localsearch-3.9.0

[Xi Ruoyao]

New minor version.

[Xi Ruoyao]

The use of the gstreamer stack is replaced by ffmpeg, -D libav=disabled for building without ffmpeg. Note that doing so will cause 7 test failures.

The rss miner is removed, thus -D miner_rss needs to be removed now.

[Douglas R. Reno]

3.9.alpha

NEW in 3.9.alpha - 2025-01-11
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  * 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

3.9.beta

NEW in 3.9.beta - 2025-02-04
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  * 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

3.9.rc

NEW in 3.9.rc - 2025-03-02
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  * Metadata extractor refactors
  * Fixed possible runtime warnings
  * Fixed possible indexer stall
  * Restructure project directories
  * Fix build with -Dwriteback=false

3.9.0

NEW in 3.9.rc - 2025-03-16
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Translations: ca

  Highlighted changes since 3.8.0:
  * Switched to libavformat for media extraction
  * Memory usage improvements
  * Improved recovery process after interruption

[Douglas R. Reno]

I think the best approach here is going to be making ffmpeg at least recommended. Most of localsearch's functionality will be impacted if we disable metadata extraction for media, but I will at least document the option.

[Douglas R. Reno]

Fixed at 3718d3b2ce172251472a0b250d9f2695f7f3dad3