1.19.13

packaging/rpm/recollfedora10+.spec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary:        Desktop full text search tool with Qt GUI
 Name:           recoll
-Version:        1.19.5
+Version:        1.19.13
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Group:          Applications/Databases
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -83,13 +83,18 @@ exit 0
 %{python_sitearch}/recoll/rclextract.so
 %{python_sitearch}/recoll/rclconfig.py
 %{python_sitearch}/recoll/rclconfig.pyc
+%{python_sitearch}/recoll/rclconfig.pyo
 %{python_sitearch}/recoll/__init__.py
 %{python_sitearch}/recoll/__init__.pyc
+%{python_sitearch}/recoll/__init__.pyo
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1*
 %{_mandir}/man1/%{name}index.1*
 %{_mandir}/man5/%{name}.conf.5*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 06 2014 J.F. Dockes <jf@dockes.org> - 1.19.13
+- Update to 1.19.13
+
 * Wed Jun 19 2013 J.F. Dockes <jf@dockes.org> - 1.19.5
 - Update to 1.19.5
 
@@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ exit 0
 * Wed Feb 09 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.14.4-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild
 
-* Sun Jan 28 2011 Terje Rosten <terje.rosten@ntnu.no> - 1.14.4-1
+* Fri Jan 28 2011 Terje Rosten <terje.rosten@ntnu.no> - 1.14.4-1
 - 1.14.4
 
 * Mon Nov 15 2010 Terje Rosten <terje.rosten@ntnu.no> - 1.14.2-2
@@ -177,7 +182,7 @@ exit 0
 * Fri Feb 12 2010 Terry Duell 1.13.02
 - updated to release 1.13.02
 
-* Mon Jan 12 2010 Terry Duell  1.13.01-3
+* Tue Jan 12 2010 Terry Duell  1.13.01-3
 - updated to fix Fedora desktop-file-install and install icon
 
 * Sun Jan 10 2010 Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org> 1.13.01-2

website/BUGS.html

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 later versions. Bugs listed in the topmost section may also exist in older
 versions.</i></p>
 
-<h2><a name="b_latest">recoll 1.19.9</a></h2>
+<h2><a name="b_latest">recoll 1.19.13</a></h2>
 <ul>
   <li>On systems such as Debian Stable which use Evince version 2.x (not 3.x)
     as PDF viewer, the default "Open" command for PDF files will not
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ versions.</i></p>
     --page-index option to --page-label for the evince command line
     used for PDF.</li>
 
-  <li>There has been at least one report of a corrupted index
-    (resulting in search failures), following several interruptions of
-    a multithreaded indexer. Nothing is currently certain about this
-    issue, so, if you end up with a corrupted index, please report how
-    you got there.</li>
-
   <li>It will sometimes happen that the result list paragraph format stored in
     the Qt preferences file will get garbled, causing result lists with no
     displayed paragraphs (the counts and pages are ok, the results can be seen
@@ -70,6 +64,17 @@ versions.</i></p>
     recoll.</li>
 </ul>
 
+<h2><a name="b_1_19_12">recoll 1.19.12</a></h2>
+<ul>
+  <li>For all 1.19 releases including 1.19.12, there have been reports
+  of crashes of the multithreaded indexer. These events are quite
+  rare, and, as far as I know, they can be worked around by disabling
+  multithreading (add
+    thrQSizes&nbsp;= &nbsp;-1&nbsp;-1&nbsp;-1) to
+    ~/.recoll/recoll.conf). They may result in a corrupted index (run
+    recollindex -z if this happens). This was supposedly fixed in 1.19.13.</li>
+</ul>
+
 <h2><a name="b_1_19_8">recoll 1.19.8</a></h2>
 <ul>
   <li><em><b>Date range computation is buggy and produces bad values for

website/download.html

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function showdiv(viewid)
 <div id="general">
 <h2><a name="general">General information</a></h2>
 
-<p>The current version is 1.19.12p1. <a href="release-1.19.html">Release
+<p>The current version is 1.19.13. <a href="release-1.19.html">Release
 notes</a>.</p>
 
 <p>The download page for Recoll 1.18 is <a href="download-1.18.html">still
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ is probably no necessity to upgrade anyway.</p>
 <div id="source">
 <h2><a name="source">Source</a></h2>
 
-<h3>Current release distribution: 1.19.12p1:</h3>
+<h3>Current release distribution: 1.19.13:</h3>
 <!-- Attention: source packages must remain here, not in a
 subdirectory, because of all the places they're referred from
 (package watches) -->
 
-<p><a href="recoll-1.19.12p1.tar.gz">recoll-1.19.12p1.tar.gz</a>. </p>
+<p><a href="recoll-1.19.13.tar.gz">recoll-1.19.13.tar.gz</a>. </p>
 <!--
 <h3>Snapshot</h3>
 <p>I sometimes release a source tarfile when I consider that the
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ branch for the current production version.</p>
 <h3>Older recoll releases:</h3>
 
 <p>
+<a href="recoll-1.19.12p1.tar.gz">1.19.12p1</a>. 
 <a href="recoll-1.19.9.tar.gz">1.19.9</a>. 
 <a href="recoll-1.18.2.tar.gz">1.18.2</a>. 
 <a href="recoll-1.17.3.tar.gz">1.17.3</a>. 
@@ -244,13 +245,16 @@ a set of Ubuntu series. starting at Lucid. The installation is very simple: </p>
           sudo apt-get install recoll
 </tt></pre>
 
-<p>The 1.19.10/11/12 packages in the PPA now have a separate package
+<p>The 1.19 packages in the PPA now have a separate package
-  for the Python extension, like the standard ones.</p>
+  for the Python extension, like the standard ones, so there should be
+  no more conflict issues while switching from the PPA to the normal
+  repositories and back.</p>
 
 <blockquote>
   <h4>Notes for Ubuntu Lucid</h4>
   <ul>
-    <li>If you use Ubuntu 10.04 (<em>Lucid</em>), you will need to add the <a
+    <li>If you still use Ubuntu 10.04 (<em>Lucid</em>), you will need
+      to add the <a
       href="https://launchpad.net/~xapian-backports/+archive/xapian-1.2">Xapian
       backports PPA</a> to provide the <tt>libxapian22</tt> package</li>
     <li>The <tt><code>rclepub</code></tt> filter apparently needs <tt>Python
@@ -278,19 +282,19 @@ more (email me if you need one).</p>
 
 <h3>OpenSUSE</h3>
 
-<p>Recoll is in the KDE:Extra repository 
+<p>Recoll is in the KDE:Extra repository. You just need to add the
-<!-- I now use the OpenSUSE build service to create Recoll OpenSUSE packages. -->
+  repository to your software
-You just need to add the repository to your software
+  sources (Yast2-&gt;software-&gt;Software repositories).<br>
-sources (Yast2-&gt;software-&gt;Software repositories).<br>
+  <a href="http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/">
-<a href="http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/">Repository
+    Repository list (supported Suse versions)</a>. 
-  list (supported Suse versions)</a>. After adding the appropriate
+  After adding the appropriate repository to your software sources,
-  repository to your software sources, you will be able to install
+  you will be able to install recoll and kio_recoll from the software
-  recoll and kio_recoll from the software management interface. The
+  management interface. The Xapian dependancy will also be satisfied
-  Xapian dependancy will also be satisfied from the build service
+  from the build service repository. Some of the older repositories do
-  repository. Some of the older repositories do not build antiword,
+  not build antiword, just tell the software manager to "break" recoll
-  just tell the software manager to "break" recoll by installing
+  by installing anyway, and get antiword somewhere else.</p>
-  anyway, and get antiword somewhere else.</p>
 
+<!--
 <h3>Mageia</h3>
 
 <p>Mageia version 2: <a
@@ -301,6 +305,7 @@ sources (Yast2-&gt;software-&gt;Software repositories).<br>
   Source: <a
   href="mageia2/recoll-1.18.1-1.mga2.src.rpm">recoll-1.18.1-1.mga2.src.rpm</a>
   </p>
+-->>
 
 </div> <!-- Packages -->
 

website/index.html.en

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <li><a href="features.html">Detailed features</a>.
       </ul>
       <p>The current <span class="application">Recoll</span> version is
-	<a href="download.html">1.19.12</a> 
+	<a href="download.html">1.19.13</a> 
 	(<a href="release-1.19.html">Release notes</a>,
         <a href="BUGS.html">known bugs</a>).</p>
 
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
       <div class="news">
       
       <dl>
+        <dt>2014-05-06</dt> <dd>Version 1.19.13 is out and hopefully
+          fixes the remaining (rare) crashes of multithreaded
+          indexing.</dd>
+
         <dt>2014-04-03</dt> <dd>I have separated the code for the 
           <a href="https://bitbucket.org/medoc/unity-scope-recoll">Recoll
             Unity Scope</a> from the main body of code, in hope that it may

website/index.html.fr

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       <p><span class="application">Recoll</span> est un logiciel libre
 	gratuit, dont le code source est disponible sous licence GPL.
 	La dernière version est 
-        <a class="important" href="download.html">1.19.12</a>
+        <a class="important" href="download.html">1.19.13</a>
 	(<a href="release-1.19.html">notes sur la version, en
 	anglais</a>)</p> 
 
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@
       <h2>Nouvelles: </h2>
       <dl>
 
+        <dt>2014-05-06</dt> <dd> Version 1.19.13. A de bonnes chances
+          de corriger les problèmes résiduels de l'indexation
+          concurrente (multithread).</dd>
         <dt>2014-04-02</dt> <dd> Version 1.19.12. C'est la même que la
-        1.19.11 à part un paramètre pour la taille des attributs
+          1.19.11 à part un paramètre pour la taille des attributs
           stockés, qui n'est utile que dans des cas très
           particuliers. Inutile de mettre à jour en général.</dd>
         <dt>2013-11-25</dt> <dd> La version 1.19.11 est sortie. Elle

website/release-1.19.html

@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ Configuration</em> menu.</p>
 
 <h2><a name="minor_releases">Minor releases at a glance</a></h2>
 <ul>
+  <li>1.19.13 hopefully fixes the rare but longstanding multithread
+    indexing crashes, which I hope were actually due to the now
+    corrected mismanagement of Xapian::Document objects. It also
+    silences noisy but mostly harmless ppt-dump.py crashes.</li>
   <li>1.19.12p2 fulfills an old promise that I had forgotten: have a
     double-click in the result table run an "open file" action. It just
     had waited for too long...</li>