[Announce] ploop 1.8

[Kir Kolyshkin]

OpenVZ project has released a new ploop version. Read below for
more information. Everybody is advised to upgrade.

Changes
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(since 1.7.1)

New functionality:
* convert from/to v1/v2 ploop version format (ploop convert -v)
* ploop_mount_fs(): add option to run fsck (#2615)
* ploop mount: add -F to run fsck for inner fs
* export ploop_is_large_disk_supported()
* add/export ploop_get_spec()
* ploop fsck: rename to ploop check

Fixes:
* resize_gpt_partition(): skip if there is no partition
* switch snapshot: read parameters from image we are to switch to
* ploop create: error out if DiskDescriptor.xml exists
* e2fsck(): properly check e2fsck binary exit code
* ploop grow: check max size wrt format
* tools/Makefile: don't strip binaries on install
* ploop init: fix an error message

Improvements:
* create_image(): remove useless assignment
* number of log messages improved/fixed
* tools parse_size(): print error
* tools/ploop: allow T suffix for blockdev size
* ploop_grow_delta_offline(): use delta.version
* tune_fs(): drop absolute path to tune2fs

Documentation:
* ploop init usage: add -v VERSION
* ploop --help: rm -P from ploop mount syntax
* ploop(8): add -v for ploop init
* ploop(8): add ploop resize to SYNOPSYS
* ploop(8): add ploop convert
* ploop(8): add -F for ploop mount


See full changelog here:
http://git.openvz.org/?p=ploop;a=shortlog;h=ploop-1.8


Download
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http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/ploop/1.8


Thanks
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OpenVZ project would like to thank the following people who contributed 
patches
and/or provided bug reports for this ploop release (in no particular order):

* Pavel Odintsov


Bug reporting
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Please report all bugs found to http://bugzilla.openvz.org/


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Regards,
   OpenVZ team.