commit 3492de95a912d9391c0b1aa87cc4769463737049
parent ec590ef28f7c98b8ba146dfb3a73b9e8fef01fa3
Author: Gaute Hope <eg@gaute.vetsj.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:39:43 +0200
update history and readme with maildir-syncback details
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/History.txt b/History.txt
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
== 0.14.2 /
* Maildir Syncback has now been merged into main sup! This is a
- long-time waiting feature which lots of people have been contributing
- to, lately Eric Weikl has done most of the work of getting everything
- ready and up to date now. Main authors include:
+ long-time waiting feature initially developed by Damien Leone,
+ then picked up by Edward Z. Yang who continued development. Additionally
+ others have been contributing.
+
+ Eventually, recently, Eric Weikl has picked up this branch, modernized
+ it to current sup, maintained it and gotten it ready for release.
+
+ Main authors:
- Eric Weikl
- Edward Z. Yang
Damien Leone
+ Edward Z. Yang
+ Eric Weikl
- Not all of the features proposed have been included. This is to maintain
- compatibility with more operating systems and wait with the more
- daring features to make sure sup is stable-ish.
+ Not all of the features initially proposed have been included. This is
+ to maintain compatibility with more operating systems and wait with
+ the more daring features to make sure sup is stable-ish.
- This is a big change since sup now modifies your mail (!), please
+ This is a big change since sup now can modify your mail (!), please
back up your mail and your configuration before using the maildir
syncback feature. For instructions on how to migrate an existing
- maildir source or how to set up a new one, refer to:
+ maildir source or how to set up a new one, refer to the wiki:
https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/wiki/Using-sup-with-other-clients
@@ -24,18 +29,22 @@
disabled) and per-source (default: enabled).
* Sup on Ruby 2.0.0 now works - but beware, this has not been very throughly
- tested. Patches + Bugs welcome.
+ tested. Patches are welcome.
+
+* We are now using our own rmail-sup gem with fixes for Ruby 2.0.0 and
+ various warnings fixed.
-* Use our own rmail-sup gem with fixes for Ruby 2.0.0 and various
- warnings fixed.
+* sup-sync-back has been renamed to sup-sync-back-mbox to conform with
+ the other sync-back scripts.
* You can now save attachments to directories without specifying the full
filename (default filename is used).
+
* Various encoding fixes and minor bug fixes
+
* Tempfiles for attachments are persistent through the sup process to
ensure that spawned processes have access to them.
-* sup-sync-back has been renamed to sup-sync-back-mbox to conform with
- the other sync-back scripts.
+
== 0.14.1 / 2013-08-31
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ Features:
* [Ruby-programmable hooks][hooks]
* Automatically tracking recent contacts
-Current limitations which will be fixed:
+Current limitations:
-* [Doesn't run on Ruby 2.0][ruby20]
+* [Ruby 2.0 support][ruby20] is very fresh, consider it experimental. Patches
+ are welcome
-* Sup doesn't play nicely with other mail clients. Changes in Sup won't be
- synced back to mail source.
+* Sup does in general not play nicely with other mail clients, not all
+ changes can be synced back to the mail source. Refer to [Maildir Syncback][maildir-syncback]
+ in the wiki for this recently included feature. Maildir Syncback
+ allows you to sync back flag changes in messages and to write messages
+ to maildir sources.
* Unix-centrism in MIME attachment handling and in sendmail invocation.
@@ -68,3 +72,4 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
[ruby20]: https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/wiki/Development#sup-014
[sup-talk]: http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/sup-talk
[sup-devel]: http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/sup-devel
+[maildir-syncback]: https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/wiki/Using-sup-with-other-clients
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes b/ReleaseNotes
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
Release 0.14.2:
-Maildir Syncback included. We're using rmail-sup plus additional fixes.
+Maildir Syncback has been included. Refer to the wiki for more information on
+how to set it up.
+
+sup-sync-back has been moved to sup-sync-back-mbox, please make sure
+you make any needed changes.
+
Release 0.14.1: