NEWS: notmuch insert, search updates

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-Notmuch 0.19~rc1 (2014-11-06)
+Notmuch 0.19~rc2 (2014-11-09)
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 Command-Line Interface
@@ -12,6 +12,29 @@ Stopped `notmuch dump` failing if someone writes to the database
   process already has the write lock the dump will not start, so
   script callers should still check the return value.
 
+`notmuch insert` requires succesful message indexing for success status
+
+  Previously the `notmuch insert` subcommand indicated success even if
+  the message indexing failed, as long as the message was delivered to
+  file system. This could have lead to delivered messages missing
+  tags, etc. `notmuch insert` is now more strict, also requiring
+  succesful indexing for success status. Use the new `--keep` option
+  to revert to the old behaviour (keeping the delivered message file
+  and returning success even if indexing fails).
+
+`notmuch insert` has gained support for `post-insert` hook
+
+  The new `post-insert` hook is run after message delivery, similar to
+  `post-new`. There's also a new option `notmuch insert --no-hooks` to
+  skip the hook. See the notmuch-hooks(1) man page for details.
+
+`notmuch search` now supports `--duplicate=N` option with `--output=messages`
+
+  Complementing the `notmuch search --duplicate=N --output=files`
+  options, the new `--duplicate=N --output=messages` combination
+  limits output of message IDs to messages matching search terms that
+  have at least `N` files associated with them.
+
 Emacs Interface
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@@ -36,9 +59,39 @@ Improved `q` binding in notmuch buffers
 Library changes
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+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.
+
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