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

[Jim Meyering]

Gilles Espinasse wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for the feedback.

However I don't think that part needs to go, since it just
records the FS-TYPE in the newly created partition.
It doesn't perform any file-system manipulation operation.

Besides, if we remove it, that'd break scripts that
use mkpart (with that optional argument), too.

> 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.

That sounds like a bug with --disable-fs (which I think I've never used!).