X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=5590bb813da9848b999e4f65edf8942c79a20b43;hp=6ccff2b9cfa4d2db7bc21915c50d79f7a29c84c3;hb=35fc6d3c183f7d688db56000c2a703dbe978f218;hpb=031ca3f1bdb5e9edb9fc21779149bdfcb554a83f diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6ccff2b9..5590bb81 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,22 +1,169 @@ -Notmuch 0.22 (UNRELEASED) +Notmuch 0.23 (UNRELEASED) ========================= -nmbug-status +General (Xapian 1.4+) +--------------------- + +Compiling against Xapian 1.4 enables several new features. + +Support for single argument date: queries + + `date:` is equivalent to `date:..`. + +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. + +Emacs +----- + +Face customization is easier + + New faces `notmuch-tag-unread`, `notmuch-tag-flagged`, + `notmuch-tag-deleted`, `notmuch-tag-added`, + `notmuch-search-flagged-face` and `notmuch-search-unread-face` are + now used by default. Customize `notmuch-faces` to modify them. + +Omit User-Agent header by default when sending mail + +Ruby Bindings +------------- + +Add support for `notmuch_database_get_all_tags` + +Go Bindings +----------- + +Go bindings moved to contrib + +Add support for `notmuch_threads_t` and `notmuch_thread_t` + +Fixed constant values so they are not all zero anymore + + Previously, it was impossible to open writable database handles, + because `DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY` and `DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE` were + both set to zero. + The same issue occured with sort modes. + +Notmuch 0.22.2 (2016-09-08) +=========================== + +Test Suite +---------- + +Silence gdb more + + Have gdb write to a log file instead of stdout, hiding some more + (harmless) stderr chatter which causes test failures. + +Hardcode fingerprint in PGP/MIME tests + + Make the tests more robust against changing GnuPG output formats. + +Notmuch 0.22.1 (2016-07-19) +=========================== + +Library +------- + +Correct the definition of `LIBNOTMUCH_CHECK_VERSION`. + +Document the (lack of) operations permitted on a closed database. + +Test Suite +---------- + +Fix race condition in dump / restore tests. + +Notmuch-Mutt ------------ -`nmbug-status` now supports `meta.message-url` to override the Gmane -template. For example, you can use: +Use `env` to locate perl. - { - "meta": { - "message-url": "https://groups.google.com/a/opencontainers.org/forum/#!search/messageid$3A%22{message-id}%22" - ... - }, - ... - } +Emacs +----- + +Tell `message-mode` mode that outgoing messages are mail + + This makes message-mode configuration behave more predictably. + +Respect charset of MIME parts when reading them + + Fix previous assumption that everyone uses UTF-8. + +Notmuch 0.22 (2016-04-26) +========================= + +General +------- + +Xapian 1.3 support + + Notmuch should now build (and the test suite should pass) on recent + releases of Xapian 1.3.x. It has been tested with Xapian 1.3.5. + +Limited support for S/MIME messages + + Signature verification is supported, but not decryption. S/MIME + signature creation and S/MIME encryption are supported via built-in + support in Emacs. S/MIME support is not extensively tested at this + time. + +Bug Fixes + + Fix for threading bug involving deleting and re-adding + messages. Fix for case-sensitive content disposition headers. Fix + handling of 1 character directory names at top level. + +Command Line Interface +---------------------- + +`notmuch show` now supports verifying S/MIME signatures -To link to messages in the [opencontainers.org Google -Groups](https://groups.google.com/a/opencontainers.org/forum/#!overview). + This support relies on an appropriately configured `gpgsm`. + +Build System +------------ + +Drop dependency on "pkg-config emacs". Emacs Interface --------------- @@ -35,6 +182,86 @@ Filtering or Limiting messages is now bound to `l` in the search view This binding now matches the analogous binding in show view. +`F` forwards all open messages in a thread + + When viewing a thread of messages, the new binding `F` can be used + to generate a new outgoing message which forwards all of the open + messages in the thread. This is analogous to the `f` binding, which + forwards only the current message. + +Preferred content type can be determined from the message content + + More flexibility in choosing which sub-part of a + multipart/alternative part is initially shown is available by + setting `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a function + that returns a list of discouraged types. The function so specified + is passed the message as an argument and can examine the message + content to determine which content types should be discouraged. This + is in addition to the current capabilities (i.e. setting + `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a list of discouraged + types). + +When viewing a thread ("show" mode), queries that match no messages no +longer generate empty buffers + + Should an attempt be made to view the thread corresponding to a + query that matches no messages, a warning message is now displayed + and the terminal bell rung rather than displaying an empty buffer + (or, in some cases, displaying an empty buffer and throwing an + error). This also affects re-display of the current thread. + +Handle S/MIME signatures in emacs + + The emacs interface is now capable making and verifying S/MIME + signatures. + +`notmuch-message-address-insinuate` is now a no-op + + This reduces the amount of interference with non-notmuch uses of + message-mode. + +Address completion improvements + + An external script is no longer needed for address completion; if + you previously configured one, customize the variable + `notmuch-address-command` to try the internal completion. If + `company-mode` is available, notmuch uses it by default for + interactive address completion. + +Test and experiment with the emacs MUA available in source tree + + `./devel/try-emacs-mua` runs emacs and fills the window with + information how to try the MUA safely. Emacs is configured to use + the notmuch (lisp) files located in `./emacs` directory. + +Documentation +------------- + +New `notmuch-report(1)` and `notmuch-report.json(5)` man pages +describe `notmuch-report` and its JSON configuration file. You can +build these files by running `make` in the `devel/nmbug/doc` +directory. + +notmuch-report +-------------- + +Renamed from `nmbug-status`. This script generates reports based on +notmuch queries, and doesn't really have anything to do with nmbug, +except for sharing the `NMBGIT` environment variable. The new name +focuses on the script's action, instead of its historical association +with the nmbug workflow. This should make it more discoverable for +users looking for generic notmuch reporting tools. + +The default configuration file name (extracted from the `config` +branch of `NBMGIT` has changed from `status-config.json` to +`notmuch-report.json` so it is more obviously associated with the +report-generating script. The configuration file also has a new +`meta.message-url` setting, which is documented in +`notmuch-report.json(5)`. + +`notmuch-report` now wraps query phrases in parentheses when and-ing +them together, to avoid confusion about clause grouping. + Notmuch 0.21 (2015-10-29) ========================= @@ -309,13 +536,13 @@ 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 +`notmuch insert` requires successful 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 + successful 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). @@ -2257,7 +2484,7 @@ Ruby bindings are now much more complete Python bindings have been updated and extended - (docs online at http://packages.python.org/notmuch/) + (docs online at https://notmuch.readthedocs.io/) New bindings: