[parted-devel] next to master; making a beta release soon; plans

[Gilles Espinasse]

Selon Jim Meyering <jim at meyering.net>:

> Otavio Salvador wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Jim Meyering <jim at meyering.net> wrote:
> >> Yes, definitely.
> >> The reasons for removing functionality from the UI
> >> (code is dangerously buggy) apply equally well to the API.
> >> Actually removing the code will involve more work up front,
> >> but will be better in the long run.
> >
> > Fully agree the the code removal. It will also make our life easier
> > in future  since we'll stop to receive fs-related bugs :-)
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
> FYI, here are the UI commands that I'm in the process of removing:
>
>   mkpartfs
>   mkfs
>   check
>   cp
>   move
>   resize
>
> So far, it's looking surprisingly easy.
>
You would need too to remove the optional fs part in mkpart.
Actually when you compile parted-1.9.0 without fs support, that's a bit
disturbing to have the fs-type part described as optional when in fact, that's
not supported at all.

Gilles