X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=9e32d56c64442856a603209a7353577d68634618;hp=3a5c74476ea2ed1374d6c4596af38705dd561cd5;hb=7bf5be75ae8e3c2d4e8c06bba8b44f4fd495349b;hpb=1579fb334e0bbc42d5ae7692b184127f43ed7027 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3a5c7447..9e32d56c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -81,15 +81,23 @@ contrib/ from now on. Library changes --------------- -API changes +The API changes detailed below break binary and source compatibility, +so libnotmuch has been bumped to version 3.0.0. - The function notmuch_database_close has been split into - notmuch_database_close and notmuch_database_destroy. +The function notmuch_database_close has been split into +notmuch_database_close and notmuch_database_destroy This makes it possible for long running programs to close the xapian database and thus release the lock associated with it without destroying the data structures obtained from it. +notmuch_database_open and notmuch_database_create now return errors + + The type signatures of notmuch_database_open and + notmuch_database_create have changed so that the functions now + return a notmuch_status_t and take an out-argument for returning the + new database object. + Notmuch 0.12 (2012-03-20) =========================