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

[Curtis Gedak]

Thank you Jim for the quick response.  Answers are embedded inline.  :)

Jim Meyering wrote:
> Curtis Gedak wrote:
>   
>> If parted were to drop this resizing support, is there another tool
>> that you would recommend to resize FAT16/32 file systems?
>>     
>
> Good point.  I do not know of another tool.
> I do see "fatresize", but it relies on libparted.
>
> If there is no alternative program or library,
> I may have to leave at least the library API, for precisely this.
> Maybe leave also the resize command, but with support only for file
> systems of type FAT16/32.
>
> Does gparted use the command-line UI or the library?
>   

GParted uses the library libparted when resizing FAT16/32 file systems.

> If gparted uses the command-line, what do you think
> about converting to use the library?
>   

I am willing to make any necessary changes to GParted to ensure that it 
works properly with parted/libparted and maintains as much functionality 
as possible.