news for release 0.28

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+[[!meta date="2018-10-12"]]
+
+Notmuch 0.28 (2018-10-12)
+=========================
+
+General
+-------
+
+### Improve threading
+
+The threading algorithm has been updated to consider all references,
+not just the heuristically chosen parent (e.g. when that parent is
+not in the database). The heuristic for choosing a parent message
+has also been updated to again consider the In-Reply-To header, if
+it looks sensible. Re-indexing might be needed to take advantage of
+the latter change.
+
+### Handle mislabelled Windows-1252 parts
+
+Messages that contain Windows-1252 are apparently frequently
+mislabelled as ISO 8859-1. Use GMime functionality to apply the
+correct encoding for such messages.
+
+Command Line Interface
+----------------------
+
+### Support relative database paths
+
+Database paths (i.e. parameters to `notmuch config set
+database.path`) without a leading `/` are now interpreted relative
+to $HOME of the invoking user.
+
+Emacs
+-----
+
+### Improve stderr handling
+
+Add a real sentinel process to clean up stderr buffer. This is
+needed on e.g. macOS.
+
+### Call `notmuch-mua-send-hook` hooks when sending a message
+
+This hook was documented, but not functional for a very long time.
+
+Completion
+----------
+
+The zsh completion has been updated to cover most of the notmuch
+CLI. Internally it uses regexp searching, so needs at least Notmuch
+0.24.
+
+Build System
+------------
+
+The build system now installs notmuch-mutt and notmuch-emacs-mua with
+absolute shebangs, following the conventions of most Linux
+distributions.
+
+Test Suite
+----------
+
+Fix certain tests that were failing with GMime 2.6. Users are reminded
+that support for versions of GMime before 3.0.3 has been deprecated
+since Notmuch 0.25.