[Bug 1046391] Re: please package newer upstream release of parted

[Phillip Susi]

I'm not sure why that commit was put in as it appears to be redundant.
The old code punted to device.c, which had a 1 MiB default already.

>From ped_device_get_optimum_alignment:

                        /* Align to a grain of 1MiB (like vista / win7) */
                        align = ped_alignment_new(0,
                                                  1048576 / dev->sector_size);

In fact, I have had a patch pending for some time now to correct that
commit, which wrongly uses a 1 MiB alignment when the underlying device
requests a larger alignment that is not an even power of two.

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Title:
  please package newer upstream release of parted

Status in “parted” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “parted” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Parted package version is 2.3

  3 new versions are out since 2.3 (2.4 3.0 and 3.1).

  Why not upgrading it ? Many work have been done on EPT and that can be
  a good improvement for everybody.

  another things : 2.4 default align to 1MiB, that can be a HUGE boost in performance for every disk with 4K block. (gparted do the same since ages).
  (and I can't list all of them)

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