2 See http://wiki.debian.org/Parted
4 === everything below is old and for reference purposes only ===
7 - add specific tests for FAT16 -> FAT32, FAT32 -> FAT16, cluster
8 resizing 8k -> 4k, etc. Also, compare output, to catch other "unexpected"
9 errors (like partitions going missing, <cough> not that that's ever
13 - support a cylinder interface for the masochistic.
14 - warn when partition numbers change (?) in UI?
16 * make *_read() do ped_file_system_probe(), and warn if it isn't sane for
17 the partition ID on-disk.
19 * disk label implementations:
21 - read-only flag for Mac partitions, and the macufs partition type
22 - lba flag - default flag?
23 - PC98: relax cylinder boundary restrictions (create conforming
24 partitions, but allow non-conforming partitions ;-)
26 * docs for RAWRITE, etc.
28 * write a summary of operation list things, and get discussion going...
29 * ped_file_system_is_flag_available()
30 * ped_file_system_commit() ? polymorphic operations, with apply() and
31 revert() in memory, and commit all fs's and disk's to commit on-disk.
32 * ped_operation_queue (ped_operation_new (PED_OP_PARTITION_SET_FLAG, ...)),
33 or ped_partition_set_flag() (with a "transparent" queue?)
35 * separate domains libparted and parted (for nls)
36 * merge with partimage.sourceforge.net
41 * make an errata web page
42 * bootdisk: try getting readline & nls support in, use a newer version of
43 busybox. Also, write some scripts for disk imaging.
44 * Rawrite3 IS free, it seems. Find the source (version 1.3 == version 3), and
45 stick source+bin up on the ftp site.
46 * improve website (check out texinfo. Does it create much autoconfusion?)
48 * /proc/meminfo, mlock()
50 * create an FAQ, and stick lots of examples in it.
52 * ped_file_system_resize_online()
54 * reiser fs (almost there), ntfs support!
56 * when Windows doesn't shut down properly, it knows about it. How?
57 * FAT boot sector reconstruction, in fat_check() - actually, fat_open(),
58 since it won't open properly if it's broken... Tell panov@iacp.vl.ru when
59 done. Perhaps connect this to the front-end via a "force MINOR FS-TYPE"
60 command, since it's sometimes hard to detect broken file systems.
62 * FreeBSD support (get a copy - I want to try it anyway!)
64 * LBA support in boot loader
68 * documentation of the internal API, tutorial on external API, and perhaps a bit
69 on how the resizers, etc. work [MOSTLY DONE]
71 * logical sectors (?) byte addressing?
74 - update LILO/GRUB/Quik
76 * command-line interface: i18n issues, "Yes, No or Cancel?". This issue is
77 hard, for free software in general. We need a community (i.e. mailing list)
78 that specializes in this, IMHO.
80 * ped_geometry_{map|unmap}(), and kill the libparted/fs_ext2 buffer cache
82 * injecting/ejecting partitions into/out of extended partitions. But to
83 keep alignment rules, would have to move the start of the partition. No
84 problem for FAT. Absolute pain for ext2.
87 - add ability to move the start of the file system.
88 - fix "strange layout" problem
89 - add an incompat feature to ext2 that is a special resize-the-start
90 journal, and add support in e2fsck / mount / linux (?) for it.
92 * RAID? LVM? EVMS? grand-unified system TM?
94 * support finding bad-blocks. Use ped_device_check() in ped_geometry_check()
96 * generic resizing/converting with the inplace copy via sparse loopback idea
99 * We should be able to compile with -fno-common.
100 However, that leads to this link failure:
102 fs/.libs/libfs.a(fat.o):(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `fat16'
103 fs/.libs/libfs.a(count.o):(.bss+0x0): first defined here
104 fs/.libs/libfs.a(clstdup.o):(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `fat16'
105 fs/.libs/libfs.a(count.o):(.bss+0x0): first defined here
106 fs/.libs/libfs.a(table.o):(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `fat16'
107 fs/.libs/libfs.a(count.o):(.bss+0x0): first defined here
108 fs/.libs/libfs.a(resize.o):(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `fat16'
109 fs/.libs/libfs.a(count.o):(.bss+0x0): first defined here
110 fs/.libs/libfs.a(calc.o):(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `fat16'
111 fs/.libs/libfs.a(count.o):(.bss+0x0): first defined here
112 fs/.libs/libfs.a(bootsector.o):(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `fat16'
113 fs/.libs/libfs.a(count.o):(.bss+0x0): first defined here
114 fs/.libs/libfs.a(traverse.o):(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `fat16'
115 fs/.libs/libfs.a(count.o):(.bss+0x0): first defined here
116 fs/.libs/libfs.a(fatio.o):(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `fat16'
117 fs/.libs/libfs.a(count.o):(.bss+0x0): first defined here
118 fs/.libs/libfs.a(context.o):(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `fat16'
119 fs/.libs/libfs.a(count.o):(.bss+0x0): first defined here
120 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status