element-hq · anoadragon453 · Jun 6, 2025 · Jun 13, 2025 · Jun 13, 2025 · Jun 13, 2025
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Replace `PyICU` crate with equivalent `icu_segmenter` Rust crate.
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ easiest way of installing the latest version is to use [rustup](https://rustup.r
 
 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/).

@@ -164,10 +164,7 @@ $ poetry cache clear --all .
 # including the wheel artifacts which is not covered by the above command
 # (see https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/issues/10304)
 #
-# This is necessary in order to rebuild or fetch new wheels. For example, if you update
-# the `icu` library in on your system, you will need to rebuild the PyICU Python package
-# in order to incorporate the correct dynamically linked library locations otherwise you
-# will run into errors like: `ImportError: libicui18n.so.75: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory`
+# This is necessary in order to rebuild or fetch new wheels.
 $ rm -rf $(poetry config cache-dir)
 ```
 

@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ 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 libicu-dev
+                     libssl-dev virtualenv libjpeg-dev libxslt1-dev
 ```
 
 ##### ArchLinux
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Installing prerequisites on ArchLinux:
 
 ```sh
 sudo pacman -S base-devel python python-pip \
-               python-setuptools python-virtualenv sqlite3 icu
+               python-setuptools python-virtualenv sqlite3
 ```
 
 ##### CentOS/Fedora
@@ -305,8 +305,7 @@ 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 \
-                 libicu-devel
+                 python3-virtualenv libffi-devel openssl-devel python3-devel
 sudo dnf group install "Development Tools"
 ```
 
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ dnf install python3.12 python3.12-devel
 ```
 Finally, install common prerequisites
 ```bash
-dnf install libicu libicu-devel libpq5 libpq5-devel lz4 pkgconf
+dnf install libpq5 libpq5-devel lz4 pkgconf
 dnf group install "Development Tools"
 ```
 ###### Using venv module instead of virtualenv command
@@ -365,20 +364,6 @@ xcode-select --install
 
 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.
-
-If you're struggling to get icu discovered, and see:
-```
-  RuntimeError:
-  Please install pkg-config on your system or set the ICU_VERSION environment
-  variable to the version of ICU you have installed.
-```
-despite it being installed and having your `PATH` updated, you can omit this dependency by
-not specifying `--extras all` to `poetry`. If using postgres, you can install Synapse via
-`poetry install --extras saml2 --extras oidc --extras postgres --extras opentracing --extras redis --extras sentry`.
-ICU is not a hard dependency on getting a working installation.
-
 On ARM-based Macs you may also need to install libjpeg and libpq:
 ```sh
  brew install jpeg libpq
@@ -400,8 +385,7 @@ 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 \
-               libicu-devel
+               python-devel libffi-devel libopenssl-devel libjpeg62-devel
 ```
 
 ##### OpenBSD

@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ each upgrade are complete before moving on to the next upgrade, to avoid
 stacking them up. You can monitor the currently running background updates with
 [the Admin API](usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.html#status).
 
+# Upgrading to v1.131.0
+
+## ICU bundled with Synapse
+
+Synapse now uses the Rust `icu` library for improved user search. Installing the
+native ICU library on your system is no longer required.
+
 # Upgrading to v1.130.0
 
 ## Documented endpoint which can be delegated to a federation worker

@@ -77,14 +77,8 @@ The user provided search term is lowercased and normalized using [NFKC](https://
 this treats the string as case-insensitive, canonicalizes different forms of the
 same text, and maps some "roughly equivalent" characters together.
 
-The search term is then split into words:
-
-* If [ICU](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Components_for_Unicode) is
-  available, then the system's [default locale](https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/locale/#default-locales)
-  will be used to break the search term into words. (See the
-  [installation instructions](setup/installation.md) for how to install ICU.)
-* If unavailable, then runs of ASCII characters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens
-  are considered words.
+The search term is then split into words by using the system's [default
+locale](https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/locale/#default-locales).
 
 The queries for PostgreSQL and SQLite are detailed below, but their overall goal
 is to find matching users, preferring users who are "real" (e.g. not bots,

@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
                   gnumake
 
                   # Native dependencies for running Synapse.
-                  icu
                   libffi
                   libjpeg
                   libpqxx
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                       gnumake
                       # Native dependencies for running Synapse.
-                      icu
                       libffi
                       libjpeg
                       libpqxx
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