Make a new clonezilla release on the stable channel

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Make a new clonezilla release on the stable channel

Forum: Open Discussion

Creator: Bastien Traverse

Created: 2024-06-02

Updated: 2024-07-14

Bastien Traverse - 2024-06-02

Hi,

I would like to ask whether it'd be possible to make a new release of the clonezilla tarball (the package itself, not the Live version) on the stable channel found at https://free.nchc.org.tw/drbl-core/src/.

As it is, the last stable release dates from 2019-07-12 (v3.35.2), and this is still what many distributions ship, including Arch on its official ISO.

As a consequence, many new features and bug fixes are missing in these distro packages, e.g. the assisted unlocking of LUKS devices or some Btrfs compatibility features that can be found in Clonezilla Live. This in turn might increase the number of support requests and bug reports opened downstream/upstream, creating unnecessary support overhead.

If there is a specific reason why no new release has been made on the stable channel, could you point me to it (my search didn't turn anything up) so that I can use it to plead for switching to the unstable channel with the package maintainer?

Thanks,
Best regards

Bastien

Last edit: Bastien Traverse 2024-06-05

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Steven Shiau - 2024-06-06

Thanks for asking this. Yes, that's true, we should sync the live version and package source version.
We will sync them recently.

Steven

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- Bastien Traverse - 2024-07-06
  
  Hi, any update on the new stable release? What is the timeframe for it (so that I don't ping you needlessly)?
  
  Best,
  
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Bastien Traverse - 2024-06-09

Thank you so much for your positive answer, looking forward to new synced releases! 🙏🏻

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Steven Shiau - 2024-07-06

Thanks for asking again.
Actually the stable Clonezilla live will be released next week. Hence the repository will be synced then.

Steven

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- Bastien Traverse - 2024-07-06
  
  Wonderful news, looking forward to it!
  
  Thanks and regards,
  Bastien
  
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Steven Shiau - 2024-07-10

Hi Bastien,
It's synced. Let us know if any issues.
Thanks.

Steven

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- Bastien Traverse - 2024-07-14
  
  Hi Steven,
  
  I just notified the packager for clonezilla in Arch and linked to this thread, so if I hear of any issues with the big version jump I'll make sure to investigate and report.
  
  Thanks again for your work,
  Bastien
  
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