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Topic: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

With the next release of GParted (0.14.1) we plan to work on enhancements and bug fixes.

GParted (0.14.1) is planned for release December 12, 2012.

Candidates under consideration for GParted 0.14.1 include:

Done? - Bug# - Description
Yes - Bug 685656 - GParted doesn't notice when file system label is changed to blank
Mike Fleetwood has created a patch set.

Yes - Bug 688760 - GParted displays blank resier4 label as <none>
Mike Fleetwood has created a patch.

No - Bug 688882 - Improve clearing of file system signatures
Mike Fleetwood is working on this enhancement.

No - Bug 688883 - Improve SSD handling by using TRIM
Mike Fleetwood is working on this enhancement.

Yes - Bug 687813 - Use kdesudo on KDE, as gksu is not installed by default
Curtis Gedak has created a patch set.

Yes - Bug 686668 - Growing logical partition overlaps end of extended partition
Curtis Gedak has created a patch set.

Yes - Bug 678379 - Could not stat device /dev/md/0 - No such file or directory
Curtis Gedak is working on this bug report.

Yes - Bug 683149 - Cleanup(?): Remove lp_device and lp_disk from GParted_Core
Matthias Gehre has created a patch set.

no - Bug 627701 - option to encrypt new partitions (using LUKS)
Matthias Gehre is working on this enhancement.

no - Bug 685740 - Refactor to use asynchronous command execution
Phillip Susi is working on this enhancement.

no - Bug 671784 - enhancement: convert partitions from one file system to another
Massimiliano Ghilardi is working on this enhancement.

no - Bug 673166 - NTFS partition trashed when resized to minimum size
Vladimir Panteleev has provided a patch.  Further testing is required.


With the 1.0.0 release of GParted we plan to work on preparing GParted to work with GNOME 3.0.
The release will become 1.0.0 if and when we drop support for the gtkmm-2.4 API.  The plan with the first few releases is to maintain compatibility with both gtkmm-2.4 and gtkmm-3.0.

Candidates under consideration for GParted 1.0.0 include:

Done? - Bug# - Description
no - Bug 652044 - uses deprecated APIs
Colin Watson has created an initial patch.  More development work and testing is required.
Curtis Gedak is working on this enhancement.


Your comments and responses are welcome in this forum post.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

Sirs,

Any plan for UEFI partition system and GUID Partition Table (GPT) ? Gparted (I have 0.12 CD) shows msftres as an unknown partition with a warning triangle in front of the partition. Should be obliged for any advice.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

peterjones wrote:

Any plan for UEFI partition system and GUID Partition Table (GPT)?

GParted does support GUID Partition Tables (GPT).

Are you experiencing difficulty creating or modifying partitions in a GPT?

peterjones wrote:

Gparted (I have 0.12 CD) shows msftres as an unknown partition with a warning triangle in front of the partition. Should be obliged for any advice.

Unknown partitions are ones in which the format of the file system in the partition is unknown to GParted.

Do you know what file system or format is contained in your "unknown partition"?

If so, what free tool(s) did you use to determine the format?

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

A patchset to address Bug 685656 - GParted doesn't notice when file system label is changed to blank has been committed to the git repository.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

A patchset to address Bug 683149 - Cleanup(?): Remove lp_device and lp_disk from GParted_Core has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks to Matthias Gehre for this patch set.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

A patchset to address Bug 687813 - Use kdesudo on KDE, as gksu is not installed by default has been committed to the git repository.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

A patch to address Bug 688760 - GParted displays blank resier4 label as <none> has been committed to the git repository.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

A patchset to address Bug 686668 - Growing logical partition overlaps end of extended partition has been committed to the git repository.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

GParted 0.14.1 is planned for release on Wednesday, December 12, 2012.

Preliminary Release Notes
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  This release of GParted includes some important bug fixes and some
  language translation updates.

### Key changes include:

  * Fix Linux software RAID device detection
  * Fix logical partition grow overlaps extended partition end

Bug Fixes
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  * Make GParted recognise reading blank file system labels (#685656)
    - Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for this patch set
  * Treat reiser4 label "<none>" as meaning blank (#688760)
    - Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for this small patch
  * Fix Linux software RAID device detection (#678379)
  * Fix logical partition grow overlaps extended partition end (#686668)
  * Use kdesudo on KDE, as gksu is not installed by default (#687813)
  * Cleanup - remove lp_device and lp_disk from GParted_Core (#683149)
    - Thanks to Matthias Gehre for this patch set

Translations (new/updated)
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  de(Christian Kirbach, Wolfgang Stöggl), el(Dimitris Spingos),
  lv(Rūdolfs Mazurs), nn(Yngve Spjeld Landro, Åsmund Skjæveland),
  zh_HK(Chao-Hsiung Liao), zh_TW(Chao-Hsiung Liao)

Dependencies (new/updated)
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  * Optionally configure to use kdesudo if gksu is not installed
  * mdadm no longer required for Linux software RAID detection

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

A patch set to address Bug 678379 - Could not stat device /dev/md/0 - No such file or directory has been committed to the git repository for inclusion in the next release of GParted (0.14.1) on December 12, 2012.

This patch set has already been listed in the preliminary release notes in post #9.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.14.1)

GParted 0.14.1 was released on December 12, 2012.