From e305668640950ebf4da3733911344101f9db3377 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wong Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2021 07:43:06 +0000 Subject: public-inbox 1.7.0 --- Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.eml | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.wip | 95 ----------------------------------- Makefile.PL | 5 +- 3 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.eml delete mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.wip 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 +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. diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.wip b/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.wip deleted file mode 100644 index ebb0a223..00000000 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.7.0.wip +++ /dev/null @@ -1,95 +0,0 @@ -To: meta@public-inbox.org -Subject: [WIP] public-inbox 1.7.0 -MIME-Version: 1.0 -Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 -Content-Disposition: inline - -Another big release focused on multi-inbox search and scalability. - -* 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. diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL index fffe30e9..c0aef488 100644 --- a/Makefile.PL +++ b/Makefile.PL @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ my $v = {}; my $t = {}; # do not sort -my @RELEASES = qw(v1.6.1 v1.6.0 v1.5.0 v1.4.0 v1.3.0 v1.2.0 v1.1.0-pre1 v1.0.0); +my @RELEASES = qw(v1.7.0 v1.6.1 v1.6.0 v1.5.0 v1.4.0 v1.3.0 v1.2.0 + v1.1.0-pre1 v1.0.0); $v->{news_deps} = [ map { "Documentation/RelNotes/$_.eml" } @RELEASES ]; $v->{txt} = [ qw(INSTALL README COPYING TODO HACKING) ]; @@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ WriteMakefile( NAME => 'PublicInbox', # n.b. camel-case is not our choice # XXX drop "PENDING" in .pod before updating this! - VERSION => '1.7.0.PENDING', + VERSION => '1.7.0', AUTHOR => 'Eric Wong ', ABSTRACT => 'public-inbox server infrastructure', -- cgit v1.2.3-24-ge0c7