Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.23.0)

A patch set to address Bug 746204 - Creating partitions on pc98 table fails with lvm flag not available has been committed to the GNOME git repository master branch.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for finding and fixing this issue.

A patch set to fix Bug 746559 - Various operations fail when following paste into existing partition has been committed to the git repository ready for the next GParted release.  Thanks also to Curtis Gedak for a small matching GParted Manual update.

A patch set to address Bug 749867 - Some limits are adjusted by arcane cylinder size amount when copying and resizing in a single operation has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for this patch set.

A patch set to address Bug 750582 - Refactor the LVM2_PV_Info module object interface and internal cache representation has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for this patch set.

A patch set to address Bug 751251 - Show serial number in device information has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for this, and many other patches to be included in the next release of GParted.

A patch set to address Bug 752587 - GParted crashing when opening Resize/Move dialog on logical partition has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks to Curtis Gedak for fixing this bug when I was reference/pointer blind.

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the summary of user visible changes.  The release notes that I have so far are:

Release Notes
-------------
  This release of GParted includes bug fixes and language translation
  updates.

### Key changes include:

  * Add partition name to create dialog and enable online naming
  * Show serial number in device information
  * Add btrfs set new file system UUID support
  * Fix UI hangs running libparted operations such as resize FAT16/32

Bug Fixes
---------
  * Only set LVM partition flag on tables which support it (#746204)
  * Add partition name to create dialog and enable online naming (#746214)
  * Fix some operations fail after paste into existing partition (#746559)
  * Fix FileSystem object memory leaks in init_filesystems (#749036)
  * Fix arcane cylinder size adjustment when copying and resizing (#749867)
  * Reduce the amount of copying of partition objects (#750168)
  * Refactor LVM2_PV_Info module interface and cache representation (#750582)
  * Adjust pointers to prevent crash when resizing a logical partition (#752587)
  * Show serial number in device information (#751251)
  * Add btrfs set new file system UUID support (#751337)
  * Fix UI hangs running libparted operations such as resize FAT16/32 (#737022)

Code Credits
------------
  Code enhancements are courtesy of Mike Fleetwood and Curtis Gedak.

Translations (new/updated)
--------------------------
  ca(Jordi Mas), cs(Marek Černocký), es(Daniel Mustieles),
  gd(GunChleoc), hu(Gábor Kelemen), is(Sveinn í Felli),
  pl(Piotr Drąg), sk(Dušan Kazik), th(Akom Chotiphantawanon),
  ro(Daniel Șerbănescu), ru(Stas Solovey)

Dependencies (new/updated)
--------------------------
  * hdparm command is required for optional display serial number device
    information
  * btrfs-progs version >= 4.1 June 2015 package is required for
    optional set new btrfs UUID.

SF is not yet completely functional.  Once it is, I think another release is in order.  As per usual I will provide at least 1 week's notice to allow translators to do their work before the official release.

In my mind we can make a release of the changes we currently have.

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the suggested changes.  With these changes the release notes are as follows:

GParted 0.23.0 is planned for release on August 3, 2015.

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

### Key changes include:

  * Add partition name to create dialog and enable online naming
    (relevant for GPT partitioned disk)
  * Show serial number in device information
  * Add support for btrfs set new file system UUID
  * Prevent UI hang when resizing FAT16/32, HFS and HFS+ file systems

Bug Fixes
---------
  * Only set LVM partition flag on tables which support it (#746204)
  * Add partition name to create dialog and enable online naming (#746214)
  * Fix some operations fail after paste into existing partition (#746559)
  * Fix FileSystem object memory leaks in init_filesystems (#749036)
  * Fix arcane cylinder size adjustment when copying and resizing (#749867)
  * Reduce the amount of copying of partition objects (#750168)
  * Refactor LVM2_PV_Info module interface and cache representation (#750582)
    - Adjust pointers to prevent crash resizing a logical partition (#752587)
  * Show serial number in device information (#751251)
  * Add support for btrfs set new file system UUID(#751337)
  * Prevent UI hang when resizing FAT16/32, HFS and HFS+ file systems (#737022)

Code Credits
------------
  Code enhancements are courtesy of Mike Fleetwood and Curtis Gedak.

Translations (new/updated)
--------------------------
  ca(Jordi Mas), cs(Marek Černocký), es(Daniel Mustieles),
  gd(GunChleoc), hu(Gábor Kelemen, Balázs Úr), is(Sveinn í Felli),
  pl(Piotr Drąg), sk(Dušan Kazik), th(Akom Chotiphantawanon),
  ro(Daniel Șerbănescu), ru(Stas Solovey)

Dependencies (new/updated)
--------------------------
  * hdparm command is required for optional display serial number device
    information
  * btrfs-progs version >= 4.1 June 2015 package is required for
    optional set new btrfs UUID.