+General (Xapian 1.4+)
+---------------------
+
+Compiling against Xapian 1.4 enables several new features.
+
+Support for single argument date: queries
+
+ `date:<expr>` is equivalent to `date:<expr>..<expr>`.
+
+Support for blocking opens
+
+ When opening a database notmuch by default will wait for another
+ process to release a write lock, rather than returning an error.
+
+Support for named queries
+
+ Named queries (also known as 'saved searches') can be defined with a
+ `query:name` format. The expansion of these queries is stored in the
+ database and they can be used from any notmuch client.
+
+Library
+-------
+
+Message property API
+
+ libnotmuch now supports the attachment of arbitrary key-value pairs
+ to messages. These can be used by various tools to manage their
+ private data without polluting the user tag space. They also support
+ iteration of values with the same key or same key prefix.
+
+Bug fix for `notmuch_directory_set_mtime`
+
+ Update cached mtime to match on-disk mtime.
+
+CLI
+---
+
+Support for compile time options
+
+ A group of `built_with` keys is now supported for notmuch
+ config. Initial keys in this group are `compact`, `field_processor`,
+ and `retry_lock`.
+
+Dump/Restore support for configuration information and properties
+
+ Any configuration information stored in the database (initially just
+ named queries) is dumped and restored. Similarly any properties
+ attached to messages are also dumped and restored. Any new
+ information in the dump format is prefixed by '#' to allow existing
+ scripts to ignore it.
+