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diff --git a/docs/upgrade.md b/docs/upgrade.md index 4fe9e4f02e..dcae12ec94 100644 --- a/docs/upgrade.md +++ b/docs/upgrade.md @@ -88,6 +88,22 @@ process, for example: dpkg -i matrix-synapse-py3_1.3.0+stretch1_amd64.deb ``` +# Upgrading to v1.74.0 + +## Unicode support in user search + +This version introduces optional support for an [improved user search dealing with Unicode characters](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/14464). + +If you want to take advantage of this feature you need to install PyICU, +the ICU native dependency and its development headers +so that PyICU can build since no prebuilt wheels are available. + +You can follow [the PyICU documentation](https://pypi.org/project/PyICU/) to do so, +and then do `pip install matrix-synapse[icu]` for a PyPI install. + +Docker images and Debian packages need nothing specific as they already +include or specify ICU as an explicit dependency. + # Upgrading to v1.73.0 ## Legacy Prometheus metric names have now been removed |