From: Austin Clements Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:13:42 +0000 (-0500) Subject: NEWS: Database version 3, API improvements, and ghost messages X-Git-Tag: 0.19~9 X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4499c07531787e7d0258f8384ff5e518d18b6bd6;p=notmuch NEWS: Database version 3, API improvements, and ghost messages --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b30ed1b5..7a121e4b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -36,9 +36,39 @@ Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers Library changes --------------- +Introduced database version 3 with support for "database features." + + Features are independent aspects of the database schema. + Representing these independently of the database version number will + let us evolve the database format faster and more incrementally, + while maintaining better forwards and backwards compatibility. + +Library users are no longer required to call `notmuch_database_upgrade` + + Previously, library users were required to call + `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade` and `notmuch_database_upgrade` + before using a writable database. Even the CLI didn't get this + right, and it is no longer required. Now, individual APIs may + return `NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED` if the database format is + too out of date for that API. + +Library users can now abort an atomic section by closing the database + + Previously there was no supported way to abort an atomic section. + Callers can now simply close the database, and any outstanding + atomic section will be aborted. + Add return status to notmuch_database_close and notmuch_database_destroy +Bug fixes and performance improvements for thread linking + + The database now represents missing-but-referenced messages ("ghost + messages") similarly to how it represents regular messages. This + enables an improved thread linking algorithm that performs better + and fixes a bug that sometimes prevented notmuch from linking + messages into the same thread. + nmbug -----