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Topic: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

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

GParted 0.24.0 is planned for release on October 27, 2015.

Candidates under consideration for GParted 0.24.0 include:

Done? - Bug# - Description
Yes - Bug 752862 - ZFS is not recognised
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Bug 753436 - Update documentation of GParted software dependencies
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Bug 753525 - Configuration issues when using non-system location or non-released versions of libparted
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Bug 755022 - gparted doesn't recognize nvme devices
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch.

Yes - Bug 754684 - Updates to FileSystem:: and Utils::execute_command() functions
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Bug 754827 - Copy, reformat source and paste a logical partition thinks it's pasting the original file system
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Bug 755214 - Refactor operation merging
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Bug 756035 - GParted does not compile with newer gtkmm libraries in Fedora 23
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Bug 755495 - GParted allowing partitioning of large sector devices specified on the command line, when built with old libparted which doesn't support it
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Bug 756434 - GParted dumps core when passing non-existent or invalid device on the command line
Mike Fleetwood has provided a patch set.

Yes - Bug 754649 - Display Logical Volumes in Volume Group of LVM2 Partition
Wrolf Courtney has provided a patch.

Yes - Bug 755608 - Labeling fat16/fat32 partitions hangs if certain characters included in label
Albert Young has provided a patch.

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

No - Bug 467925 - gparted: add progress bar during operation
Phillip Susi is working on this enhancement.

no - Bug 627701 - option to encrypt new partitions (using LUKS)
Matthias Gehre is no longer 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.


Your comments and responses are welcome in this forum post.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch set to address Bug 752862 - ZFS is not recognised has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for his work on this enhancement.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch set to address Bug 753436 - Update documentation of GParted software dependencies has been committed to the git respository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch set to address Bug 753525 - Configuration issues when using non-system location or non-released versions of libparted has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks for this work goes to Mike Fleetwood.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch to implement Bug 754649 - Display Logical Volumes in Volume Group of LVM2 Partition has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks to Wrolf Courtney for this patch.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch to addresss Bug 755022 - gparted doesn't recognize nvme devices has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for the patch.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch set to address Bug 754684 - Updates to FileSystem:: and Utils::execute_command() functions has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for this patch set.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

Thanks to work by Mike Fleetwood, a patch set to address Bug 754827 - Copy, reformat source and paste a logical partition thinks it's pasting the original file system has been committed to the git repository for inclusion in the next release of GParted.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch set to address Bug 755214 - Refactor operation merging has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for improving the readability and maintainability of operation merging.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch to address Bug 755608 - Labeling fat16/fat32 partitions hangs if certain characters included in label has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Albert Young and Mike Fleetwood for this patch.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch set to address Bug 756035 - GParted does not compile with newer gtkmm libraries in Fedora 23 has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for enabling C++11 compilation when using glibmm 2.45.40 and later.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch set to address Bug 755495 - GParted allowing partitioning of large sector devices specified on the command line, when built with old libparted which doesn't support it has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for this work.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

A patch set to address Bug 756434 - GParted dumps core when passing non-existent or invalid device on the command line has been committed to the git repository.  Thanks goes to Mike Fleetwood for finding and fixing this problem.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

GParted 0.23.0 is planned for release on October 27, 2015.

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

### Key changes include:

  * Display list of Logical Volumes in Partition Information dialog
  * Add ZFS file system detection
  * Add recognition of NVME devices
  * Prevent hang labeling FAT16/32 if illegal chars in label
  * Avoid core dump if invalid or non-existent device on command line

Bug Fixes
---------
  * Add ZFS file system detection (#752862)
  * Update documentation of GParted software dependencies (#753436)
  * Configuration issues when using non-system location of libparted (#753525)
  * Display list of Logical Volumes in Partition Information dialog (#754649)
  * Add recognition of NVME devices (#755022)
  * Updates to FileSystem:: and Utils::execute_command() functions (#754684)
  * Fix issue with copy, reformat source logical partition and paste (#754827)
  * Refactor operation merging (#755214)
  * Prevent hang labeling FAT16/32 if illegal chars in label (#755608)
    - Upper case FAT16/32 label per MS technet bb490925
  * Enable C++11 compilation when using glibmm 2.45.40 and later (#756035)
  * Check disks passed on command line are useable (#755495)
  * Avoid core dump if invalid or non-existent device on command line (#756434)

Code Credits
------------
  Code enhancements are courtesy of Wrolf Courtney, Albert Young, and
  Mike Fleetwood.

Translations (new/updated)
--------------------------
  cs(Marek Černocký), es(Daniel Mustieles), fi(    Jiri Grönroos),
  hu(Balázs Úr), id(Andika Triwidada), ko(Seong-ho Cho),
  lt(Aurimas Černius), lv(Rūdolfs Mazurs), nb(Kjartan Maraas),
  pl(Piotr Drąg), pt(Pedro Albuquerque), ru(Stas Solovey),
  sk(Dušan Kazik), sv(Anders Jonsson)

Dependencies (new/updated)
--------------------------
  * Blkid command should be considered mandatory as it is required to
    detect a number of file systems which libparted doesn't detect.

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Re: Development Plans for the Next Release of GParted (0.24.0)

GParted 0.24.0 was released on October 27, 2015.