Topic: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.6.2)
The focus is on bug fixes for the next release of GParted (0.6.2). With these bug fixes we are endeavouring to increase the robustness of the application. No new features are planned for this release.
Candidates under consideration for GParted 0.6.2 include:
Done?
yes - Bug 623630 - Move logical partition to right yields invalid partition table
no - Ubuntu LP Bug #503125 - GParted permits creating partition table when partitions are mounted
no - Bug 611431 - Ensure no pending operations before swapon and mount
no - Bug 616694 - Warn on move that boot process may be broken
FAQ documentation has been updated. Adding a dialog warning would better prepare users for possible consequences of moving partitions that are involved in the boot process, such as /boot in GNU/Linux or C: in Windows.
no - Ubuntu LP Bug #600729 - Gparted not usable on fakeraid arrays
Also likely related is:
Bug 622217 - gparted live 0.6.0-1 incompatibility with AMD RAID (SB750 southbridge)
New features under consideration for GParted 0.7.0 include:
Bug 571170 - Initial btrfs support
Luca Bruno has created a patch to add btrfs file system support to GParted. Testing is still needed.
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.
Your comments and responses are welcome in this forum post.