X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=7bd998707a9c73027b1511505cc272712fbad28b;hp=b44b11e2d39d715bdc46cb8aa7bf50a4525a6022;hb=8a4d631d7c9bd3775ae91fe577498d580c918c0a;hpb=760b311bb5714dc2c995b56e84757337ff8c2ae4 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b44b11e2..7bd99870 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ Notmuch 0.10 (2011-xx-xx) New build and testing features ------------------------------ -Emacs tests are now done in screen. This means that screen is now +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 -screen is improved. +prerequisites is improved. New command-line features ------------------------- @@ -23,6 +23,31 @@ Add search terms to "notmuch dump" 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) ========================