Please update gnome-disk-utility to latest upstream stable version in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas]

gnome-disk-utility tool was greatly improved (completely rewritten) in GNOME 3.4 release cycle, but Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) still has old 3.0 version :(

Please update gnome-disk-utility to latest upstream stable version 3.4 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

I've found Ubuntu packages of new gnome-disk-utility in GNOME3 team repository: https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3

These packages are created by Ubuntu developers Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> and Robert Ancell <email address hidden>:

gnome-disk-utility (3.4.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) precise; urgency=low
  * New upstream release:
    - volume-grid: don't set the PRELIGHT state flag
    - Initialize gettext support so i18n actually works
 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:18:18 +1100

gnome-disk-utility (3.3.93-0ubuntu1~precise1) precise; urgency=low
  * New upstream release.
    - Major rewrite
    - Renamed to Disks
    - libgdu removed in favor of libudisks2; gnome-disk-utility
      is the only binary now
  * Drop all patches as they're obsolete and LPI doesn't yet support
    GNOME's new menus
  * debian/control.in:
    - Drop a bunch of now-obsolete build-depends
    - Bump gtk and udisks2 build-depends
  * debian/copyright: Updated
  * debian/rules:
    - Build with -Wno-error=format-security (BGO: #669512)
  * debian/watch: Watch for xz tarballs
 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:30:18 -0500

Also I'm pasting main improvements from NEWS file - http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-disk-utility/tree/NEWS

gnome-disk-utility 3.4.0
-------------------------
The gnome-disk-utility project provides the Disks application for
dealing with storage devices. It relies on the udisks project.
Changes since gnome-disk-utility 3.3.93:
 Cosimo Cecchi (1):
       volume-grid: don't set the PRELIGHT state flag
 David Zeuthen (4):
       Post-release version bump
       Initialize gettext support so i18n actually works
       Update version to 3.4.0
 Updated translations: A S Alam, António Lima, Ask H. Larsen, Aurimas
   Černius, Bruce Cowan, Carles Ferrando, Chao-Hsiung Liao,
   Dr.T.Vasudevan, Gabor Kelemen, Gil Forcada, Hideki Yamane, Ivaylo
   Valkov, Kristjan SCHMIDT, ManojKumar Giri, Marek Černocký, Mario
   Blättermann, Martin Srebotnjak, Matej Urbančič, Milo Casagrande,
   Nilamdyuti Goswami, Peteris Krisjanis, Piotr Drąg, Rudolfs Mazurs,
   Sasi Bhushan Boddepalli, Seong-ho Cho, Sweta Kothari, Timo Jyrinki,
   Yuri Myasoedov, bsfmig
David Zeuthen,
March 26, 2012

gnome-disk-utility 3.3.93
-------------------------
Changes since gnome-disk-utility 3.3.92:
 David Zeuthen (11):
       Post-release version bump to 3.3.93
       Use "Size", not "Disk Size"
       Show WWN for a disk/drive, if available
       Fix a couple of internationalization problems
       Reword potentially confusing description of SMART attribute
       fstab,crypttab dialogs: Use OK, not Apply
       fstab,crypttab dialogs: Fix up mnemonics
       fstab, crypttab dialogs: Use switch to better convey whether conf exists
       fstab, crypttab dialogs: Don't dismiss dialogs if polkit dialog was dismismissed
       fstab, crypttab dialogs: Add mnemonic for Automatic [Mount|Encryption] Options
David Zeuthen,
March 5, 2012

gnome-disk-utility 3.3.92
-------------------------
Changes since gnome-disk-utility 3.3.91:
 David Zeuthen (9):
       Post-release version bump to version 3.3.92
       Use units in application provided CSS to shut up recent GTK+ warning
       Rearrange dialog used for editing /etc/fstab entries
       Clean up options offered in fstab dialog, in particular negate 'noauto'
       Fix bug when updating negative checkbutton options
       Use proper capitalization for "Edit mount options..." menu item
       Also clean up crypttab dialog
       fstab: Show "Mount Point" before the device
David Zeuthen,
February 23, 2012

gnome-disk-utility 3.3.91
-------------------------
Changes since gnome-disk-utility 3.3.90:
 David Zeuthen (13):
       Post-release version bump
       Add "About" dialog and "Application Menu"
       Fix compilation warnings introduced with previous commit
       Set destroy_with_parent for all dialogs
       Add "Attach Disk Image..." item to application menu
       For mount options, switch from comment=gvfs to x-gvfs
       fstab: Show checkbox for 'nofail' and nuke checkbox for 'defaults'
       crypttab: Show checkbox for option 'nofail'
       Remove parenthetical remarks about what "additional authorization" means
       fstab: Put back use_underline properties removed by mistake
       fstab: include "nosuid,nodev" when proposing options for a new fstab entry
       GduWindow: use g_strcmp0() as to sort items in device tree
 Florian Müllner (1):
       app-menu: Adapt to new format
David Zeuthen,
February 6, 2012

gnome-disk-utility 3.3.90
-------------------------
The gnome-disk-utility project provides the Disks application for
dealing with storage devices. It relies on the udisks project.
This is the first release of a complete rewrite.
David Zeuthen,
January 20, 2012

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

We will remain with gnome-disk-utility 3.2 for Ubuntu 12.04 since the 3.4 version is a major rewrite and it depends on udisks2 which hasn't had near as much testing as udisks.

For Ubuntu 12.10, we'll likely use udisks2 and gnome-disk-utility 3.4.

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Hi Jeremy,

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 12:55:27PM -0000, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> We will remain with gnome-disk-utility 3.2 for Ubuntu 12.04 since the

Curently Ubuntu 12.04 contains gnome-disk-utility 3.0, not 3.2
There are no 3.2 release, see ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gnome-disk-utility/

Btw, can't we install udisks2 together with udisks ?

> 3.4 version is a major rewrite and it depends on udisks2 which hasn't
> had near as much testing as udisks.
>
> For Ubuntu 12.10, we'll likely use udisks2 and gnome-disk-utility 3.4.
> --
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/947913
> Please update gnome-disk-utility to latest upstream stable version in
> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Yes, it's possible to install udisks and udisks2 at the same time (that's what we do in the GNOME3 PPA). But gnome-disk-utility is shipped on the default CD and we do not want to try to support udisks2 and the new gnome-disk-utility for the LTS.

[Sid32 (psyclonejack)]

Having tons of problems mounting ipods with 3.4 from the Gnome 3 ppa. Shuffles and Nanos. Works fine in 3.0 version that comes with Precise.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Sid32, please open a new bug for that issue. I'm going to go ahead and close this bug.