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2N/ALeslie Patrick Polzer <polzer@gnu.org>

2N/A * parts of 1.6.24 PedUnit API

2N/A * GPT pth_* functions and block size fixes

2N/A * PED_SECTOR_SIZE -> PED_SECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT

2N/A * debugging framework

2N/A * ext2 "strange layout" fix (experimental)

2N/A * support for physical block sizes

2N/A * SCO BFS support

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2N/A http://nic-nac-project.de/~skypher/

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2N/A Am Kirchberg 15

2N/A 89537 Giengen

2N/A Germany

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2N/AAndrew Clausen <clausen@gnu.org>

2N/A * all FAT code (libparted/fs_fat)

2N/A * all linux-swap code (libparted/fs_linux_swap)

2N/A * some reiserfs glue code (libparted/fs_reiserfs) with Umanets

2N/A * most of the API (with lots of discussion with Lennert Buytenhek)

2N/A (include/parted/*)

2N/A * generic filesystem code (filesys.c) and device code (device.c)

2N/A * exception code (exception.c, debug.c)

2N/A * partition table code (disk.c)

2N/A * dos partition support (disk_dos.c)

2N/A * mac partition support (disk_mac.c)

2N/A * mips partition support (disk_mips.c)

2N/A * loopback support (disk_loop.c)

* some of the PC98 code (disk_pc98.c), with Masahiro Sakai.

* misc. hacking on all disk_*.c code

* low-level I/O code (device.c, geom.c, linux.c)

- init_scsi() stolen from gnome-gfdisk via Matt Wilson.

* constraint solver (natmath.c, constraint.c)

* command-line, and fdisk-like frontend (parted/*)

* stubs for ntfs, hfs, xfs

* hacked on libparted/fs_ext2 a fair bit (bug fixes, error handling,

support for > 1024 groups, etc.)

* libparted/mbr.s (the MBR boot loader code)

* misc hacking on GNU/Hurd port

* major surgery on GUID Partition Table (GPT) support (disk_gpt.[ch])

* progress meter support (libparted/timer.c include/parted/timer.h)

Snail mail:

18 Shaw St

Ashwood, 3147

Australia

Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@gnu.org>

* original ext2 code (libparted/fs_ext2)

* discussion/ideas for API

Matthew Wilson <msw@redhat.com>

* basis of partition table and device code (disk.c, disk_dos.c,

and device.c) Has morphed into something that looks completely

different now :-)

* bug fixes

* BSD disklabel support (disk_bsd.c)

* Python bindings to libparted

* Don't detect AIX physical volumes as msdos partition tables

* Code for manipulating AIX PVs

Martin von L�wis <martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de>

* German translations

Baty Jean-Marc <baty@club-internet.fr>

* French translations

Hiroshi Takekawa <takekawa@sr3.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>

* Japanese translations

Eliphas Levy Theodoro <eliphas@conectiva.com>

* Brazillian Portugese translations

Dmitry S. Sivachenko <dima@Chg.RU>

* Russian translations

Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>

* man pages (parted.8 partprobe.8)

* bug fixes

Ivo Timmermans <itimmermans@bigfoot.com>

* Dutch translations

Ryoji Kawagishi <kawagisi@yk.rim.or.jp>

* Japanese translation of doc/USER (user documentation)

(replaced by Okuji's version, now)

Okuji Yoshinori <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-a.ac.jp>

* doc/USER.jp

* contributions to Japanese translations

Masahiro Sakai <ZVM01052@nifty.ne.jp>

* most of the PC98 support (disk_pc98.c), with Andrew Clausen

* lots of tedious work on parted/strlist.c

Damien Genet <damien.genet@free.fr>

* parted.m4

Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>

* Sun disk label support (libparted/disk_sun.c)

* stubs for UFS

Vincent Stelh� <vincent.stelhe@free.fr>

* move syntax patch (make END specification optional). Trivial

for copyright purposes (no disclaimer needed)

Neal H Walfield <neal@cs.uml.edu>

* GNU/Hurd port - libparted/gnu.c

Thomas Roelz <tom@suse.de>

* misc bug fixes

Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>

* GUID Partition Table (GPT) support (disk_gpt.[ch],

crc32.[ch])

* misc bug fixes, including end-of-device workaround

in libparted/linux.c

Kjetil Torgrim Homme <kjetilho@linpro.no>

* Norweigen translations

J�rgen Tegn�r <jorgen.tegner@telia.com>

* Swedish translations

Keld Simonsen <keld@dkuug.dk>

* Danish translations

Richard M. Kreuter <kreuter@ausar.rutgers.edu>

* converted doc/USER to texinfo (doc/parted.texi)

Miquel Matas <miquelmatas@wanadoo.es>

* Catalan translations

Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com>

* lots of mix bug fixes/cleanups

Vicente E. Llorens <vllorens@mundofree.com>

* Spanish translations

Yury Umanets <torque@ukrpost.net>

* basis of libparted/fs_reiserfs

Bernardo Jo�o Torres da Silveira

<bernardojts@ig.com.br>

* pt_BR translation of FAQ and parted.texi

Wojciech Polak <polak@gnu.org>

* Polish translations

Miloslav Trmac <mitr@volny.cz>

* Czech translations

Maxim V. Dziumanenko <mvd@mylinux.com.ua>

* Ukrainian translations

Giuseppe Sacco <eppesuig@debian.org>

* Italian translations

Guillaume Knispel <k_guillaume@libertysurf.fr>

* nearly all hfs and hfs+ code (libparted/fs_hfs)

* hfs+ support for mac partitions (disk_mac.c)

* sync_fast code (linux.c gnu.c geom.[ch] device.[ch] )

* various fixes (parted.c ui.c filesys.c disk_dos.c disk.c

doc/parted.texi doc/API disk_gpt.c disk_mac.c unit.c fs_fat/traverse.c)

Chris Lumens <clumens@redhat.com>

* interactive help fixes for filesystem types

* gcc-4 pedanticism cleanups

Wei-Lun Chao <chaoweilun@pcmail.com.tw>

* Taiwanese dialect of Chinese (Cantonese?) translations.

Tran Thi Hoang Quyen <banhdauxanhhaiduong@gmail.com>

* Vietnamese translations

Eduardo Maestri Righes <eduardo@tteng.com.br>

* hidden partitions support

* setting MS Reserved partitions through "set" command.

Arif E. Nugroho <arif_endro@yahoo.com>

* Indonesian translations

Ithamar R. Adema <ithamar@unet.nl>

* BeOS support

David Cantrell <dcantrell@redhat.com>

* Added support for Promise SX8 devices (original patch from Jeremy

Katz <katzj@redhat.com>)

* Brought IBM/Red Hat DASD patches forward to parted-1.7.x

Original IBM authors: Volker Sameske <sameske@de.ibm.com>

Horst Hummel <Horst.Hummel@de.ibm.com>

Original Red Hat authors: Phil Knirsch <phil@redhat.de>

Harald Hoyer <harald@redhat.de>

* Prevent SIGFPE when FAT sector size is 0

* Add virtual DASD (VIODASD) on iSeries support

* Use O_DIRECT I/O to prevent first partition corruption on GPT disks

* Prevent sector reading exceptions from ped_geometry_check() on Mac

disklabels.

* Various bug fixes and other things.

Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>

* Add ped_exception_get_handler()

* /dev/mapper read/write support on Linux (via libdevmapper)

Darren Lavender <dl1@hppine99.gbr.hp.com>

* Fix SIGSEGV in parted 1.6.19 and assertion error in 1.7.0

* Add support for LUN/device resize detection and option GPT

header corruption

* Fixed off-by-one error in GPT header that allowed for overlap

between LDAs of LastUsableLBA and PartitionEntryLBA in backup GPT

Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>

* Fixes for Macintosh disk label code

Debarshi Ray <rishi@gnu.org>

* Display disk model and transport type in parted(8).

* '--list/-l' command line switch.

* Introduce 'print devices' and alias 'print list' to 'print all'.

* Alias 'mktable' to 'mklabel'.

* Code and API clean-up, bug fixes, and other miscellaneous stuff.