Support the Discoverable Partition Standard for GPT partitions
Metadata
Current evaluation
Feature request to support Discoverable Partitions Specification GUIDs for GPT partitions in imagecraft. Triaged and tracked in Jira (IMAGECRAFT-100) but inactive for ~5.7 months with no implementation progress.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: The issue is labeled 'Status: Triaged' and has an internal Jira ticket (IMAGECRAFT-100), indicating it has been assessed and prioritized by maintainers. It is a legitimate feature request within the 6-month window, so it should remain open pending implementation.
Impact:
45
Quick Win:
24.75
Staleness:
55
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
Issue body
### Check existing issues
- [x] I've verified that this request isn't described by any existing issues.
### Request
Support any GUID that maps to the Discoverable Partitions Specification: https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification/
This can be done either by supporting any GPT partition type or by supporting all of those types specifically.
### The problem it solves
Supports a broad standard.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
45
Quick Win:
24.75
Staleness:
55
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Feature request to support Discoverable Partitions Specification GUIDs for GPT partitions in imagecraft. Triaged and tracked in Jira (IMAGECRAFT-100) but inactive for ~5.7 months with no implementation progress. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
55
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Feature request to support Discoverable Partitions Specification GUIDs for GPT partitions. Currently triaged but inactive for over four months with no maintainer discussion or implementation progress. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
45
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Feature request to add support for Discoverable Partitions Specification GUIDs in GPT partitions. Currently triaged and in the backlog awaiting implementation. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
60
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
keep open | Feature request to implement support for Discoverable Partition Standard GUIDs in GPT partitioning. Currently triaged but inactive for 115 days with no maintainer discussion or implementation progress. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
45
Complexity:
55
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Request to add support for Discoverable Partitions Specification GUIDs in GPT partitions, either generically or for specific types. Triaged and logged as internal Jira ticket IMAGECRAFT-100, awaiting implementation. |
Update history
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #276 Support human-friendly GPT partition types | imagecraft | open | Feature request to let users write human-friendly names (e.g. linux-data, efi-system) for GPT partition types in imagecraft.yaml instead of raw GUIDs. The GptType enum exists in volume.py but is not exposed. Triaged, open, no progress in ~6 months. |