X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=62de4b3e8bf220c88cbdbf932abf46551d9df502;hb=ed04c0788906adab86a11563d60e8d0dcedacba7;hp=df2f1eb5a8543993460376e4a38d71bab00eb9a5;hpb=762617b96cd05ed72071593b6618dab4cc4b4836;p=notmuch diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index df2f1eb5..62de4b3e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,15 +1,32 @@ -Notmuch 0.26 (UNRELEASED) -========================= +Notmuch 0.26.2 (UNRELEASED) +=========================== -Test Suite ----------- +Library Changes +--------------- -Out-of-tree builds +Work around Xapian bug with `get_mset(0,0, x)`. - The test suite now works properly with out-of-tree builds, i.e. with - separate source and build directories. The --root option to tests - has been dropped. The same can now be achieved more reliably using - out-of-tree builds. + This causes aborts in `_notmuch_query_count_documents` on + e.g. Fedora 28. The underlying bug is fixed in Xapian commit + f92e2a936c1592, and will be fixed in Xapian 1.4.6. + +Make thread indexing more robust against reference loops + + Choose a thread root by date in case of reference loops. Fix a + related abort in `notmuch show`. + +Notmuch 0.26.1 (2018-04-02) +=========================== + +Library Changes +--------------- + +Bump the library minor version. This should have happened in 0.26, but +better late than never. + + +Notmuch 0.26 (2018-01-09) +========================= Command Line Interface ---------------------- @@ -35,6 +52,30 @@ Support maildir synced tags in `new.tags` maildir syncing, and will be added for files in `new/` regardless of the setting of `new.tags`. +Support /regex/ in new.ignore + + Files and directories may be ignored based on regular expressions. + +Allow `notmuch insert --folder=""` + + This inserts into the top level folder. + +Strip trailing '/' from folder path for notmuch insert + + This prevents a potential problem with duplicated database records. + +New option --output=address for notmuch address + +Make `notmuch show` more robust against deleting duplicate files + +The option --decrypt now takes an explicit argument + + The --decrypt option to `notmuch show` and `notmuch reply` now takes + an explicit argument. If you were used to invoking `notmuch show + --decrypt`, you should switch to `notmuch show --decrypt=true`. + +Boolean and keyword arguments now take a `--no-` prefix + Encrypted Mail -------------- @@ -43,15 +84,34 @@ Indexing cleartext of encrypted e-mails It's now possible to include the cleartext of encrypted e-mails in the notmuch index. This makes it possible to search your encrypted e-mails with the same ease as searching cleartext. This can be done - on a per-message basis with the --decrypt argument to indexing + on a per-message basis by passing --decrypt=true to indexing commands (new, insert, reindex), or by default by running "notmuch config set index.decrypt true". - Note that the contents of the index are sufficient to roughly - reconstruct the cleartext of the message itself, so please ensure - that the notmuch index itself is adequately protected. DO NOT USE + Encrypted messages whose cleartext is indexed will typically also + have their session keys stashed as properties associated with the + message. Stashed session keys permit rapid rendering of long + encrypted threads, and disposal of expired encryption-capable keys. + If for some reason you want cleartext indexing without stashed + session keys, use --decrypt=nostash for your indexing commands (or + run "notmuch config set index.decrypt nostash"). See `index.decrypt` + in notmuch-config(1) for more details. + + Note that stashed session keys permit reconstruction of the + cleartext of the encrypted message itself, and the contents of the + index are roughly equivalent to the cleartext as well. DO NOT USE this feature without considering the security of your index. +Emacs +----- + +Guard against concurrent searches in notmuch-tree + +Use make-process when available + + This allows newer Emacs to separate stdout and stderr from the + notmuch command without using temporary files. + Library Changes --------------- @@ -67,12 +127,52 @@ New functions to count files Two new functions in the libnotmuch API: `notmuch_message_count_files`, and `notmuch_thread_get_total_files`. +New function to remove properties + + A new function was added to the libnotmuch API to make it easier to + drop all properties with a common pattern: + `notmuch_message_remove_all_properties_with_prefix` + Change of return value of `notmuch_thread_get_authors` In certain corner cases, `notmuch_thread_get_authors` previously returned NULL. This has been replaced by an empty string, since the possibility of NULL was not documented. +Transition `notmuch_database_add_message` to `notmuch_database_index_file` + + When indexing an e-mail message, the new + `notmuch_database_index_file` function is the preferred form, and + the old `notmuch_database_add_message` is deprecated. The new form + allows passing a set of options to the indexing engine, which the + operator may decide to change from message to message. + +Test Suite +---------- + +Out-of-tree builds + + The test suite now works properly with out-of-tree builds, i.e. with + separate source and build directories. The --root option to tests + has been dropped. The same can now be achieved more reliably using + out-of-tree builds. + +Python Bindings +--------------- + +Python bindings specific Debian packaging is removed + + The bindings have been build by the top level Debian packaging for a + long time, and `bindings/python/debian` has bit-rotted. + +Open mail files in binary mode when using Python 3 + + This avoids certain encoding related crashes under Python 3. + +Add python bindings for `notmuch_database_{get,set}_config*` + +Optional `decrypt_policy` flag is available for notmuch.database().index_file() + nmbug ----- @@ -86,6 +186,16 @@ User-facing changes with this notmuch release: * Only error for invalid diff lines in `tags/`, which allows for `README`s and similar in nmbug repositories. +Documentation +------------- + +New man page: notmuch-properties(7) + + This new page to the manual describes common conventions for how + properties are used by libnotmuch, the CLI, and associated programs. + External projects that use properties are encouraged to claim their + properties and conventions here to avoid collisions. + Notmuch 0.25.3 (2017-12-08) ===========================