X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=7bd998707a9c73027b1511505cc272712fbad28b;hp=01e6a7f16cbfc4d1e6c482be7fc3ade7242b9420;hb=8a4d631d7c9bd3775ae91fe577498d580c918c0a;hpb=7e9ea686fa6bd490495888c2f9b75d7986056587 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 01e6a7f1..7bd99870 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,53 @@ +Notmuch 0.10 (2011-xx-xx) +========================= + +New build and testing features +------------------------------ + +Emacs tests are now done in dtach. This means that dtach is now +needed to run the notmuch test suite, at least until the checking for +prerequisites is improved. + +New command-line features +------------------------- + +Add "notmuch restore --accumulate" option + + The --accumulate switch causes the union of the existing and new tags to be + applied, instead of replacing each message's tags as they are read in from + the dump file. + +Add search terms to "notmuch dump" + + The dump command now takes an optional search term much like notmuch + search/show/tag. The output file argument of dump is deprecated in + favour of using stdout. + +Add "notmuch search" --offset and --limit options + + The search command now takes options --offset=[-]N and --limit=N to limit + the number of results shown. + +Add "notmuch count --output" option + + The count command is now capable of counting threads in addition to + messages. This is selected using the new --output=(threads|messages) option. + +Optimizations +------------- + +Search avoids opening and parsing message files + + We now store more information in the database so search no longer + has to open every message file to get basic headers. This can + improve search speed by as much as 10X, but taking advantage of this + requires a database rebuild: + + notmuch dump > notmuch.dump + # Backup, then remove notmuch database ($MAIL/.notmuch) + notmuch new + notmuch restore notmuch.dump + Notmuch 0.9 (2011-10-01) ======================== @@ -22,6 +72,13 @@ New functions notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename does exactly what it says. +API changes + + notmuch_database_find_message (and n_d_f_m_by_filename) now return + a status indicator and uses an output parameter for the + message. This change required changing the SONAME of libnotmuch to + libnotmuch.so.2 + Python bindings changes ----------------------- @@ -29,15 +86,32 @@ Python bindings changes libnotmuch. - Support Database().begin_atomic()/end_atomic() - Support Database().find_message_by_filename() + NB! This needs a db opened in READ-WRITE mode currently, or it will crash + the python process. The is a limitation (=bug) of the underlying libnotmuch. - Fixes where we would not throw NotmuchErrors when we should (Justus Winter) + - Update for n_d_find_message* API changes (see above). Ruby bindings changes --------------------- - Wrap new library functions notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic, - and add new exception Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError. Rename destroy - to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions. - + - Wrap new library functions notmuch_database_{begin,end}_atomic. + - Add new exception Notmuch::UnbalancedAtomicError. + - Rename destroy to destroy! according to Ruby naming conventions. + - Update for n_d_find_message* API changes (see above). + +Emacs improvements +------------------ + + * Add gpg callback to crypto sigstatus buttons to retrieve/refresh + signing key. + * Add notmuch-show-refresh-view function (and corresponding binding) + to refresh the view of a notmuch-show buffer. + +Reply formatting cleanup +------------------------ + + "notmuch reply" no longer includes notification that non-leafnode + MIME parts are being suppressed. Notmuch 0.8 (2011-09-10) ========================