gparted/NEWS

====================
0.5.0   (2009-12-02)
====================
NOTES
	This release of GParted adds support for Linux software RAID.

	RAID systems now supported include:
	  - Hardware RAID
	  - Motherboard BIOS RAID (also known as Fake RAID - dmraid)
	  - Linux Software RAID (mdadm)

	Key changes include:
	  - Add auto detection of Linux software RAID devices
	  - Re-enable ability to paste into an existing partition
	  - Ensure parted-1.9.0 is patched if using with GParted

BUG FIXES
	* Add auto detection of Linux software RAID devices
	* GNOME Goal: Correct desktop files (#600048)
	* GNOME Goal: Replace gnome-open with gtk_show_uri (#600046)
	* Found cause of NTFS volume bigger than device size (#601574)
	  - Ensure parted-1.9.0 is patched if using with GParted
	  - Thanks go to François Dupoux for discovering the required patch
	* Re-enable ability to paste into an existing partition (#582101)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* bg(Krasimir Chonov), cs(Adrian Guniš), da(Ask H. Larsen),
	  es(Jorge González), fr(Claude Paroz), hu(Gabor Kelemen),
	  it(Milo Casagrande), pt(António Lima), pt_BR(Djavan Fagundes),
	  sl(Matej Urbančič), sv(Daniel Nylander)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* For Linux software RAID support, the following command is required:
	  - mdadm


====================
0.4.8   (2009-11-02)
====================
NOTES
	This release of GParted includes bug fixes, and language
	translation updates.
	
	Key changes include:
	  - Ensure no pending operations before creating partition table
	  - Improve dmraid device and name recognition
	  - Add support for devicekit-disks device automount prevention
	  - Fix problem finding symbolic link device mount points

BUG FIXES
	* Rework logic to find symbolic link device mount points (#582687)
	* Minor string fixes (#597686)
	  - Thanks go to Bruce Cowan for the small patch
	* Remove repeated titles in progress dialog (#589558)
	* Change field labels to sentence capitalization (#583885)
	* Add padding to progress dialog window
	* Improve feedback when creating or pasting partition (#579266)
	* Ensure no pending operations before creating partition table (#583896)
	* Remove unable to re-read partition table warning (#599078)
	* Improve dmraid device and name recognition

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* ar(Khaled Hosny), de(Mario Blättermann), en_GB(Bruce Cowan),
	  es(Jorge González), fr(Claude Paroz), is(Sveinn í Felli),
	  it(Milo Casagrande), pt(António Lima),
	  pt_BR(André Gondim, Djavan Fagundes), sv(Daniel Nylander)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* no change.


====================
0.4.7   (2009-10-09)
====================
NOTES
	This release of GParted includes some bug fixes, and language
	translation updates.
	
	Key changes include:
	  - Fixed new partition creation size off by one sector (#596552)
	  - Improved recognition of dmraid devices

BUG FIXES
	* Added logic to find symbolic link device mount points (~#582687)
	* Made set_used_sectors method less meddlesome for FAT16/32 (~#569921)
	* Fixed new partition creation size off by one sector (#596552)
	  - Thanks to Seth Hunter for the small patch
	* Improved recognition of dmraid devices
	* Enhanced to compile with libparted two digit version (e.g., 2.0)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* cs(Adrian Guniš), en_GB(Bruce Cowan), eu(Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio),
	  pl(Piotr Drąg)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* no change.


====================
0.4.6   (2009-08-05)
====================
NOTES
	This release of GParted includes bug fixes, and language
	translation updates.
	
	Key changes include:
	  - Removed requirement for xxd for ntfs move or paste action
	  - Enhanced for new linux-swap "filesystem" types from parted-1.9.0

BUG FIXES
	* Removed requirement for xxd for ntfs move or paste action (n/a)
	* Enhanced for new linux-swap "filesystem" types from parted-1.9.0 (n/a)
	* Reduced chance of accidental new partition creation (#576374)
	* Enhanced file parsing to handle tabs properly (#582687)
	* Made .gitignore gparted* mask more specific (#587065)
	* Placed translator comment in the proper location (#590415)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* ar(Khaled Hosny), br(Denis Arnaud), ca(David Planella),
	  da(Ask Hjorth Larsen), de(Mario Blättermann), es(Jorge Gonzalez),
	  et(Mattias Põldaru, Priit Laes),
	  fr(Julien Hardelin and Claude Paroz), hu(Gabor Kelemen),
	  it(Milo Casagrande), lt(Žygimantas Beručka), pa(A S Alam),
	  pt(António Lima), pt_BR(Djavan Fagundes), sv(Daniel Nylander),
	  zh_HK(Chao-Hsiung Liao), zh_TW(Chao-Hsiung Liao)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* xxd (part of vim-common) is no longer required.


====================
0.4.5   (2009-05-08)
====================
NOTES
	This release of GParted includes some bug fixes, and language
	translation updates.
	
	Key changes include:
	  - Improved crypt-luks detection
	  - Improved dmraid device detection

BUG FIXES
	* Improved crypt-luks detection (#578300)
	* Improved dmraid device detection by checking udev if needed (n/a)
	* Enhanced to search for udevadm if udevsettle not found (n/a)
	  - Thanks to Lorenzo Cogotti aka Micia for this tip.
	* Improved UUID detection to fall back to vol_id if available (n/a)
	* Improved file system detection with fall back to vol_id (n/a)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* ca(David Planella), de(Christian Kirbach, Mario Blättermann),
	  es(Jorge Gonzalez), kk(Baurzhan Muftakhidinov)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* no change.


====================
0.4.4   (2009-04-02)
====================
NOTES
	This big news for this release of GParted is the addition of
	support for dmraid devices, also known as ATA-RAID, or Fake RAID.

	Key changes include:
	  - Added support for /dev/mapper dmraid devices
	  - Added recognition of /dev/mmcblk* SD/MMC devices
	  - Enhanced resize/move to only move start if space before changed

BUG FIXES
	* Added support for /dev/mapper dmraid devices (#317262)
	* Added recognition of /dev/mmcblk* SD/MMC devices (#564985)
	* Enhanced resize to only move start if space before changed (#571151)
	* Maintained label and UUID when resizing swap (#575585)
	* Added detection of LUKS encrypted partitions (#490740)
	* Added detection of btrfs file system (part of #571170)
	  - Thanks to Luca Bruno for initial btrfs support patch.
	* Improved new comments for translators (#576956)

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* cs(Adrian Guniš), da(Ask H. Larsen, Per Kongstad),
	  de(Mario Blättermann, Jochen Skulj), es(Jorge Gonzalez),
	  eu(Inaki Larranaga Murgoitio), fr(Claude Paroz), gl(Suso Baleato),
	  hu(Gabor Kelemen), it(Milo Casagrande),
	  ja(Hideki Yamane, Mitsuya Shibata), lv(Raivis Dejus),
	  pa(A S Alam), pt(António Lima),
	  pt_BR(Djavan Fagundes, Vladimir Melo, Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle),
	  ru(Yuriy Myasoedov), sk(Pavol Klačanský), sv(Daniel Nylander),
	  zh_CN(Whistler)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* For dmraid support, the following three commands are required:
	  - dmsetup
	  - dmraid
	  - kpartx
	* For GNU/Linux distribution dmraid support, the following are required:
	  - kernel built with Device Mapping and Mirroring.  From menuconfig,
	    it is under Device Drivers -> <something> (RAID & LVM).
	  - dmraid drive arrays activated on boot (e.g., dmraid -ay).


====================
0.4.3   (2009-02-12)
====================
NOTES
	This release of GParted includes bug fixes, and language translation
	updates.
	
	Key changes include:
	  - Corrected name of lock taken by hal-lock
	    (The lock is needed to prevent automounting of file systems)
	  - Fixed crash on startup with some languages

BUG FIXES
	* Corrected name of lock taken by hal-lock (#571347)
	  - Thanks to Alain Kalker for discovering this mistake.
	  - Thanks to Jonas Pedersen for reporting this mistake upstream.
	* Fixed crash on startup with Russian language (#570855)
	  - Thanks to Dmitriy Motitskiy for small patch.

TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
	* de(Mario Blättermann), it(Milo Casagrande)

DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
	* no change.


====================
0.4.2   (2009-02-05)
====================
NOTES
	The 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.


================================================
0.3.4 (unofficial) TO 0.0.1 (first test release)
================================================
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.