From eb2defc2f7106bdc49c3c631c3be792a0a1a6578 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Velten Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 17:06:26 +0100 Subject: Add release note and update doc regarding ICU (#14712) Fixes #14704. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Velten --- changelog.d/14712.misc | 1 + docker/Dockerfile | 1 + docs/development/contributing_guide.md | 2 ++ docs/setup/installation.md | 18 ++++++++++++------ docs/upgrade.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) create mode 100644 changelog.d/14712.misc diff --git a/changelog.d/14712.misc b/changelog.d/14712.misc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c10b600a51 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/14712.misc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Add release note and update documentation regarding optional ICU support in user search. diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile index 7e5123210a..24a14db9cf 100644 --- a/docker/Dockerfile +++ b/docker/Dockerfile @@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ RUN \ libwebp6 \ xmlsec1 \ libjemalloc2 \ + libicu67 \ libssl-dev \ openssl \ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* diff --git a/docs/development/contributing_guide.md b/docs/development/contributing_guide.md index 342bc1d340..d07790f184 100644 --- a/docs/development/contributing_guide.md +++ b/docs/development/contributing_guide.md @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ The code of Synapse is written in Python 3. To do pretty much anything, you'll n Synapse can connect to PostgreSQL via the [psycopg2](https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2/) Python library. Building this library from source requires access to PostgreSQL's C header files. On Debian or Ubuntu Linux, these can be installed with `sudo apt install libpq-dev`. +Synapse has an optional, improved user search with better Unicode support. For that you need the development package of `libicu`. On Debian or Ubuntu Linux, this can be installed with `sudo apt install libicu-dev`. + The source code of Synapse is hosted on GitHub. You will also need [a recent version of git](https://github.com/git-guides/install-git). For some tests, you will need [a recent version of Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/). diff --git a/docs/setup/installation.md b/docs/setup/installation.md index 436041f8a8..85b2ac2580 100644 --- a/docs/setup/installation.md +++ b/docs/setup/installation.md @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ Installing prerequisites on Ubuntu or Debian: ```sh sudo apt install build-essential python3-dev libffi-dev \ python3-pip python3-setuptools sqlite3 \ - libssl-dev virtualenv libjpeg-dev libxslt1-dev + libssl-dev virtualenv libjpeg-dev libxslt1-dev libicu-dev ``` ##### ArchLinux @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Installing prerequisites on ArchLinux: ```sh sudo pacman -S base-devel python python-pip \ - python-setuptools python-virtualenv sqlite3 + python-setuptools python-virtualenv sqlite3 icu ``` ##### CentOS/Fedora @@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ Installing prerequisites on CentOS or Fedora Linux: ```sh sudo dnf install libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel libzip-devel freetype-devel \ libwebp-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel libpq-devel \ - python3-virtualenv libffi-devel openssl-devel python3-devel + python3-virtualenv libffi-devel openssl-devel python3-devel \ + libicu-devel sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" ``` @@ -310,8 +311,12 @@ You may need to install the latest Xcode developer tools: xcode-select --install ``` -On ARM-based Macs you may need to install libjpeg and libpq. -You can use Homebrew (https://brew.sh): +Some extra dependencies may be needed. You can use Homebrew (https://brew.sh) for them. + +You may need to install icu, and make the icu binaries and libraries accessible. +Please follow [the official instructions of PyICU](https://pypi.org/project/PyICU/) to do so. + +On ARM-based Macs you may also need to install libjpeg and libpq: ```sh brew install jpeg libpq ``` @@ -332,7 +337,8 @@ Installing prerequisites on openSUSE: ```sh sudo zypper in -t pattern devel_basis sudo zypper in python-pip python-setuptools sqlite3 python-virtualenv \ - python-devel libffi-devel libopenssl-devel libjpeg62-devel + python-devel libffi-devel libopenssl-devel libjpeg62-devel \ + libicu-devel ``` ##### OpenBSD 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 -- cgit 1.4.1