[parted-devel] [ PATCH ] extended attributes support on ext2 and ext3 filesystem

[Christian]

> > With this patch I would like to put something on the table :)  We have
> > had discussions as to the relevance of file system support in parted.
> > The argument that parted is just to edit partitions has been thrown
> > around a log and has its merit. I am for stripping parted from all 
> > its file system code with exception for the bare essentials.  That is,
> 
>  I strongly agree. The current libparted is excellent example of
>  over-engineering.
> 
>  We need lightweight simple to use fdisk-like library. That's all.
>  
> > stuff that detects file systems and stuff that tells us the state of the
> > file system when we are resizing (Can't think of anymore).
> 
>  use libblkid from util-linux-ng (2.15-rc1).
> 
> > My reasoning for this is that the file system tools do a much better job
> > at handling file system related stuff like creation, clean removal,
> > resizing (especially resizing), handling of special cases...  Also, it
> > seems overkill to repeat file system code.
> 
>  s/overkill/dangerous insane overkill/ ;-)
> 
>     Karel
> 

I don't know about this discussions. Idea song right for me, one
specific program/library to manage partitions and one specific
program/library to manage file systems. 

Please let we know what you will do with libparted!

Many thanks!

Christian.