBook markup tag of the GParted Manual
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch.

Yes - Issue #89 - GParted doesn't recognise EXT4 fs journal partition / MR !97 -  Add JBD external EXT3/4 journal detection
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.



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No - Issue #83 - template description of issue / MR !55
Author name has provided a patch / patch set.

Your comments and responses are welcome in this forum post.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch set to address Issue #163 - Feature request: set label on a mounted btrfs / MR !87 - Add labelling of mounted btrfs, ext2/3/4 and xfs file systems has been committed to the git repository.

Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for these online label enhancements.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch set to address Issue #162 - It is no longer possible to mount a LUKS encrypted file system / MR !88 - Fix detection of available mount points for encrypted file systems has been committed to the git repository.

Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for fixing this regression.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch to address MR !90 - Add initial Indonesian translation of help has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Andika Triwidada for adding this help translation.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patchset to address MR !89 - Fix unmount error when unmounting below a bind mount point has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks to Movie Ma for their work on this patch set.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch to address Issue #165 - GParted segfaults if scrolling quickly in the device dropdown / MR !91 - Fix crash scrolling quickly in the drive selection combobox has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for fixing this bug.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch to address MR !92 - Add accessibility relations has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks to Pascal Engélibert for this work.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch set to address Issue #172 - GParted doesn't allow creation of a partition starting at sector 2048 if there is a partition before it / MR !93 - Fix sector 2048 alignment issues has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for triaging and resolving this rarely encountered bug.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch set to address MR !94 - Make more getter methods use return-by-constant-reference has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for this code enhancement.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch set to address Bug 723571 - Copying ext4 partitions should not fix the source but the destination / MR !95 - Check copy destination instead of source has been committed to the git repository.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch set to address Issue #183 - Basic support for bcache / MR !96 - Add bcache detection has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for this enhancement.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch to MR !98 - Fix translation of DocBook markup tag of the GParted Manual has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for investigating and fixing the failed automatic pipelines.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

A patch set to address Issue #89 - GParted doesn't recognise EXT4 fs journal partition / MR !97 -  Add JBD external EXT3/4 journal detection has been committed to the git respository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for this enhancement.

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

GParted 1.4.0 is planned for release on Monday, March 28, 2022.

Preliminary Release Notes
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  This release of GParted includes enhancements, bug fixes and language translation updates.

### Key changes include:

  * Add labelling of mounted btrfs, ext2/3/4 and xfs file systems
  * Fix detection of mount points for encrypted file systems
  * Fix crash scrolling quickly in the drive selection combobox
  * Add bcache detection
  * Add JBD external EXT3/4 journal detection

Bug Fixes
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  * Add labelling of mounted btrfs, ext2/3/4 and xfs file systems (#163, !87)
  * Fix detection of mount points for encrypted file systems (#162, !88)
  * Fix unmount error when unmounting below a bind mount point (!89)
  * Fix crash scrolling quickly in the drive selection combobox (#165, !91)
  * Add initial Indonesian translation of help (!90)
  * Add accessibility relations for screen readers like Orca (!92)
  * Fix partition creation at sector 2048 if partition before it (#172, !93)
  * Make more getter methods use return-by-constant-reference (!94)
  * Check copy destination instead of source (!95)
  * Add bcache detection (#183, !96)
  * Add JBD external EXT3/4 journal detection (#89, !97)
  * Fix translation of DocBook markup tag of the GParted Manual (!98)

Code Credits
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  Code enhancements are courtesy of Movie Ma, Pascal Engélibert, and
  Mike Fleetwood.

Translations (new/updated)
--------------------------
  cs(Marek Černocký), eu(Asier Sarasua Garmendia), fur(Fabio Tomat),
  he(Yaron Shahrabani), hr(Goran Vidović), hu(Balázs Úr),
  id(Andika Triwidada), ko(Seong-ho Cho), lt(Aurimas Černius),
  nl(Nathan Follens), pt(Hugo Carvalho), ru(Aleksandr Melman, Sergej A),
  sk(Dušan Kazik), sl(Matej Urbančič), sr(Мирослав Николић),
  zh_CN(Luming Zh)

Dependencies (new/updated)
--------------------------
  * n/a

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Re: Development Plans for the next release of GParted (1.4.0)

GParted 1.4.0 was released on March 28, 2022.