-From: Eric Wong <e@yhbt.net>
+From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To: meta@public-inbox.org
-Subject: [WIP] public-inbox 1.6.0
+Subject: [ANNOUNCE] public-inbox 1.6.0
+Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 20:03:09 +0000
+Message-ID: <20200916200309.public-inbox-1.6.0-rele@sed>
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on message delivery (or spam removal) to wake up read-only
daemons via inotify or kqueue.
-* Upgrading
+ - `--help' switch supported by command-line tools
+
+* Upgrading for new features in 1.6
The ordering of these steps is only necessary if you intend to
- use some new features of this release.
+ use some new features in 1.6. Future releases may have
+ different instructions (or be entirely transparent).
0. install (use your OS package manager, or "make install")
retrieval
- mbox search results may now include all messages pertaining to that
- thread (requires `--reindex' mentioned in `Upgrading').
+ thread. Needs `--reindex' mentioned above in
+ `Upgrading for new features in 1.6'.
+
+ - fix mbox.gz search results downloads for lynx users
+
+ - small navigation tweaks, more prominent mirroring instructions
* public-inbox-watch
- Linux::Inotify2 or IO::KQueue is used directly,
Filesys::Notify::Simple is no longer required
+ - NNTP groups and IMAP mailboxes may be watched in addition
+ to Maildirs (lightly tested).
+
+* Ongoing internal changes
+
+ - reduce event loop hogging for many-inbox support
+
+ - use more Perl v5.10-isms, future-proof against Perl 8
+
+ - more consistent variable and field naming, improve internal
+ documentation and comments
+
+ - start supporting >=40 char git identifiers for SHA-256
+
+ - test -httpd-specific code paths via Plack::Test::ExternalServer
+ in addition to generic PSGI paths.
+
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