X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=a6736c4ce51882b718952cf1cfbda2530bf7841a;hp=02ed670e5e0efad381da2a5d0b794c2334662fb3;hb=ce44657c9e4919b1e4bbbbbe37dbd72257d40736;hpb=118731254bfb5978c3a006bdd972a516c9127949 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 02ed670e..a6736c4c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,367 @@ -Notmuch 0.17~rc2 (2013-xx-yy) -============================= +Notmuch 0.19 (UNRELEASED) +========================= + +Emacs Interface +--------------- + +Use the `j` key to access saved searches from anywhere in notmuch + + `j` is now globally bound to `notmuch-jump`, which provides fast, + interactive keyboard shortcuts to saved searches. For example, + with the default saved searches `j i` from anywhere in notmuch will + bring up the inbox. + +Expanded default saved search settings + + The default saved searches now include several more common searches, + as well as shortcut keys for `notmuch-jump`. + +Library changes +--------------- + +Add return status to notmuch_database_close and +notmuch_database_destroy + +nmbug +----- + +The Perl script has been translated to Python; you'll need Python 2.7 +or anything from the 3.x line. Most of the user-facing interface is +the same, but `nmbug help` is not `nmbug --help`, and the following nmbug +commands have slightly different interfaces: `archive`, `commit`, +`fetch`, `log`, `pull`, `push`, and `status`. For details on the +new interface for a given command, run `nmbug COMMAND --help`. + +nmbug-status +------------ + +`nmbug-status` can now optionally load header and footer templates +from the config file. Use something like: + + { + "meta": { + "header": "\n\n...", + "footer": "", + ... + }, + ... + }, + +Python Bindings +--------------- + +Add support for `notmuch_query_add_tag_exclude` + +Build System +------------ + +The notmuch binaries and libraries are now build with debugging symbols +by default. Users concerned with disk space should change the +defaults when configuring or use the strip(1) command. + +Notmuch 0.18.2 (2014-10-25) +=========================== + +Test Suite +---------- + +Portability and bug fixes for test suite to improve compatibility with Emacs 24.4, gdb 7.8, and the ppc64el architecture. + +Notmuch 0.18.1 (2014-06-25) +=========================== + +This is a bug fix and portability release. + +Build System +------------ + +Add a workaround for systems without zlib.pc + +Make emacs install robust against the non-existence of emacs + +Put notmuch lib directory first in RPATH + +Fix handling of html_static_path in sphinx + + Both the python bindings and the main docs had spurious settings of + this variable. + +Test Suite +---------- + +Use --quick when starting emacs + + This avoids a hang in the T160-json tests. + +Allow pending break points in atomicity script + + This allows the atomicity tests to run on several more architectures/OSes. + +Command-Line Interface +---------------------- + +To improve portability use fsync instead of fdatasync in +`notmuch-dump`. There should be no functional difference. + +Library changes +--------------- + +Resurrect support for single-message mbox files + + The removal introduced a bug with previously indexed single-message + mboxes. This support remains deprecated. + +Fix for phrase indexing + + There were several bugs where words intermingled from different + headers and MIME parts could match a single phrase query. This fix + will affect only newly indexed messages. + +Emacs Interface +--------------- + +Make sure tagging on an empty query is harmless + + Previously tagging an empty query could lead to tags being + unintentionally removed. + +Notmuch 0.18 (2014-05-06) +========================= + +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. Wildcard + matching (`folder:foo*`) is no longer supported. The new behaviour + allows for more accurate mail folder based searches, makes it + possible to search for messages in the top-level folder, 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 + + The old format is still available with `--format=sup`. + +`notmuch new` has a --quiet option + + 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. + +Bug fix for checking configured new.tags for invalid tags + + `notmuch new` and `notmuch insert` now check the user configured + new.tags for invalid tags, and refuse to apply them, similar to + `notmuch tag`. Invalid tags are currently the empty string and tags + starting with `-`. + +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 + saved searches are still supported. The new style means that a saved + search can store the desired sort order for the search, and it can + store a separate query to use for generating the count notmuch + shows. + + The variable is fully customizable and any configuration done + through customize should *just work*, with the additional options + mentioned above. For manual customization see the documentation for + `notmuch-saved-searches`. + + IMPORTANT: a new style notmuch-saved-searches variable will break + previous versions of notmuch-emacs (even search will not work); to + fix remove the customization for notmuch-saved-searches. + + If you have a custom saved search sort function (not unsorted or + alphabetical) then the sort function will need to be + modified. Replacing (car saved-search) by (notmuch-saved-search-get + 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. + +Reply pushes mark before signature + + We push mark and set point on reply so that the user can easily cut + the quoted text. The mark is now pushed before the signature, if + any, instead of end of buffer so the signature is preserved. + +Message piping uses the originating buffer's working directory + + `notmuch-show-pipe-message` now uses the originating buffer's + current default directory instead of that of the `*notmuch-pipe*` + buffer's. + +nmbug +----- + +nmbug adds a `clone` command for setting up the initial repository and +uses `@{upstream}` instead of `FETCH_HEAD` to track upstream changes. + + The `@{upstream}` change reduces ambiguity when fetching multiple + branches, but requires existing users update their `NMBGIT` + repository (usually `~/.nmbug`) to distinguish between local and + remote-tracking branches. The easiest way to do this is: + + 1. If you have any purely local commits (i.e. they aren't in the + nmbug repository on nmbug.tethera.net), push them to a remote + repository. We'll restore them from the backup in step 4. + 2. Remove your `NMBGIT` repository (e.g. `mv .nmbug .nmbug.bak`). + 3. Use the new `clone` command to create a fresh clone: + + nmbug clone http://nmbug.tethera.net/git/nmbug-tags.git + + 4. If you had local commits in step 1, add a remote for that + repository and fetch them into the new repository. + +Notmuch 0.17 (2013-12-30) +========================= Incompatible change in SHA1 computation --------------------------------------- @@ -139,6 +501,26 @@ The `notmuch-tag` function now requires a list of tag changes changes or a space-separated string of tag changes. The latter is no longer supported and the function now returns nothing. +Fixed `notmuch-reply` putting reply in primary selection + + On emacs 24 notmuch-reply used to put the cited text into the + primary selection (which could lead to inadvertently pasting this + cited text elsewhere). Now the primary-selection is not changed. + +Fixed `notmuch-show` invisible part handling + + In some obscure cases part buttons and invisibility had strange + interactions: in particular, the default action for some parts gave + the wrong action. This has been fixed. + +Fixed `notmuch-show` attachment viewers and stderr + + In emacs 24.3+ viewing an attachment could cause spurious text to + appear in the show buffer (any stderr or stdout the viewer + produced). By default this output is now discarded. For debugging, + setting `notmuch-show-attachment-debug` causes notmuch to keep the + viewer's stderr and stdout in a separate buffer. + Fixed `notmuch-mua-reply` point placement when signature involved By restricting cursor movement to body section for cursor placement