X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=07bb1259156e73602aaa7720a2d8ad89c5b385bb;hp=eeea10e872ec82a84c45966160cd238c9e39c172;hb=d8bf03710ec8ffead424683a949a2e68d706812b;hpb=512ffe33732f5484672c69d3b7b18edeccee3768 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index eeea10e8..07bb1259 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,83 @@ -Notmuch 0.18 (UNRELEASED) -========================= +Notmuch 0.18~rc0 (2014-04-22) +============================= + +Overview +-------- + +This new release includes some enhancements to searching for messages +by filesystem location (`folder:` and `path:` prefixes under *General* +below). Saved searches in *Emacs* have also been enhanced to allow +distinct search orders for each one. Another enhancement to the +*Emacs* interface is that replies to encrypted messages are now +encrypted, reducing the risk of unintentional information disclosure. +The default dump output format has changed to the more robust +`batch-tag` format. The previously deprecated parsing of single +message mboxes has been removed. For detailed release notes, see +below. + +General +------- + +The `folder:` search prefix now requires an exact match + + The `folder:` prefix has been changed to search for email messages + by the exact, case sensitive maildir or MH folder name. The new + behaviour allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, and + should lead to less surprising results than the old behaviour. Users + are advised to see the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for + details, and review how the change affects their existing `folder:` + searches. + +There is a new `path:` search prefix. + + The new `path:` search prefix complements the `folder:` prefix. The + `path:` prefix searches for email messages that are in particular + directories within the mail store, optionally recursively using a + special syntax. See the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page for + details. + +Notmuch database upgrade due to `folder:` and `path:` changes + + The above mentioned changes to the `folder:` prefix and the addition + of `path:` prefix require a Notmuch database upgrade. This will be + done automatically, without prompting on the next time `notmuch new` + is run after the upgrade. The upgrade is not reversible, and the + upgraded database will not be readable by older versions of + Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the + `.notmuch` directory before upgrading. + +Library changes +--------------- + +Notmuch database upgrade + + The libnotmuch consumers are reminded to handle database upgrades + properly, either by relying on running `notmuch new`, or checking + `notmuch_database_needs_upgrade()` and calling + `notmuch_database_upgrade()` as necessary. This has always been the + case, but in practise there have been no database upgrades in any + released version of Notmuch before now. + +Support for indexing mbox files has been dropped + + There has never been proper support for mbox files containing + multiple messages, and the support for single-message mbox files has + been deprecated since Notmuch 0.15. The support has now been + dropped, and all mbox files will be rejected during indexing. + +Message header parsing changes + + Notmuch previously had an internal parser for message headers. The + parser has now been dropped in favour of letting GMime parse both + the headers and the message MIME structure at the same pass. This is + mostly an internal change, but the GMime parser is stricter in its + interpretation of the headers. This may result in messages with + slightly malformed message headers being now rejected. Command-Line Interface ---------------------- -`notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format. +`notmuch dump` now defaults to `batch-tag` format The old format is still available with `--format=sup`. @@ -12,9 +85,29 @@ Command-Line Interface This option suppresses the progress and summary reports. +`notmuch insert` respects maildir.synchronize_flags config option + + Do not synchronize tags to maildir flags in `notmuch insert` if the + user does not want it. + +The commands set consistent exit status codes on failures + + The cli commands now consistently set exit status of 1 on failures, + except where explicitly otherwise noted. The notable expections are + the status codes for format version mismatches for commands that + support formatted output. + Emacs Interface --------------- +Init file + + If the file pointed by new variable `notmuch-init-file` (typically + `~/.emacs.d/notmuch-config.el`) exists, it is loaded at the end of + `notmuch.el`. Users can put their personal notmuch emacs lisp based + configuration/customization items there instead of filling + `~/.emacs` with these. + Changed format for saved searches The format for `notmuch-saved-searches` has changed, but old style @@ -38,11 +131,66 @@ Changed format for saved searches saved-search :name) and (cdr saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get saved-search :query) should be sufficient. +The keys of `notmuch-tag-formats` are now regexps + + Previously, the keys were literal strings. Customized settings of + `notmuch-tag-formats` will continue to work as before unless tags + contain regexp special characters like `.` or `*`. + +Changed tags are now shown in the buffer + + Previously tag changes made in a buffer were shown immediately. In + some cases (particularly automatic tag changes like marking read) + this made it hard to see what had happened (e.g., whether the + message had been unread). + + The changes are now shown explicitly in the buffer: by default + deleted tags are displayed with red strike-through and added tags + are displayed underlined in green (inverse video is used for deleted + tags if the terminal does not support strike-through). + + The variables `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` and + `notmuch-tag-added-formats`, which have the same syntax as + `notmuch-tag-formats`, allow this to be customized. + + Setting `notmuch-tag-deleted-formats` to `'((".*" nil))` and + `notmuch-tag-added-formats` to `'((".*" tag))` will give the old + behavior of hiding deleted tags and showing added tags identically + to tags already present. + +Version variable + + The new, build-time generated variable `notmuch-emacs-version` is used + to distinguish between notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions. + The function `notmuch-hello-versions` (bound to 'v' in notmuch-hello + window) prints both notmuch cli and notmuch emacs versions in case + these differ from each other. + This is especially useful when using notmuch remotely. + +Ido-completing-read initialization in Emacs 23 + + `ido-completing-read` in Emacs 23 versions 1 through 3 freezes unless + it is initialized. Defadvice-based *Ido* initialization is defined + for these Emacs versions. + Bug fix for saved searches with newlines in them Split lines confuse `notmuch count --batch`, so we remove embedded newlines before calling notmuch count. +Bug fixes for sender identities + + Previously, Emacs would rewrite some sender identities in unexpected + and undesirable ways. Now it will use identities exactly as + configured in `notmuch-identities`. + +Replies to encrypted messages will be encrypted by default + + In the interest of maintaining confidentiality of communications, + the Notmuch Emacs interface now automatically adds the mml tag to + encrypt replies to encrypted messages. This should make it less + likely to accidentally reply to encrypted messages in plain text. + nmbug -----