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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2007-09-14 15:51:04 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2007-09-14 15:51:04 +0000
commitb7bddb34425e9fbda2ddb6a212fd1af61712d2af (patch)
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parentd915af072fe5223107c4d969cc9189a079f204a4 (diff)
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Minor editorialization on release notes.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/release.sgml185
1 files changed, 136 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 002a0a4ba5c..e7774959d82 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.488.2.12 2007/09/11 17:20:01 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.488.2.13 2007/09/14 15:51:04 tgl Exp $ -->
<!--
Typical markup:
@@ -63,32 +63,35 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix for domains of domains (Tom)
+ Fix <literal>ALTER DOMAIN ADD CONSTRAINT</> for cases involving
+ domains over domains (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix excessively <acronym>SSL</> log error messages (Tom)
+ Make <command>CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL</> work properly (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix error where rare <literal>OUTER JOIN</> cases produced incorrect results (Tom)
+ Fix some planner problems with outer joins, notably poor
+ size estimation for <literal>t1 LEFT JOIN t2 WHERE t2.col IS NULL</>
+ (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow the <type>interval</> data type to accept values consisting only of
+ Allow the <type>interval</> data type to accept input consisting only of
milliseconds or microseconds (Neil)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Win32 socket and semaphore improvements (Magnus)
+ Allow timezone name to appear before the year in <type>timestamp</> input (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -100,32 +103,33 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow timzone names to appear before the year in <type>timestamp</> values (Tom)
+ Speed up rtree index insertion (Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix <application>syslog</> so log messages are never partially written (Tom, Andrew)
+ Fix excessive logging of <acronym>SSL</> error messages (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL</> (Tom)
+ Fix logging so that log messages are never interleaved when using
+ the syslogger process (Andrew)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>pg_ctl -w</> to work on Win32 service mode (Dave Page)
+ Fix crash when <varname>log_min_error_statement</> logging runs out
+ of memory (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Require non-superusers who use <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to use only password
- authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
+ Fix incorrect handling of some foreign-key corner cases (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -137,39 +141,59 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix memory allocation bug when using <application>MIT Kerberos</> on Win32 (Magnus)
+ Prevent <command>REINDEX</> and <command>CLUSTER</> from failing
+ due to attempting to process temporary tables of other sessions (Alvaro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Suppress timezone name (<literal>%Z</>) in log timestamps on Win32 because of
- possible improperly encoded names (Tom)
+ Update the time zone database rules, particularly New Zealand's upcoming changes (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Restrict <filename>/contrib/pgstattuple</> functions to superusers, for security reasons (Tom)
+ Windows socket and semaphore improvements (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Speed up rtree index additions (Teodor)
+ Make <command>pg_ctl -w</> work properly in Windows service mode (Dave Page)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Prevent <command>REINDEX</> and <command>CLUSTER</> from hanging dues to avoid temporary tables
- from other sessions (Alvaro)
+ Fix memory allocation bug when using <application>MIT Kerberos</> on Windows (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Update the time zone database rules, particularly New Zealand's upcoming changes (Tom)
+ Suppress timezone name (<literal>%Z</>) in log timestamps on Windows
+ because of possible encoding mismatches (Tom)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Require non-superusers who use <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to use only
+ password authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Restrict <filename>/contrib/pgstattuple</> functions to superusers, for security reasons (Tom)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not let <filename>/contrib/intarray</> try to make its GIN opclass
+ the default (this caused problems at dump/restore) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1366,7 +1390,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<para>
This is particularly useful for platforms that do not
- support <acronym>PAM</>, such as Win32.
+ support <acronym>PAM</>, such as Windows.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -2568,7 +2592,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<para>
This makes up-arrow recall of queries easier. (This is
- not available on Win32, because that platform uses the native
+ not available on Windows, because that platform uses the native
command-line editing present in the operating system.)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -2743,7 +2767,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</sect3>
<sect3>
- <title><application>Win32</> Port</title>
+ <title><application>Windows</> Port</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -3238,52 +3262,53 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix excessively <acronym>SSL</> log error messages (Tom)
+ Make <command>CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL</> work properly (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow the <type>interval</> data type to accept values consisting only of
+ Allow the <type>interval</> data type to accept input consisting only of
milliseconds or microseconds (Neil)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Win32 socket improvements (Magnus)
+ Speed up rtree index insertion (Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix <application>syslog</> so log messages are never partially written (Tom, Andrew)
+ Fix excessive logging of <acronym>SSL</> error messages (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL</> (Tom)
+ Fix logging so that log messages are never interleaved when using
+ the syslogger process (Andrew)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Require non-superusers who use <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to use only password
- authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
+ Fix crash when <varname>log_min_error_statement</> logging runs out
+ of memory (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Suppress timezone name (<literal>%Z</>) in log timestamps on Win32 because of
- possible improperly encoded names (Tom)
+ Fix incorrect handling of some foreign-key corner cases (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Speed up rtree index additions (Teodor)
+ Prevent <command>REINDEX</> and <command>CLUSTER</> from failing
+ due to attempting to process temporary tables of other sessions (Alvaro)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -3293,6 +3318,26 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Windows socket improvements (Magnus)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Suppress timezone name (<literal>%Z</>) in log timestamps on Windows
+ because of possible encoding mismatches (Tom)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Require non-superusers who use <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to use only
+ password authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
@@ -3737,7 +3782,7 @@ Wieland)</para></listitem>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Efficiency improvements in hash tables and bitmap index scans
(Tom)</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>Fix instability of statistics collection on Win32 (Tom, Andrew)</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Fix instability of statistics collection on Windows (Tom, Andrew)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <varname>statement_timeout</> to use the proper
units on Win32 (Bruce)</para>
<para>In previous Win32 8.1.X versions, the delay was off by a factor of
@@ -6367,39 +6412,40 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix excessively <acronym>SSL</> log error messages (Tom)
+ Make <command>CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL</> work properly (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Win32 socket improvements (Magnus)
+ Fix excessive logging of <acronym>SSL</> error messages (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix <application>syslog</> so log messages are never partially written (Tom, Andrew)
+ Fix logging so that log messages are never interleaved when using
+ the syslogger process (Andrew)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL</> (Tom)
+ Fix crash when <varname>log_min_error_statement</> logging runs out
+ of memory (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Require non-superusers who use <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to use only password
- authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
+ Fix incorrect handling of some foreign-key corner cases (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Suppress timezone name (<literal>%Z</>) in log timestamps on Win32 because of
- possible improperly encoded names (Tom)
+ Prevent <command>CLUSTER</> from failing
+ due to attempting to process temporary tables of other sessions (Alvaro)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -6409,6 +6455,26 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Windows socket improvements (Magnus)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Suppress timezone name (<literal>%Z</>) in log timestamps on Windows
+ because of possible encoding mismatches (Tom)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Require non-superusers who use <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to use only
+ password authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
@@ -9953,20 +10019,34 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fix excessively <acronym>SSL</> log error messages (Tom)
+ Make <command>CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL</> work properly (Tom)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fix excessive logging of <acronym>SSL</> error messages (Tom)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fix crash when <varname>log_min_error_statement</> logging runs out
+ of memory (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL</> (Tom)
+ Prevent <command>CLUSTER</> from failing
+ due to attempting to process temporary tables of other sessions (Alvaro)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Require non-superusers who use <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to use only password
- authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
+ Require non-superusers who use <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to use only
+ password authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -13191,14 +13271,21 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow <command>CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL</> (Tom)
+ Make <command>CREATE DOMAIN ... DEFAULT NULL</> work properly (Tom)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fix crash when <varname>log_min_error_statement</> logging runs out
+ of memory (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Require non-superusers who use <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to use only password
- authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
+ Require non-superusers who use <filename>/contrib/dblink</> to use only
+ password authentication, as a security measure (Joe)
</para>
</listitem>