==================== 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.