X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=810506ce39fd93451c6a9792aa2961159eafcbc6;hb=eba5537af1d8044c34961a5a0d3a72808926363e;hp=3b6404e75b8120e163b852c84640ae84f42229f5;hpb=07a6214233ebc1a9c228acae674cffe68d0908ea;p=notmuch diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3b6404e7..810506ce 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,16 +1,6 @@ -Notmuch 0.26 (UNRELEASED) +Notmuch 0.26 (2018-01-09) ========================= -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. - Command Line Interface ---------------------- @@ -24,6 +14,41 @@ Support for re-indexing existing messages archive, the recorded Subject: of may change upon reindexing, depending on the order in which the variants are indexed. +Improved error reporting in notmuch new + + Give more details when reporting certain Xapian exceptions. + +Support maildir synced tags in `new.tags` + + Tags `draft`, `flagged`, `passed`, and `replied` are now supported + in `new.tags`. The tag `unread` is still special in the presence of + 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 -------------- @@ -32,15 +57,95 @@ 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 +--------------- + +Indexing files with duplicate message-id + + Files with duplicate message-id's are now indexed, and searchable + via terms and phrases. There are known issues related to + presentation of results and regular-expression search, but in + principle no mail file should be completely unsearchable now. + +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 ----- @@ -54,6 +159,16 @@ 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) ===========================