[parted-devel] GNU fdisk 1.1 released

[xerces8]

Hi!

Great news.
Does the GNU version of fdisk also mimics the "let's waste the admins time" feature from
util-linux fdisk ?

Regards,
David

-----Original Message-----
From: "Leslie P. Polzer" <sky at viridian-project.de>
To: bug-fdisk at gnu.org
Cc: info-gnu at gnu.org, GNU Parted Development <parted-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:14:01 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [parted-devel] GNU fdisk 1.1 released

> 
> I am very happy to announce the release of GNU fdisk 1.1.
> 
> GNU fdisk aims to replace various UNIX operating systems' legacy
> partitioning tools with libparted-based ones that mimic the
> interface of those tools.
> 
> Currently implemented alternatives are:
> 
>   * util-linux `fdisk'
>   * util-linux `cfdisk'
> 
> Both versions have a compability mode and a GNU mode
> that offers additional features.
> 
> 
> Download
> ========
> 
> Gzipped and b2zipped tarballs are available from
> 
>   ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/fdisk/
> 
> and its mirror sites. SHA1 sums may be found there as well.
> 
> The web site of GNU fdisk is at:
> 
>   http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
> 
> 
> Contributing
> ============
> 
> You can help fdisk by
> 
>   * testing and using the existing frontends
> 
>   * developing more frontends (e.g. for Mac fdisk or util-linux sfdisk)
> 
> I am also looking for a co-maintainer that will eventually
> take over maintainance entirely.
> 
>   Leslie P. Polzer <polzer at gnu.org>
>   GNU fdisk Maintainer
> 
> -- 
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> Blog: http://blog.viridian-project.de/
> 
> 
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