Re: Parted, libparted status

[Andrew Clausen]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 03:42:41PM +0100, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Sven Luther wrote:
> 
> > Maybe in 1.7 or something such though.
> 
> Perhaps it's too early to discuss 1.7? There wasn't much done about we
> discussed in the last or so month, only unfullfiled promises ;)

I have been trying to compile Parted unsuccessfully.
Auto* are all broken.  :(

Does anyone know of a reliable combination of versions for autoconf,
automake, libtool, gettext?

> People have the same (and new) problems, especially with newer kernels in
> the last half year and nobody cares. I know everybody is busy, volunteer,
> etc but perhaps putting just some striking words on Parted's home page
> (last update two(!!) years ago) like "Project is in crisis, new maintainer
> and developers are needed!" could save the project.

I have been spending a fair bit of time on Parted lately.

Cheers,
Andrew