[upgrade request] NTFS-3G, stable version 2016.2.22 (released on March 20, 2016)

[Flames_in_Paradise]

hi!

Pls upgrade NTFS-3G to the most current stable version. Keeping in mind, that this is an LTS-version & W10 was released since the last sync.

Sadly Tuxera doesn't stick to Ubuntu's release-cycle.

closes bugs:
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bug #1568338 – (FFe: Sync ntfs-3g 1:2015.3.14AR.3-1 (main) from Debian experimental (main)), dated 9.4.2016

kindly look for the intermittant changes in that bug-report.

current version Xenial (Development) :
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ntfs-3g (1:2015.3.14AR.1-1build1)

Changelog 2016.2.22:
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STABLE Version 2016.2.22 (March 21, 2016)

Changes to NTFS-3G:

    Write as much data as possible in compressed attribute pwrite
    Fixed getting space for making an index non resident
    Alleviated constraints relative to reparse points
    Fixed special case of decompressing a runlist
    Fixed returning the trimming count to fstrim()
    Fixed the range of valid subauthority counts in a SID
    Updated the read-only flag even when the security attribute was cached
    Defended against reusing data from an invalid MFT record
    Simplified NTFS ACLs when group same as owner and same permission as world
    Packed/unpacked st_rdev transported as 32-bits on Solaris 64-bits
    Zero uninitialized bytes before writing compressed data
    Clear the environment when starting mount or umount
    Implemented rewinding a directory in lowntfs-3g
    Use incremental offsets when reading a directory in lowntfs-3g

Changes to mkntfs

    Make installing mkntfs /sbin symlinks dependent on ENABLE_MOUNT_HELPER
    Mention the starting sector when it overflows in mkntfs
    Upgraded the upper-case table to same as Windows 7, 8 and 10

Changes to ntfsresize

    Fixed relocating the MFT runlists
    Decode the full list of bad clusters
    Fixed resizing an extended bad cluster list

Changes to ntfsclone

    Decoded the full list of bad clusters

Changes to ntfsinfo

    Displayed reparse point information

Changes to ntfsdecrypt

    Fixed DESX decryption

Changes to ntfswipe

    Added clarifications about several options to the manual

New ntfsprogs tool :

    Included ntfsrecover to recover the updates committed by Windows (experimental)

Overall

    Made a general cleanup of endianness types for easier checks

origin of changelog:
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http://www.tuxera.com/community/open-source-ntfs-3g/ (tab: Release History)

Source code:
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http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/download-tarball.html#ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2016.2.22AR.1.tgz

Debian-PTS (new):
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https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ntfs-3g

Versions available in Ubuntu (all) as per today:
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http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ntfs-3g&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

Thanks in advance

& great thanks for making Ubuntu better every day.

[Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount)]

Excuses for making so many edits, but still try to put it into best comprehensibilty. IOU & us.

[Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987)]

I think there is a misunderstanding here and in the Debian bug report. Debian (and then Ubuntu) does not follow the base ntfs-3g release. Debian packages the advanced release (which has AR in its version numbering). So the latest AR release is 2015.3.14AR.3, not 2016.2.22, which is a base release.
http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/changelog.html
http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/advanced-ntfs-3g.html

[Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987)]

The changelog here is wrong. It is for the base Version 2015.3.14 (March 31, 2015), not 2016.2.22. The correct one is here http://www.tuxera.com/community/open-source-ntfs-3g/#tab-1414502495464-2-9

[Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount)]

@ Amr: Thanks for pointing at the incorrect changelog, this is now corrected.

Even though there is a new AR-Version:
http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/download-tarball.html#ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2016.2.22AR.1.tgz

It's anyway far to late for Xenial and certainly no one would want experimental ntfs-progs tool in a LTS

[Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987)]

This will be done next cycle.

[Flames_in_Paradise (ellisistfroh-deactivatedaccount)]

The more I see things like this happening, I'm considering to leave for a rolling release.

Right, it's synced automatically in next cycle into Yakkety Yak, which is just not a LTS.