Re: [GParted-Devel] GParted 0.16.1 Released
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From: Curtis G. <ge...@gm...> - 2013-05-01 23:16:34
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Hi Phillip, On 13-05-01 05:08 PM, Phillip Susi wrote: >> 2) GParted Live 0.16.1-1 does not support more than 16 >> partitions. The reason is that support for more than 16 partitions >> was added to parted 3.1. Currently this image uses parted 2.3-12. >> In a future release we can look at either using a patched version >> of parted (perhaps 2.3-11ubuntu1 from Ubuntu) or our own compiled >> version of parted 3.1. > I thought the gparted livecd already was using the Ubuntu parted, > which has a number of significant issues fixed that the Debian one > does not, including this one. Since my successful testing was with the gparted-live-0.16.1-1-i486.iso image, I still want to promote this version to the stable directory. I believe it is much easier for our Live image maintainer, Steven Shiau, to use Debian packages when creating the GParted Live image. As such it would be preferable if we could get the important patches into Debian. Since Debian Wheezy is planned for release this weekend, that should mean that new packages and patches will be once again entertained for Sid. Regards, Curtis |