[Spambayes-checkins] spambayes WHAT_IS_NEW.txt,1.35.4.2,1.35.4.3

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! Changes are broken into sections, so that it's easier for you to find the
! changes that are relevant to you.

! Any actions necessary to move to this release from the previous release are
! noted in the "Transition" section.  You should also read the "Incompatible
! changes" section.

! New in 1.0
! ==========

! There have been no changes made between 1.0rc2 and 1.0.  If you are
! upgrading from an earlier version, you may wish to read the WHAT_IS_NEW
! files from the versions that you skipped, as well.

! Deprecated Options
! ==================

! Since 1.0a9, SpamBayes has had a method of noting options that are
! deprecated and which will not be available in future releases (it is
! likely that options will only be deprecated for one release before being
! removed).  Deprecated options will not be offered in the graphical
! interfaces (Outlook plugin and web interface), and will be listed in
! the "What's New" file (this file) for each release.

! Deprecated options have the same name as previously, but now begin with
! "x-" (so "extract_dow" is now "x-extract_dow").  You can continue to use
! the original name (e.g. "extract_dow") in your configuration file, but will
! receive warnings in your log file or console window.  We recommend that you
! examine this output every time you upgrade SpamBayes to ensure that you are
! not using any newly deprecated options.

! Discussion regarding the deprecation of any particular option can be found
! in the spambayes-dev archives (at
! <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/spambayes-dev>).

! No options have been deprecated in this release.

! The following options are still deprecated and will be removed in the near
! future, unless testing indicates otherwise:
    o [Tokenizer] generate_time_buckets
    o [Tokenizer] extract_dow
    o [Classifier] experimental_ham_spam_imbalance_adjustment

  Experimental Options
  ====================

! Since 1.0a9, SpamBayes has had a method of noting options that are
! experimental and which may be removed or made permanent in future releases
! (many experimental options will only be experimental for one release before
! being removed or fully integrated).  Experimental options are not exposed
! by the Outlook plugin, and are listed on a separate
! "Experimental Configuration" page in the web interface.  The options will
! be listed in the "What's New" file (this file) for each release.
! 
! Experimental options begin with "x-" (as do deprecated options).  If you
! start using an experimental option and it later becomes permanent you can
! continue to use the "x-" name in your configuration file, but will
! receive warnings in your log file or console window.  We recommend that you
! examine this output every time you upgrade SpamBayes to ensure that you are
! using the correct name for all options.
! 
! Discussion of why experimental options and results from using them can be
! found in the spambayes-dev archives (at
! <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/spambayes-dev>).  Ideally, we would like
! users to test these options out on their mail and let us know the results.
! This can be as simple as turning on the option and emailing
! spambayes at python.org with anecdotal results after a period of time, or the
! full testtools scripts can be used.  For details about using these, please
! read the "README-DEVEL.txt" file that comes with the SpamBayes source
! archive.

! Experimental options are always turned off by default.

! No experimental options have been added in this release.

! Experimental options that are currently available (which we invite you to
! try out and report back your results) include:
    o [Tokenizer] x-search_for_habeas_headers
    o [Tokenizer] x-reduce_habeas_headers
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! This is a bugfix release, so there are no new features, and you do not need
! to do anything to migrate to the new release (other than install it).  There
! are no incompatible changes.

! New in 1.0.1
! ============

!  o A bug with the import/export script (sb_dbexpimp.py) where merging into
!    an existing database in the dbm format might lose training data has been
!    fixed.  Another minor bug with the script that caused an error to be
!    printed when importing into a pickle file (although the import was still
!    successful) has also been fixed.

!  o The binary installer failed to offer to install a startup items shortcut,
!    which is convenient for sb_server binary users.  The installer will now
!    do this.

+  o sb_server users who wish to use non-standard strings for classification
+    (e.g. "spambayes-ham" instead of "ham") can now use the "Notate To" and
+    "Notate Subject" options.  This is particularly useful for Outlook
+    Express users.

!  o Users of Windows extensions that automatically expand zip files (such
!    as ZipMagic) should now be able to successfully use the binary versions
!    of sb_server and the Outlook plug-in.

!  o Checking whether a new version is available should now work for users
!    who have entered proxy details in their configuration file.

!  o Source code users can now use Python 2.4 with SpamBayes, although some
!    DeprecationWarnings may still be generated.

!  o The '-u' command line option for sb_server (letting you specify which
!    port the web interface is served on) was broken, but is now fixed.

!  o The tte.py (Train to Exhaustion) script now works with Python 2.3.

!  o Various other minor fixes.   
! 
! 
! Reported Bugs Fixed
! ===================
! The following bugs tracked via the SourceForge system were fixed:
!     981970, 990700, 941639, 986353, 790757, 944109, 959937, 903905,
!     1051081, 1036601, 922063, 831864, 1022848, 715248
! 
! A URL containing the details of these bugs can be made by appending the
! bug number to this URL:
! http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&group_id=61702&atid=498103&aid=
! 
! As this is a bugfix release, no feature requests or patches tracked via the
! SourceForge system were added.
! 
! 
! Deprecated Options
! ==================
! 
! The following options are still deprecated and will be removed in the 1.1
! release:
    o [Tokenizer] generate_time_buckets
    o [Tokenizer] extract_dow
    o [Classifier] experimental_ham_spam_imbalance_adjustment

+ We recommend that you cease using these options if you still are.  If you
+ have any questions about the deprecated options, please email
+ spambayes at python.org and we will try and answer them.
+ 

  Experimental Options
  ====================

! We would like to remind users about our set of experimental options.  These
! are options which we believe may be of benefit to users, but have not been
! tested throughly enough to warrent full inclusion.  We would greatly
! appreciate feedback from users willing to try these options out as to their
! perceived benefit.  Both source code and binary users (including Outlook)
! can try these options out.

! To enable an experimental option, sb_server and sb_imapfilter users should
! click on the "Experimental Configuration" button on the main configuration
! page, and select the option(s) they wish to try.

! To enable an experimental option, Outlook plug-in users should open their
! "Data Directory" (via SpamBayes->SpamBayes Manager->Advanced->Show Data Folder)
! and open the "default_bayes_customize.ini" file in there (create one with
! Notepad if there isn't already one).  In this file, add the options that
! you wish to try - for example, to enable searching for "Habeas" headers,
! add a line with "Tokenizer" and, below that, a line with
! "x-search_for_habeas_headers:True".

! If you have any queries about the experimental options, please email
! spambayes at python.org and we will try and answer them.
!                                                           
! Experimental options that are currently available include:
    o [Tokenizer] x-search_for_habeas_headers
    o [Tokenizer] x-reduce_habeas_headers
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      and bigrams (pairs of words), but uses a 'tiling' scheme, where only
      the set of unigrams and bigrams that have the strongest effect on
!     the message are used.

    o [URLRetriever] x-slurp_urls
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      and bigrams (pairs of words), but uses a 'tiling' scheme, where only
      the set of unigrams and bigrams that have the strongest effect on
!     the message are used.  Note that this option will no longer be
!     experimental (although still off by default) with 1.1 - we recommend
!     that you try it out if you want higher accuracy.

    o [URLRetriever] x-slurp_urls