- rework reproducibility patch
- disable functional_tests to avoid python3-dbusmock-native dependency
- add PACKAGECONFIG for libzip and enable by default
NEW in 3.11.0 - 2026-03-15
==========================
* Memory leak fixes
* Stability fixes
* Fixes to tv series/season extraction from video files
Translations: ca, da, en_GB, pl
Notable changes since 3.10.0:
* Default configuration change, the user home directory will now be indexed
recursively as a whole, instead of XDG folders
* Major change in handling of removable devices. When enabled, removable
devices will get a `.localsearch3` folder with a self-contained database
for the removable device indexed data, instead of being included in the
main database in the user home folder. The setting default remains off.
* The set of dependencies was modernized and sanitized. GExiv2 is now used
for more metadata, libzip is now used for bundled files.
NEW in 3.11.rc - 2026-03-03
===========================
* Reliability improvements to the test suite
Translations: es, hu, ko, ne, oc, pt
NEW in 3.11.beta - 2026-02-18
=============================
* Fixes for possible buffer overflows and NULL pointer dereferences
in MP3 extractor
* Fix seccomp jail in database helper process for removable devices
* Replace libgsf with libzip for ZIP content handling
* Improve reliability of the test suite in slow scenarios (e.g. CI)
Translations: bg, ca, cs, el, eu, fa, fr, gl, he, ka, kk, lt, pt_BR, ro, ru,
sl, sv, tr, ug, uk, zh_CN
NEW in 3.11.alpha - 2026-01-05
==============================
* Default configuration change, the user home directory will now be indexed
recursively as a whole, instead of XDG folders
* Major change in handling of removable devices. When enabled, removable
devices will get a `.localsearch3` folder with a self-contained database
for the removable device indexed data, instead of being included in the
main database in the user home folder. The setting default remains off.
* Improved handling of indexed folder changes found on restart
* Improved handling of indexing cancellation in deleted folders
* Improved handling of BTRFS filesystems
* Dropped libexif dependency, EXIF data is now extracted through gexiv2
* Dropped libpiptcdata dependency, IPTC data is now extracted through
gexiv2
* Consistency improvements to extracted metadata
* Fixes to SHSTK handling in the sandboxed process
* Further extended test coverage
Translations: ca, el, fur, id, oc, sr, sr@latin
NEW in 3.10.1 - 2025-10-13
==========================
* Improvements to the handling of corrupted databases
* Avoid session startup issues if database initialization takes long
* Handle compressed Abiword documents
* Memory usage improvements indexing WEBP files
* Support gexiv2 >= 0.16
* Unify metadata extraction deadline mechanisms
* Test suite improvements
Translations: bg, ca, es, kab, pt, ro, tr, ug
NEW in 3.10.0 - 2025-09-14
==========================
* Fixes to handling of configuration changes
* Improvements to the test suite
Translations: da, en_GB, eo, es, eu, fa, he, hu, ka, ko, lt, nl, pt_BR, ru, sv, tr, uk, zh_CN
Notable changes since 3.9.0:
* A number of behavioral settings has been deprecated
* Webp file format now has a metadata extractor
NEW in 3.10.rc - 2025-09-01
===========================
* Webp file format now has a metadata extractor
* Indexer refactors and cleanups
Translations: ca, cs, gl, pl, sl
NEW in 3.10.beta - 2025-08-03
=============================
* Fix service files with -Ddomain-ontology option
* Fixes for Alpine and similar distributions without merged /usr
NEW in 3.10.alpha - 2025-07-01
==============================
* Systemd integration improvements
* A number of behavioral settings has been deprecated
* Fixes handling /var/home directories
* Many improvements to the command line tool
* The tracker:available property is again set on all graphs, for
indexed folders
* Fixes handling XML documents
* Fixes for possible crashes handling large PDF files
* Fixes for coverity warnings
* Code cleanups and refactors
Translations: be, ca, uz
Signed-off-by: Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de>
Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <khem.raj@oss.qualcomm.com>
NEW in 3.9.0 - 2025-03-16
==========================
Translations: ca
Highlighted changes since 3.8.0:
* Switched to libavformat for media extraction
* Memory usage improvements
* Improved recovery process after interruption
- rework patches after directory refactor
- drop deprecated options
NEW in 3.9.rc - 2025-03-02
==========================
* Metadata extractor refactors
* Fixed possible runtime warnings
* Fixed possible indexer stall
* Restructure project directories
* Fix build with -Dwriteback=false
NEW in 3.9.beta - 2025-02-04
============================
* Ditch GStreamer for metadata extraction, and switch to FFmpeg/libav for
many benefits in extraction speed, memory usage and sandbox friendliness.
If this causes dependency/distribution issues, it is recommended to
separate the following files to a standalone package:
- $(datadir)/localsearch3/extract-rules/15-libav-guess.rule
- $(datadir)/localsearch3/extract-rules/90-libav-audio-generic.rule
- $(datadir)/localsearch3/extract-rules/90-libav-video-generic.rule
- $(libdir)/localsearch-3.0/extract-modules/libextract-libav.so
* Fix build issues with gcc 15.x
* Updated README to new project name
Translations: fr, sl, sr
NEW in 3.9.alpha - 2025-01-11
=============================
* Fix for folder updates happening while the daemon is not running
* Improve memory usage when dealing with very large folders
* Improve recovery after process interruption
* Code improvements
* Avoid GStreamer memory payload in indexer process
* Improved performance when deleting stale resources
* Test improvements
Signed-off-by: Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de>
Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
