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Leslie Patrick Polzer <polzer@gnu.org>
* parts of 1.6.24 PedUnit API
* GPT pth_* functions and block size fixes
* PED_SECTOR_SIZE -> PED_SECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT
* debugging framework
* ext2 "strange layout" fix (experimental)
* support for physical block sizes
* SCO BFS support
Snail Mail:
Am Kirchberg 15
89537 Giengen
Germany
Andrew Clausen <clausen@gnu.org>
* all FAT code (libparted/fs_fat)
* all linux-swap code (libparted/fs_linux_swap)
* some reiserfs glue code (libparted/fs_reiserfs) with Umanets
* most of the API (with lots of discussion with Lennert Buytenhek)
(include/parted/*)
* exception code (exception.c, debug.c)
* partition table code (disk.c)
* dos partition support (disk_dos.c)
* mac partition support (disk_mac.c)
* mips partition support (disk_mips.c)
* loopback support (disk_loop.c)
* some of the PC98 code (disk_pc98.c), with Masahiro Sakai.
* misc. hacking on all disk_*.c code
- 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>
* 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>
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
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)
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.