On Sun, 24 Aug 2014, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote: > Quoth Jani Nikula on Aug 23 at 6:39 pm: >> On Fri, 01 Aug 2014, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote: >> > The version number has always been pretty meaningless to the user and >> > it's about to become even more meaningless with the introduction of >> > "features". Hopefully, the database will remain on version 3 for some >> > time to come; however, the introduction of new features over time in >> > version 3 will necessitate upgrades within version 3. It would be >> > confusing if we always tell the user they've been "upgraded to version >> > 3". If the user wants to know what's new, they should read the news. >> >> I think this is good for now. >> >> What do you think about adding notmuch_database_get_features(), and >> printing that? > > Mark had a similar comment, so here's my reply: > id:20140727162426.GF13893@mit.edu > > I'm happy with adding more transparency around this, though I'd prefer > to do it as follow-up to avoid expanding this series and because I'm > pretty sure adding something like notmuch_database_get_features > wouldn't require any non-trivial changes to the stuff in this series. Agreed. BR, Jani.