[Parted-edge] Re: [parted-devel] Changes in libparted/fs/linux_swap/linux_swap.c

[David Cantrell]

Debarshi Ray wrote:
>> I'm starting to think that we're probably needing a 1.9.0 development
>> release to make it available for more people to test. What others
>> think about it?
> 
> I think most of the features planned for 2.0 should be in place in
> some form or the other in 1.9.x releases. That way we can say 1.9.x is
> the transition branch, which developers and users of Parted can use to
> port their applications. The final 2.x series can then remove all
> deprecated stuff completely.

I think 1.9.x releases are a good idea starting soon.  We should place 
them on alpha.gnu.org.

The API deprecation is a good idea for 2.x, but for that to work, we'll 
need to advertise to libparted users that they need to change their code 
to make it work correctly with new versions.

-- 
David Cantrell
Red Hat / Westford, MA