Release 3.4.0 (#3811)

Author: djmitche

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ enable_testing()
 set (CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
 project (task
-  VERSION 3.3.0
+  VERSION 3.4.0
   DESCRIPTION "Taskwarrior - a command-line TODO list manager"
   HOMEPAGE_URL https://taskwarrior.org/)
 

ChangeLog

@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
 ------ current release ---------------------------
 
+3.4.0 -
+
+- Where possible, the task DB is now opened in read-only mode, which improves
+  performance. This is the case for reports (task lists) only when the `gc`
+  config is false.
+- An updated version of corrosion fixes build errors trying to find the Rust
+  toolchain.
+
+Thanks to the following people for contributions to this release:
+
+ - Dustin J. Mitchell
+ - Kalle Kietäväinen
+ - Karl
+ - Matthew
+ - Tejada-Omar
+ - Tobias Predel
+ - Yong Li
+ - jrmarino
+
+------ old releases ------------------------------
+
+3.3.0 -
+
 - Sync now supports AWS S3 as a backend.
 - A new `task import-v2` command allows importing Taskwarrior-2.x
   data files directly.
 
-3.3.0 -
-
 Thanks to the following people for contributions to this release:
 
  - Chongyun Lee
@@ -18,8 +39,6 @@ Thanks to the following people for contributions to this release:
  - Scott Mcdermott
  - Thomas Lauf
 
------- old releases ------------------------------
-
 3.2.0 -
 
  - Support for the journal in `task info` has been restored (#3671) and the

doc/man/taskrc.5.in

@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ This is a path to the hook scripts directory. By default it is ~/.task/hooks.
 .TP
 .B gc=1
 Can be used to temporarily suspend rebuilding, so that task IDs don't change.
+Rebuilding requires read/write access to the database, so disabling `gc` may
+result in better performance.
+
 Note that this should be used in the form of a command line override (task
 rc.gc=0 ...), and not permanently used in the .taskrc file, as this
 significantly affects performance in the long term.

src/commands/CmdNews.cpp

@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ std::vector<NewsItem> NewsItem::all() {
   version3_1_0(items);
   version3_2_0(items);
   version3_3_0(items);
+  version3_4_0(items);
   return items;
 }
 
@@ -530,6 +531,21 @@ void NewsItem::version3_3_0(std::vector<NewsItem>& items) {
   items.push_back(info);
 }
 
+void NewsItem::version3_4_0(std::vector<NewsItem>& items) {
+  Version version("3.4.0");
+  NewsItem info{version,
+                /*title=*/"Read-Only Access",
+                /*bg_title=*/"",
+                /*background=*/"",
+                /*punchline=*/"Some Taskwarrior commands operate faster in read-only mode",
+                /*update=*/
+                "Some commands do not need to write to the DB, so can open it in read-only\n"
+                "mode and thus more quickly. This does not include reports (task lists),\n"
+                "unless the `gc` config is false. Use `rc.gc=0` in command-lines to allow\n"
+                "read-only access.\n\n"};
+  items.push_back(info);
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int CmdNews::execute(std::string& output) {
   auto words = Context::getContext().cli2.getWords();

src/commands/CmdNews.h

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class NewsItem {
   static void version3_1_0(std::vector<NewsItem>&);
   static void version3_2_0(std::vector<NewsItem>&);
   static void version3_3_0(std::vector<NewsItem>&);
+  static void version3_4_0(std::vector<NewsItem>&);
 
  private:
   NewsItem(Version, const std::string&, const std::string& = "", const std::string& = "",