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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.eml b/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.eml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..45fd0fa6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.eml @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> +To: meta@public-inbox.org +Subject: [ANNOUNCE] public-inbox 1.7.0 +Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2021 07:52:00 +0000 +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 +Message-ID: <2021-11-04-public-inbox-1.7.0-finally-rele@sed> +Content-Disposition: inline + +Another big release focused on multi-inbox search and scalability. + +Special thanks to Konstantin Ryabitsev and Kyle Meyer for +numerous bug reports and documentation help. + +* general changes + + - config file parsing is 2x faster with 50K inboxes + + - deduplication ignores whitespace differences within address fields + + - "PRAGMA optimize" is now issued on commits for SQLite 3.18+ + +* public-inbox-extindex + + A new Xapian + SQLite index able to search across several inboxes. + This may be configured to replace per-inbox Xapian DBs, + (but not per-inbox SQLite indices) and speed up manifest.js.gz + generation. + + See public-inbox-extindex-format(5) and + public-inbox-extindex(1) manpages for more details. + + Using it with "--all" speeds up various multi-inbox operations in + PublicInbox::WWW, public-inbox-nntpd, and public-inbox-imapd. + +* read-only public-inbox-daemon (-httpd, -nntpd, -imapd): + + libgit2 may be used via Inline::C to avoid hitting system pipe + and process limits. See public-inbox-tuning(7) manpage + for more details. + +* various memory usage reductions and workarounds for leaks in + Encode <3.15, these mainly affect PublicInbox::WWW + +* public-inbox-nntpd + + - startup is 6x faster with 50K inboxes if using -extindex + +* PublicInbox::WWW + + - mboxrd search results are returned in reverse Xapian docid order, + so more recent results are more likely to show up first + + - d: and dt: search prefixes allow "approxidate" formats supported + by "git log --since=" + + - manifest.js.gz generation is ~25x faster with -extindex + + - minor navigation improvements in search results HTML page + +* lei - local email interface + + An experimental, subject-to-change, likely-to-eat-your-mail tool for + personal mail as well as interacting with public-inboxes on the local + filesystem or over HTTP(S). See lei(1), lei-overview(7), and other + lei-* manpages for details. This is only ready-to-use w.r.t. external + public-inbox instances, but mail synchronization for personal mail + remains clunky. + +* public-inbox-index + + - non-strict (Subject-based) threading supports non-ASCII characters, + reindexing is necessary for old messages with non-ASCII subjects. + + - --batch-size is now 8M on 64-bit systems for throughput improvements, + higher values are still advised for more powerful hardware. + +* public-inbox-watch + + - IMAP and NNTP code shared with lei, fixing an off-by-one error + in IMAP synchronization for single-message IMAP folders. + + - \Deleted and \Draft messages ignored for IMAP, as they are for + Maildir. + + - IMAP and NNTP connection establishment (including git-credential + prompts) ordering is now tied to config file order. + +Compatibility: + +* Rollbacks all the way to public-inbox 1.2.0 remain supported + +Internal changes + +* public-inbox-index switched to new internal IPC code shared + with lei + +Please report bugs via plain-text mail to: meta@public-inbox.org + +See archives at https://public-inbox.org/meta/ for all history. +See https://public-inbox.org/TODO for what the future holds. |