NEWS: transition n_d_add_message to n_d_index_file

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 989cc405baf2e7847d927cf46602232778fe72f9..a7ca0245bf14283893c31de3be669892179691f4 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ Change of return value of `notmuch_thread_get_authors`
   returned NULL.  This has been replaced by an empty string, since the
   possibility of NULL was not documented.
 
+Transition `notmuch_database_add_message` to `notmuch_database_index_file`
+
+   When indexing an e-mail message, the new
+   `notmuch_database_index_file` function is the preferred form, and
+   the old `notmuch_database_add_message` is deprecated.  The new form
+   allows passing a set of options to the indexing engine, which the
+   operator may decide to change from message to message.
+
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