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src/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.0
+1.7.0

website/BUGS.txt

@@ -6,20 +6,27 @@ versions.
 
 Latest:
 
-- 1.6 has added NEAR searches. Unlike what recoll did with PHRASES,
+- 1.6 NEAR crashes: 1.6 has added NEAR searches. Unlike what recoll did
-  stemming expansion is performed on terms inside NEAR clauses (except if
+  with PHRASES, stemming expansion is performed on terms inside NEAR
-  prevented by a capitalized entry of course). There is a bug in Xapian at
+  clauses (except if prevented by a capitalized entry of course). There is
-  least up to 0.9.9, where NEAR does not support multiple OR subclauses, as
+  a bug in Xapian at least up to 0.9.9, where NEAR does not support
-  would result from a multiple expansion. This manifests itself by a 'not
+  multiple OR subclauses, as would result from a multiple expansion. This
-  implemented' xapian exception and a recoll crash.
+  manifests itself by a 'not implemented' Xapian exception and a recoll
-  Workarounds:
+  crash.  Workarounds:
+
       - Prevent expansion of NEAR terms (possibly except one) by
         capitalizing them.
-      - Apply the following patch to xapian 0.9.9, inside the "api/"
+
+      - Or apply the following patch to xapian 0.9.9, inside the "api/"
         directory: 
          http://www.recoll.org/xapian/xapNearDistrib.patch
-	 then recompile, and install.
+        or fetch the already patched source:
+	 http://www.recoll.org/xapian/xapian-core-0.9.9-recollNEARpatch.tar.gz
+
+        then recompile, and install.
+
   I hope that the fix will make it into xapian at some point.
+
 - If you are seeing a delay of a few seconds before the result list
   displays for the first query of a recoll instance, try changing the
   result list font in the query preferences. This is not a recoll problem,

website/CHANGES.txt

@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ or keep only the modified parameters.
 
 
 1.6.0
- - Real time monitoring/indexing support.
  - Term explorer: a multimode wildcard-regexp-spell/phonetic tool to search
-   the index for terms.
+   the index for terms. This uses aspell for the orthographic/phonetic part.
- - The advanced search window has been made more dynamic. You now have a
+ - A more dynamic advanced search window. You now have a choice of the top
-   choice of the top level conjunction (OR/AND) and of any number of
+   level conjunction (OR/AND) and of any number of clauses, including NEAR
-   clauses, including NEAR and PHRASE clauses with an adjustable proximity
+   and PHRASE clauses with an adjustable proximity parameter.
-   parameter. 
+ - User-settable format for the result-list entries, which use an HTML
- - The format of the result-list entries is now user-settable, as an HTML
+   string with %xx printf-like replacements (accessible from the user
-   string with %xx printf-like replacement (accessible from the user
    preferences).
+ - Real time monitoring/indexing support. This is not configured by
+   default, and must be specified at build time (configure --help).
  - Improved phrase/group highlighting in abstracts and preview
  - Better sample selection for synthetic abstracts.
  - Improved performance of the text splitter, good for indexing and previewing.

website/credits.html

@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
 
       <h3><a name="credits">Credits</a></h3>
 
-      <p><span class="application">Recoll</span> borrows (steals?) 
+      <p>First of all, many thanks to the users who provided criticism
+	and ideas to make <span class="application">Recoll</span> go
+	forward !</p>
+
+      <p><span class="application">Recoll</span> borrows
 	heavily from the following projects. I tried to include the
 	relevant copyright attributions with the code. Any omission is
 	unintentional and will be fixed as soon as notified. </p>

website/download.html

@@ -55,7 +55,19 @@
 
       <h3>Source</h3>
 
-      <p>Current version: 1.5.11:
+      <p><span class="application">Recoll 1.6.0</span> is out ! This
+	version has quite a few improvements (see <a
+	href="CHANGES.txt">changes</a>). As a <em>.0</em> version, it
+	may not be for everybody, which is why the binary packages
+	stay with 1.5 for now. <br>Download the
+	source: <a
+	href="recoll-1.6.0.tar.gz">recoll-1.6.0.tar.gz</a>. The <a
+	href="usermanual-1.6">new documentation</a> is here too. Some
+	NEAR searches can crash recoll. Have a look at the 
+	<a href="BUGS.txt">errata</a> for a workaround.
+      </p>
+	
+      <p><b>Current version:</b> 1.5.11:
 	<a href="recoll-1.5.11.tar.gz">recoll-1.5.11.tar.gz</a>. 
 	See the <a href="BUGS.txt">known bugs and issues</a> and <a
 	  href="CHANGES.txt">changes</a>.</p>