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+To: meta@public-inbox.org
+Subject: [WIP] public-inbox 1.2.0
+
+* 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:
+ - 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
+
+* 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.
+
+* public-inbox-nntpd
+ - support STARTTLS and NNTPS
+ - support COMPRESS extension
+ - fix several RFC3977 compliance bugs
+ - improved interopability with picky clients such as leafnode
+
+* public-inbox-watch
+ - support multiple spam training directories
+ - support mapping multiple inboxes per Maildir
+
+* 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))
+
+* Danga::Socket is no longer a runtime dependency of daemons.
+
+* improved FreeBSD support
+
+See archives at https://public-inbox.org/meta/ for all history.