[parted-devel] Introduction of a new parted-devel list member

[Harley D. Eades III]

Albert ARIBAUD <albert.aribaud at free.fr> writes:

> (Sorry Harley for the private mail)
No problem. :)

> Harley D. Eades III wrote:
> > Albert ARIBAUD <albert.aribaud at free.fr> writes:
> >
> >>Hi Folks,
> > Hello, Welcome to the list.  :)
> 
> Thanks. :)
> 
> >>Initially driven by a wish to increase parted's ability to manipulate
> >>ext2/ext3 filesystems, I've exchanged a couple of e-mails with Leslie,
> >>and I am now joining this list in hopes of contributing to parted
> >>development.
> > Wonderful. :)  Are we currently using libext2fs?  If no, wouldn't it
> > save a lot of coding by using it?
> 
> To synthesize the discussion with Harley: currently, ext2/3 is handled
> by native code and indeed parted should switch to deferring some
> ext2/3 "knowledge" to external code. Whether it should link to
> libext2fs or call mke2fs/e2fsck/resize2fs (which use libext2fs
> themselves) has yet to be decided, and the decision will also have to
> take other filesystems into account.
I feel that only adding a single dependency is more realistic then to
introduce many.  So IMHO linking to libext2fs would be more efficient.

> For the time being, I am setting up my devel environment and getting
> familiar with the parted code. :)
Enjoy your journey..If you have any questions please feel free to
ask. :)

Cheers
Harley