Parted - GNU Partition Editor [PSARC/2009/145 FastTrack timeout 03/06/2009]

[Sebastien Roy]

On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 14:38 -0800, Phi Tran wrote:
> The following RBAC authorizations and profile will be added.
> 
> Authorization Names:
> solaris.admin.parted.:::Partition Editor::help=AuthPartedHeader.html
> solaris.admin.parted.write:::Edit Partitions::help=AuthPartedWrite.html

Is there a technical reason why reading partition information would
require a special authorization?

> 4.3. Interfaces Exported
> 
> Interface Name                    Classification    Comments
> ---------------                   --------------    -----------------
> SUNWparted                        Committed         Package name (Phase 1)
> /usr/share/man/man8/parted.8      Volatile          Manual page (Phase 1)
> /usr/bin/parted                   Volatile          Parted launcher shell script (Phase 1)

You probably want something other than Volatile if this is meant to be
used programatically by other software subsystems.

> 4.4. Schedule
> 
> I propose introducing GParted into OpenSolaris in three phases:
> 
>    Phase 1: Parted command line (2 man months)

Nit: schedule is not architectural.

>    Phase 2: GParted GUI (3 man months)

You say three phases above, but only mention two phases.  What's the
third phase?

-Seb