gparted/NEWS

====================
0.4.2   (2009-02-05)
====================
NOTES
	This big news for this GParted release is support for ext4 file systems,
	and the addition of an application help manual.
	
	Key changes include:
	  - Added support for ext4 file system
	    - Support for ext4 is built into version 2.6.28 of the Linux kernel
	    - e2fsprogs version 1.41.0 or higher required
	  - Created application help manual
	  - Updated gparted manual page
	  - Made text beside field labels selectable (i.e., copy/paste UUID)
	  - Added lvm2 physical volume detection
	  - Reduced file system information disk reads to improve performance
	  - Fixed application crash when saving details and locale not set
	  - Enhanced copy/paste checks when MBR/EBR involved

BUG FIXES
	* Added additional category to desktop file (#568937)
	* Created application help manual (#329584)
	* Reworded caution message when applying operations (#564952)
	* Recognized linux-swap(new)/(old) as linux-swap (#419515)
	* Improved text for libparted not found error message (#565682) 
	* Added support for ext4 file system (#503112)
	* Removed doubled space in front of fdl license link (#556114)
	* Added lvm2 physical volume detection (small part of #160787)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* ca(David Planella), cs(Adrian Gunis), de(Mario Blättermann),
	  el(Evgenia Petoumenou), es(Jorge Gonzalez), fr(Claude Paroz),
	  it(Milo Casagrande), pl(Tomasz Dominikowski),
	  pt_BR(Fábio Nogueira, Fabrício Godoy, Leonardo Gregianin,
	        Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle, Djavan Fagundes),
	  sk(Pavol Klačanský), sv(Daniel Nylander),
	  th(Pongpichit Panna, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* e2fsprogs v1.41.0 or higher required for ext4 file system support


====================
0.4.1   (2008-11-29)
====================
NOTES
	This release of GParted rolls back /dev/mapper/* detection.
	
	The problem was that all /dev/mapper/* entries were added to the
	device list including LVM partitions.  This was confusing behaviour
	to GParted users, and in my opinion it was better to roll back
	this change.

	A work-around for /dev/mapper/* device detection is available by
	passing the device names to gparted on the command line.
	E.g.,
	     gparted /dev/mapper/device-name

	Thanks to François Dupoux for identifying this problem early, and
	working towards a resolution.

BUG FIXES
	* Reopened bug - no longer sees /dev/mapper/* devices (#556114)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* no change.

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* no change.


====================
0.4.0   (2008-11-28)
====================
NOTES
	This release of GParted includes some new features in addition to
	bug fixes, and language translation updates.
	
	Key changes include:
	  - Improved read label performance with blkid cached results
	  - Added read UUID support
	  - Enforced FAT16/32 compliant volume labels (11 char max)
	  - Fixed destination too small on copy and paste partition
	  - Added status bar message updates while scanning devices
	  - Moved Features entry from menu GParted to View
	  - Renamed Features dialog to File System Support
	  - Prevented paste into an existing partition
	  - Added --disable-doc configure flag to stop building help docs

BUG FIXES
	* Enabled device passing with gnome-desktop-item-launch (#561495)
	* Added explanation to Features dialog (#353104)
	* Trimmed some information from Features dialog (#342682)
	* Renamed button for improved clarity (#561350)
	* Enabled full toolbar display for longer languages (#561068)
	* Fixed destination too small on copy and paste (#556058)
	* Removed warning reading mounted reiser4 file system (#380546) 
	* Enhanced to recognize /dev/mapper/* devices (#556114)
	  Thanks to Colin Watson for the patch.
	* Enhanced gparted_details.htm to pass XHTML validator (#525347)
	  Thanks to Markus Elfring for the small patch.
	* Implemented themed application icon (#350894)
	  Thanks to Sebastian Kraft for the icons.
	  Thanks to Michael Monreal for the small patch.

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* ca(David Planella), cs(Adrian Gunis),
	  de(Jochen Skulj and Mario Blättermann),
	  es(Jorge Gonzalez and Milton Galo Patricio), fi(Ilkka Tuohela),
	  fr(Robert-André Mauchin and Claude Paroz),
	  gl(Ignacio Casal Quinteiro), hu(Gabor Kelemen),
	  it(Milo Casagrande and Ubuntu-it),
	  pt_BR(Carlos Eduardo Santos, Vladimir Melo, and Djavan Fagundes),
	  sk(Pavol Klačanský), sv(Daniel Nylander), uk(Vitovt),
	  zh_HK(Chao-Hsiung Liao), zh_TW(Chao-Hsiung Liao)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* blkid command required to read file system UUIDs.
	  blkid is part of e2fsprogs.


====================
0.3.9   (2008-09-12)
====================
NOTES
	This release of GParted includes some new features in addition to
	bug fixes, and language translation updates.
	
	Key changes include:
	  - Reduced time to move or copy partitions
	  - Added ability to create and check hfs+ file systems

BUG FIXES
	* Enhanced block size algorithm to reduce move and copy times (#546423)
	* Fixed display overwrite problem with % complete messages (#532574)
	* Added code hooks for future GParted Manual (#329584)
	* Enhanced to use gksu to invoke gparted if available (#381557)
	* Added further check for hald daemon if hal-lock is found (#543730)
	* Removed unnecessary task of translating GFDL license (#550047) 

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* ar(Djihed Afifi), cs(Adrian Guniš), es(Jorge Gonzalez),
	  eu(Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio), fi(Ilkka Tuohela), gu(Ankit Patel),
	  nl(Tino Meinen), pt_BR(Djavan Fagundes), sk(Pavol Klačanský),
	  sv(Daniel Nylander)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* hfsprogs package required to create or check hfs+ file systems.
	* vol_id command required to read hfs and hfs+ volume labels.


====================
0.3.8   (2008-07-10)
====================
NOTES
	This release of GParted consists of bug fixes, and language
	translation updates.
	
	Key changes include:
	  - Corrected errors in "Round to cylinders" boundary math
	  - Added "Round to cylinders" check box for copy and move/resize
	  - Enhanced to parse devices from /proc/partitions if file exists
	  - Fixed problem with command line devices being ignored
	  - Removed absolute requirement for hal-lock

BUG FIXES
	* Fixed problem with no devices being detected (#363340)
	* Reduced time for scanning all devices (#453555)
	* Fixed problem with incorrect BIOS setting for floppy drives (351753)
	* Fixed partition resizing that incorrectly became a move too (432525)
	* Corrected problem where some disk space was unassignable (525137)
	* Fixed action incorrectly recognized for move/resize (438570)
	* Added proper plural handling for po files (315291)
	* Changed wording of root privilege required warning (534072)
	* Fixed three grammatical errors (#533637)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* cs(Adrian Gunis, Lucas Lommer), es(Jorge Gonzalez),
	  nl(Tino Meinen), pl(Wadim Dziedzic), pt_BR(Djavan Fagundes),
	  sk(Pavol Klačanský), sv(Daniel Nylander), lt.po(Gintautas Miliauskas)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* hal-lock absolute requirement removed.  The gparted script will
	  search for and use hal-lock only if it is found in the path.


====================
0.3.7   (2008-04-29)
====================
NOTES
	This GParted release consists of bug fixes, and language translation
	updates.
	
	Key changes include:
	  - Fixed bug for partition sizes greater than or equal to 1 TeraByte
	  - Created gparted manual page
	  - Implemented hal-lock to prevent gnome automounting of partitions

BUG FIXES
	* Corrected math in partition creation/resize dialogs that prevented
	  operations on partition sizes >= 1 TB (#524948)
	* Implemented hal-lock to prevent partition automounting (#324220)
	  - gparted script calls hal-lock which calls gpartedbin executable
	  - thanks to Deji Akingunola for hal-lock idea
	* Added manual page documentation (subset of bug #329584)
	* Changed Set Disklabel menu to Create Partition table,
	  improved disk erasure warnings, and removed double
	  confirmation (#422070) 
	* Improved readability of text for translators in Create Partition
	  Table dialog (#529063)
	* Adjusted desktop entries to align with specifications (#518975)
	* Updated gparted.desktop to align with Human Interface
	  Guidelines (#440012)
	* Moved gparted install to sbin instead of bin (#509495)
	* Added MAINTAINERS file (#524276)
	  - thanks to Marcel Telka for committing file to repository
	* Enhanced to use po/LINGUAS for LINGUAS (#467459)
	  - thanks to Christian Persch for small patch
	* Ensured hour portion of time is always displayed (#438590)
	* Removed text color hard coding (#413810)
	* Aligned README file with GNU coding standards (#529625)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* cs(Adrian Gunis), es(Jorge Gonzalez), hu(Gabor Kelemen),
	  nl(Tino Meinen), sk(Pavol Klačanský)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* hal-lock used by gparted script to acquire device locks


====================
0.3.6   (2008-03-26)
====================
NOTES
	GParted now has support for partition labels (also known as
	volume labels).  To change partition labels, use the GParted
	menu option "Partition -> Label".

	Full partition label support (read and write) is available for
	the following file systems:
	     ext2, ext3, fat16, fat32, jfs, ntfs, reiserfs, and xfs.

	Partial support (set volume label on filesystem creation only)
	is available for:
	     hfs, linux-swap, and reiser4.

BUG FIXES
	* Added partition label (volume label) support (#338528)
	* Fixed maximum path length (#481768)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* eu(Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio), he(Mark Krapivner),
	  hu(Gabor Kelemen), ne(Pawan Chitrakar), sk(Pavol Klačanský)

	* Added two files for tranlation
	  - src/Dialog_Partition_Label.cc
	  - src/OperationLabelPartition.cc

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* mtools package required to read and write fat16 and fat32 labels.
	* vol_id command required to read linux-swap labels.


====================
0.3.5   (2007-02-04)
====================
NOTES
	This release is the first one from a new set of project
	maintainers (Laurent de Trogoff, and Curtis Gedak).  The
	release includes changes from the unofficial 0.3.4 release as
	well as bug fixes, and language translations.

	*Many Thanks* go to Bart Hakvoort.
	Without Bart's work, there would be no GParted.

BUG FIXES
	* Applied debian patch 04_Win_GParted.cc.diff (#470387)
	  - Fixed "crashes when rescanning devices after any operation"
	  - Thanks to Denis Sirotkin for this patch.
	* Applied debian patch 03_fdi_robustification.patch (#324220)
	  - Installed a signal handler for cleaning up the automount disabling
	    FDI, so that it will be cleaned up on program crashes, too.
	  - Thanks to Martin Pitt for this improved patch.
	* Applied debian patch 02_fix-build-failure-with-g++-4.3.patch
	  - Fix build failures with g++-4.3.

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* ar(Djihed Afifi), ca(David Planella),
	  eu(Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio), fi(Ilkka Tuohela),
	  he(Yair Hershkovitz), ko(Changwoo Ryu),
	  lt(Gintautas Miliauskas), mk(Jovan Naumovski),
	  oc(Yannig Marchegay), pa(Amanpreet Singh Alam),
	  pt_BR(Djavan Fagundes), ru(Yuri Myasoedov),
	  si(Danishka Navin), sv(Daniel Nylander), sv(Daniel Nylander) 

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* no change.


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0.3.4 (unofficial) TO 0.0.1 (first test release)
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NOTES
	All of the GParted releases prior to gparted-0.3.5 were created
	by Bart Hakvoort.  Bart is the original author of GParted.
	This NEWS file was not updated during the previous releases.