* [PATCH] doc: update 1.8 WIP release notes
@ 2022-04-22 4:31 Eric Wong
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From: Eric Wong @ 2022-04-22 4:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: meta
Getting pretty much close to a 1.8 release...
---
Fwiw, I get major anxiety around releases, especially as projects gain
more users... Hell, I'm getting anxiety even proposing patches here :<
Documentation/RelNotes/v1.8.0.wip | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.8.0.wip b/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.8.0.wip
index b662e186..9a9bf9e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.8.0.wip
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.8.0.wip
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline
A minor release focused on bugfixes and minor improvements.
+Upgrades should happen transparently, but downgrading back to
+1.7.0 will likely cause problems for lei users.
lei users may experience duplicate messages in Maildirs if attempting to
downgrade from 1.8.0 to 1.7.x. public-inbox-* tools are unaffected and
@@ -20,15 +22,20 @@ Bugfixes:
PublicInbox::WWW: all CR are removed before LF, fixing display of
CR-CR-LF messages.
+ Solver supports SHA-256 code repositories (inbox and lei store support
+ is still pending).
+
Internal updates:
- Reduced dependencies on Inline::C for Linux users.
+ Reduced dependencies on Inline::C for Linux users; Linux users may
+ now use lei with neither Inline::C nor Socket::MsgHdr installed.
New features:
The --dangerous flag is now supported in public-inbox-index and
public-inbox-extindex to use the Xapian::DB_DANGEROUS flag for initial
- indexes. This may reduce SSD/HDD wear at the expense of
+ indexes. This may reduce SSD/HDD wear at the expense of disallowing
+ concurrency and data integrity in case of an unexpected shutdown.
Please report bugs via plain-text mail to: meta@public-inbox.org
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