[PATCH] NEWS: discuss changes for dump and restore syntax.

Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: discuss changes for dump and restore syntax.

Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 12:05:10 -0300

To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc: David Bremner

From: david@tethera.net


From: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>

The duplication in NEWS.Debian is so that Debian users will be warned
during upgrade.
---
 NEWS               |   10 ++++++++++
 debian/NEWS.Debian |   14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7b1f36c..761b2c1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ Maildir tag synchronization
   messages (typically causing new messages to not receive the "unread"
   tag).
 
+Command-Line Interface
+----------------------
+
+  The deprecated positional output file argument to `notmuch dump` has
+  been replaced with an `--output` option. The input file positional
+  argument to `notmuch restore` has been replaced with an `--input`
+  option for consistency with dump.  These changes simplify the syntax
+  of dump/restore options and make them more consistent with other
+  notmuch commands.
+
 Emacs Interface
 ---------------
 
diff --git a/debian/NEWS.Debian b/debian/NEWS.Debian
index 6947754..bf95738 100644
--- a/debian/NEWS.Debian
+++ b/debian/NEWS.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+notmuch (0.14-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  There is an incompatible change in option syntax for dump and restore
+  in this release. Please update your scripts.
+
+  From upstream NEWS:
+
+  The deprecated positional output file argument to notmuch dump has
+  been replaced with an --output option. The input file positional
+  argument for restore has been replaced with an --input option for
+  consistency with dump.
+
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:52:49 -0300
+
 notmuch (0.6~238) unstable; urgency=low
 
   The emacs user interface to notmuch is now contained in a seperate
-- 
1.7.10.4


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