[Sync Request] Fix NTFS resizing, please update Gparted from Debian

[dino99]

This is GParted live 0.9.0-7.
New in this release:
 * The underlying GNU/Linux operating system is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2011/Jul/28).
 * Bug fixed: Packages ntfs-3g and libntfs3g were downgraded to 2011.1.15AR.4-2. (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655215).
 * Gdisk was updated to 0.7.2, and compiled without unicode support. Therefore no more libicu44 is included. This makes the GParted live iso file smaller by about 6 MB.

http://free.nchc.org.tw/gparted-live/stable/RELEASE-NOTES-GParted-live.txt

This release resolves a problem with resizing NTFS file systems that is described in https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=655215 - NTFS partition resize fails.

ntfs-3g from Sid need to be merged to:
Source: ntfs-3g
Source-Version: 1:2011.4.12AR.6-1
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=637459

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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[dino99 (9d9)]

Latest release 0.9.1-1

This release includes the new GParted 0.9.1 application which fixes an NTFS resize fail problem and some compiler warnings. The Linux kernel was updated to 3.0.0-3, and gdisk was updated to 0.8.0. The underlying GNU/Linux operating system is based on the Debian Sid repository (as of 2011/Sep/20).

[dino99 (9d9)]

New Gparted 0.10.0 is out:

This release of GParted adds a few new features, and includes bug fixes and language translation updates.

Key changes include:
Merge overlapping operations
Add ability to resize btrfs file systems
Add detection of exfat file systems

[dino99 (9d9)]

Please sync gparted from Debian sid

[dino99 (9d9)]

Please merge it
http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/gparted

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

I've had a branch pending merge for a week or two now. Also the debian dev should be packaging 0.11.0 any day now and merging in the last two ubuntu changes so we can just resync to debian.

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

This bug was fixed in the package gparted - 0.11.0-1
Sponsored for dino99 (9d9)

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gparted (0.11.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Merge from 0.8.1-1ubuntu5: Run dh_translations during build,
    if available.
  * New upstream release

    GParted 0.11.0 (2011-12-13)

    Key changes include:
    - Display ext2/3/4, ntfs, and btrfs unicode volume labels properly
    - Add labelling of btrfs file systems
    - Enable XFS copy to new smaller partition

    Bug Fixes
    - Display ext2/3/4 unicode volume labels properly (#662537)
    - Display ntfs unicode volume labels properly
      LP: #614994
    - Fix FAT16/32 label displayed as uppercase (#625337)
    - Add labelling of btrfs file systems (#663207)
      Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for small patch
      Requires btrfs-tools package yet-to-be-released (> Oct 25, 2011)
    - Fix btrfs volume label reading (#663590)
      Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for small patch
    - Enable XFS copy to new smaller partition (#663806)
      Thanks to Stephen Kirkby for small reverse umount order patch
    - Use newer btrfs multi-tool control command first (#663884)
      Thanks to Mike Fleetwood for this patch
    - Avoid redundant file system maximize actions (#663980)

 -- Phillip Susi <email address hidden> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:39:56 -0500

gparted (0.10.0-1ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable. Remaining changes:
    - run configure with --enable-libparted-dmraid
    * Use pkexec instead of gksu for authentication:
      - debian/patches/01_fix-desktop.patch: switch to pkexec.
      - debian/patches/02_use-pkexec.patch: add policy file and adjust
        Makefiles.
      - debian/control: remove gksu from recommends.
      - debian/rules, debian/gparted-pkexec: install wrapper to work around
        .desktop files not being able to call pkexec directly.

 -- Phillip Susi <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:29:26 -0500

gparted (0.10.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release

    GParted 0.10.0 (2011-11-01)

    * Merge overlapping operations
    * Add ability to resize btrfs file systems
    * Add detection of exfat file systems

    GParted 0.9.1 (2011-09-19)

    * Fix NTFS partition resize fail problem
    * Fix some compiler warnings

    GParted 0.9.0 (2011-07-18)

    * Fix size off by one sector with unrecognized disk label
    * Fix GParted crashes with assertion (head_size <= 63)
      - Requires libparted-2.4 or higher
      - LP: #545911

  * Fix out-of-date-standards-version
  * Fix debian-rules-missing-recommended-target

 -- Anibal Monsalve Salazar <email address hidden> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:45:30 +1100

gparted (0.8.1-1ubuntu4) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Suggests instead of Recommends gpart for now since it is in universe.

 -- Jamie Strandboge <email address hidden> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:45:05 -0500

gparted (0.8.1-1ubuntu3) oneiric; urgency=low

  * debian/gaprted-pkexec: use /bin/sh, not /bin/bash.
  * debian/rules: install gparted-pkexec wrapper to /usr/bin, not
    /usr/sbin as it may not be in the path.
  * debian/patches/02_use-pkexec.patch: remove superfluous line break in
    policy files.

 -- Marc Deslauriers <<email address hidden>...