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lib: Update doc of notmuch_database_{needs_upgrade,upgrade}

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Clients are no longer required to call these functions after opening a
database in read/write mode (which is good, because almost none of
them do!).
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Austin Clements 2014-08-25 13:26:09 -04:00 committed by David Bremner
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@ -352,22 +352,27 @@ unsigned int
notmuch_database_get_version (notmuch_database_t *database);
/**
* Does this database need to be upgraded before writing to it?
* Can the database be upgraded to a newer database version?
*
* If this function returns TRUE then no functions that modify the
* database (notmuch_database_add_message, notmuch_message_add_tag,
* notmuch_directory_set_mtime, etc.) will work unless the function
* notmuch_database_upgrade is called successfully first.
* If this function returns TRUE, then the caller may call
* notmuch_database_upgrade to upgrade the database. If the caller
* does not upgrade an out-of-date database, then some functions may
* fail with NOTMUCH_STATUS_UPGRADE_REQUIRED. This always returns
* FALSE for a read-only database because there's no way to upgrade a
* read-only database.
*/
notmuch_bool_t
notmuch_database_needs_upgrade (notmuch_database_t *database);
/**
* Upgrade the current database.
* Upgrade the current database to the latest supported version.
*
* After opening a database in read-write mode, the client should
* check if an upgrade is needed (notmuch_database_needs_upgrade) and
* if so, upgrade with this function before making any modifications.
* This ensures that all current notmuch functionality will be
* available on the database. After opening a database in read-write
* mode, it is recommended that clients check if an upgrade is needed
* (notmuch_database_needs_upgrade) and if so, upgrade with this
* function before making any modifications. If
* notmuch_database_needs_upgrade returns FALSE, this will be a no-op.
*
* The optional progress_notify callback can be used by the caller to
* provide progress indication to the user. If non-NULL it will be