KDE Partition Manager / KPMcore 4 beta released

[Andrius Štikonas]

Hi,

I would like to announce beta release of KDE Partition Manager and KPMcore partitioning library.

https://download.kde.org/unstable/kpmcore/3.80.0/src/kpmcore-3.80.0.tar.xz.mirrorlist
https://download.kde.org/unstable/partitionmanager/3.80.0/src/partitionmanager-3.80.0.tar.xz.mirrorlist

Summary of changes:
 * libparted backend is removed and replaced with sfdisk backend. util-linux 2.32 is required.
As a result FAT16/FAT32 resize support is only available if fatresize is installed. fatresize is a thin
wrapper around libparted and is already packaged by most distros. Unfortunately, HFS(+) resize
support is no longer available.

 * Added support for resizing LUKS2 volumes (we don't support resizing LUKS2 if it is used with dm-integrity).
LUKS2 creation support is added to KPMcore but it is not yet exposed in KDE Partition Manager GUI.

 * Dependency on unmaintained libatasmart library was removed and replaced with smartmontools
(version 7 released on 2018-12-30 is required).

 * Detection support for Bitlocker and APFS (Apple File System) if util-linux 2.33 is available.

 * Support for FAT12 file system (no resize support). This is partially a result of libparted->sfdisk switch
as libparted does not have support for FAT12.

 * And last but not least is KAuth. KDE Partition Manager no longer runs as root but instead uses KAuth.
In fact half of the features above were prerequisite for KAuth work. It solves issues with DBus access,
improves Wayland support (especially on Gnome).

Andrius
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