* first non-pre/rc release with v2 format support for scalability.
See public-inbox-v2-format(5) manpage for more details.
-* new admin tools for v2 repos:
+* new admin tools for v2 inboxes:
- public-inbox-convert - converts v1 to v2 repo formats
- public-inbox-compact - v2 convenience wrapper for xapian-compact(1)
- public-inbox-purge - purges entire messages out of v2 history
- public-inbox-edit - edits sensitive data out messages from v2 history
- public-inbox-xcpdb - copydatabase(1) wrapper to upgrade Xapian formats
(e.g. from "chert" to "glass") and resharding
- of v2 repos
+ of v2 inboxes
* SQLite3 support decoupled from Xapian support, and Xapian DBs may be
configured without phrase support to save space. See "indexlevel" in
public-inbox-config(5) manpage for more info.
+* codebase now uses Perl 5.10.1+ features (e.g. "//")
+
* public-inbox-nntpd
- support STARTTLS and NNTPS
- support COMPRESS extension
- fix several RFC3977 compliance bugs
- improved interopability with picky clients such as leafnode
+ and Alpine
* public-inbox-watch
- support multiple spam training directories
- support mapping multiple inboxes per Maildir
+ - List-ID header support (see "listid" in public-inbox-config(5))
+
+* public-inbox-mda
+ - List-ID header support (see above)
* PublicInbox::WWW
- grokmirror-compatible manifest.js.gz endpoint generation
- user-configurable color support in $INBOX_URL/_/text/color/
- BOFHs may set default colors via "publicinbox.css"
(see public-inbox-config(5))
+ - ability to map git code repositories and run cgit
+ (see "coderepo" and "cgitrc" in public-inbox-config(5))
+ - able to recreate blobs with coderepo associations and Xapian
+ - search results may be reversed
+ - reduce memory usage when rendering large threads
+ - syntax highlighting for patches and blobs
+
+* public-inbox-httpd / public-inbox-nntpd:
+ - lower memory usage in C10K scenarios
+ - buffers slow clients to filesystem (TMPDIR) instead of RAM
+ - improved FreeBSD support
+ - Danga::Socket is no longer a runtime dependency
+
+* many documentation updates, new manpages for:
+ - PublicInbox::SaPlugin::ListMirror
+ - public-inbox-init
+
+* workaround memory leaks on Perl 5.16.3 (on CentOS/RHEL 7.x)
-* Danga::Socket is no longer a runtime dependency of daemons.
+Thanks to Ali Alnubani, Alyssa Ross, Amitai Schleier, Dave Taht,
+Dmitry Alexandrov, Eric W. Biederman, Jan Kiszka, Jonathan Corbet,
+Kyle Meyer, Leah Neukirchen, Mateusz Łoskot, Nicolás Ojeda Bär,
+SZEDER Gábor, Urs Janßen, Wang Kang, and edef for all their help,
+bug reports, patches and suggestions.
-* improved FreeBSD support
+Special thanks to Konstantin Ryabitsev and The Linux Foundation
+for their sponsorship and support over the past two years.
See archives at https://public-inbox.org/meta/ for all history.
+See https://public-inbox.org/TODO for what the future holds.