X-Git-Url: http://rtime.felk.cvut.cz/gitweb/notmuch.git/blobdiff_plain/ea7c2e54f008a49d6d62bdbd8c2281edfd082b03..85e1513bc1a3583434559c5f691af9151fbae203:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 019da55a..3362dd41 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,93 @@ -Notmuch 0.21 (UNRELEASED) +Notmuch 0.22 (UNRELEASED) +========================= + +General +------- + +Xapian 1.3 support + + Notmuch should now build (and the test suite should pass) on recent + releases of Xapian 1.3.x. It has been tested with Xapian 1.3.5. + +Build System +------------ + +Drop dependency on "pkg-config emacs". + +Emacs Interface +--------------- + +Notmuch replies now include all parts shown in the show view + + There are two main user visible changes. The first is that rfc822 + parts are now included in replies. + + The second change is that part headers are now included in the reply + buffer to provide visible separation of the parts. The choice of + which part headers to show is customizable via the variable + `notmuch-mua-reply-insert-header-p-function`. + +Filtering or Limiting messages is now bound to `l` in the search view + + This binding now matches the analogous binding in show view. + +`F` forwards all open messages in a thread + + When viewing a thread of messages, the new binding `F` can be used + to generate a new outgoing message which forwards all of the open + messages in the thread. This is analogous to the `f` binding, which + forwards only the current message. + +Preferred content type can be determined from the message content + + More flexibility in choosing which sub-part of a + multipart/alternative part is initially shown is available by + setting `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a function + that returns a list of discouraged types. The function so specified + is passed the message as an argument and can examine the message + content to determine which content types should be discouraged. This + is in addition to the current capabilities (i.e. setting + `notmuch-multipart/alternative-discouraged` to a list of discouraged + types). + +When viewing a thread ("show" mode), queries that match no messages no +longer generate empty buffers + + Should an attempt be made to view the thread corresponding to a + query that matches no messages, a warning message is now displayed + and the terminal bell rung rather than displaying an empty buffer + (or, in some cases, displaying an empty buffer and throwing an + error). This also affects re-display of the current thread. + +Documentation +------------- + +New `notmuch-report(1)` and `notmuch-report.json(5)` man pages +describe `notmuch-report` and its JSON configuration file. You can +build these files by running `make` in the `devel/nmbug/doc` +directory. + +notmuch-report +-------------- + +Renamed from `nmbug-status`. This script generates reports based on +notmuch queries, and doesn't really have anything to do with nmbug, +except for sharing the `NMBGIT` environment variable. The new name +focuses on the script's action, instead of its historical association +with the nmbug workflow. This should make it more discoverable for +users looking for generic notmuch reporting tools. + +The default configuration file name (extracted from the `config` +branch of `NBMGIT` has changed from `status-config.json` to +`notmuch-report.json` so it is more obviously associated with the +report-generating script. The configuration file also has a new +`meta.message-url` setting, which is documented in +`notmuch-report.json(5)`. + +`notmuch-report` now wraps query phrases in parentheses when and-ing +them together, to avoid confusion about clause grouping. + +Notmuch 0.21 (2015-10-29) ========================= General @@ -13,6 +102,13 @@ Database revision tracking: `lastmod:` queries every tagging operation. See the discussion of `lastmod:` in `notmuch-search-terms(7)` for more information. +Date queries now support `date:..!` shorthand for +`date:..` + + You can use, for example, `date:yesterday..!` to match from the + beginning of yesterday to the end of yesterday. For further details, + please refer to the `notmuch-search-terms` manual page. + Notmuch database upgrade to support `lastmod:` queries The above mentioned `lastmod:` prefix. This will be done @@ -22,6 +118,18 @@ Notmuch database upgrade to support `lastmod:` queries Notmuch. As a safeguard, a database dump will be created in the `.notmuch` directory before upgrading. +Build System +------------ + +The ruby bindings are now built as part of the main notmuch build +process. This can be disabled with the `--without-ruby` option to +configure. + +Building the documentation can be disabled with the `--without-docs` +option to configure. + +Skipped individual tests are no longer considered as failures. + Command Line Interface ---------------------- @@ -32,6 +140,16 @@ Database revision tracking rollover and reinitialization, and `notmuch-count(1)` gained a `--lastmod` option to query database revision tracking data. +The `notmuch address` command supports new deduplication schemes + + `notmuch address` has gained a new `--deduplicate` option to specify + how the results should be deduplicated, if at all. The alternatives + are `no` (do not deduplicate, useful for processing the results with + external tools), `mailbox` (deduplicate based on the full, case + sensitive name and email address), and `address` (deduplicate based + on the case insensitive address part). See the `notmuch-address` + manual page for further information. + Emacs Interface --------------- @@ -46,11 +164,51 @@ Removed `notmuch-version` function by renaming it to `notmuch-cli-version` function which retrieves the version of `notmuch-command` is better named as `notmuch-cli-version`. +Query input now supports completion for "is:" + +New message composition mode: `notmuch-compose-mode` + + This is mainly to fix fcc handling, but may be useful for user + customization as well. + +Allow filtering of search results in `notmuch-show` + +Add function to rerun current tree-view search in search mode + +Bug fix for replying to encrypted messages in `notmuch-tree` mode + +Allow saved searched to specify tree view rather than search view + + Applies to saved searches run from `notmuch-hello`, or by a keyboard + shortcut (`notmuch-jump`). Can be set in the customize interface, or + by adding :search-type tree to the appropriate saved search plist in + `notmuch-saved-searches`. + +Increase maximum size of rendered text parts + + The variable `notmuch-show-max-text-part-size` controls the maximum + size (in bytes) which is automatically rendered. This may make + rendering large threads slower. To get the previous behaviour set + this variable to 10000. + Library ------- The use of absolute paths is now enforced when calling -`notmuch_database_{open, create}`. +`notmuch_database_{open, create}` + +New function `notmuch_directory_delete` to delete directory documents + + Previously there was no way to delete directory documents from the + database, leading to confusing results when the "ghost" directory + document of a renamed or deleted filesystem directory was + encountered every time the parent directory was being scanned by + `notmuch new`. The mtime of the old directory document was also used + if a directory by the same name was added again in the filesystem, + potentially bypassing the scan for the directory. The issues are + fixed by providing a library call to delete directory documents, and + deleting the old documents in `notmuch new` on filesystem directory + removal or rename. Database revision tracking @@ -58,6 +216,20 @@ Database revision tracking query parser and the new function `notmuch_database_get_revision`. For the latter, see `notmuch(3)`. +New status code returning API for n_query_count_{messages,threads} + +Deprecated functions + + `notmuch_query_search_threads`, `notmuch_query_search_messages`, + `notmuch_query_count_messages`, and `notmuch_query_count_threads` + are all deprecated as of this release. Clients are encouraged to + transition to the `_st` variants supporting better error reporting. + +nmbug-status +------------ + +`nmbug-status` now supports specifying the sort order for each view. + Notmuch 0.20.2 (2015-06-27) =========================== @@ -326,7 +498,7 @@ from the config file. Use something like: ... }, ... - }, + } Python Bindings ---------------