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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 9de3c875fd9..fb5a40196e7 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 1.613 2009/03/29 03:01:56 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.614 2009/03/29 03:58:37 momjian Exp $ --> <!-- Typical markup: @@ -166,46 +166,46 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - This change was made because some users wanted a constant log - filename, for use with an external log rotation tool. + This change was made because some users wanted a fixed filename, + for use with an external log rotation tool. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Remove explain_pretty_print <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting + Remove <varname>explain_pretty_print</> <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting (no longer needed) (Tom) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Remove log_restartpoints from <filename>recovery.conf</>; - instead use log_checkpoints (Simon Riggs) + Remove <varname>log_restartpoints</> from <filename>recovery.conf</>; + instead use <varname>log_checkpoints</> (Simon Riggs) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Remove support for the (insecure) crypt authentication method + Remove support for the (insecure) <literal>crypt</> authentication method (Magnus) </para> <para> - This breaks compatibility with pre-7.2 versions. + This breaks compatibility with pre-<productname>PostgreSQL</> 7.2 versions. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Remove krb_realm and krb_server_hostname, now + Remove <varname>krb_realm</> and <varname>krb_server_hostname</>, now <filename>pg_hba.conf</>-only settings (Magnus) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Remove ipcclean utility command (Bruce) + Remove <application>ipcclean</> utility command (Bruce) </para> <para> @@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - <filename>pg_hba.conf</> also has extensive changes related to - migration. bjm: add markup + The <filename>pg_hba.conf</> section below also has extensive + changes related to migration. </para> </listitem> @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - This was already the float8 behavior. + This was already the <type>float8</> behavior. </para> </listitem> @@ -312,15 +312,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - The changed behavior is more <acronym>IEEE</>-standards - compliant. + The changed behavior is more <acronym>IEEE</>-standards + compliant. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Throw an error if an escape character is the last character in - a <literal>LIKE</> pattern (it has nothing to escape) (Tom) + a <literal>LIKE</> pattern (there is nothing to escape) (Tom) </para> </listitem> @@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. (<literal>BC</>/<literal>AD</>) format designations (Brendan Jurd) </para> + + <para> + For example, input value <literal>ad</> now matches the format + string <literal>AD</>. + </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -365,29 +370,31 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - For example, input value <literal>AD</> does not match format - string <literal>A.D.</>. + For example, input value <literal>AD</> now does not match + format string <literal>A.D.</>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - DateStyle no longer controls interval output (use new variable - IntervalStyle) + <varname>DateStyle</> no longer controls <type>INTERVAL</> + output (use new variable <varname>IntervalStyle</>) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Remove ~=~ and ~<>~ operators used for <literal>LIKE</> - index comparisons (Tom) bjm: needed? + Remove <literal>~=~</> and <literal>~<>~</> operators + used for <literal>LIKE</> index comparisons (Tom) bjm: needed, + pg_upgrade impact? </para> <para> A not-immediately-obvious incompatibility is that the sort - order within bpchar_pattern_ops indexes changes --- it had been - identical to plain strcmp, but is now trailing-blank-insensitive. - This will impact in-place upgrades, if those ever happen. + order within <literal>bpchar_pattern_ops</> indexes changes + --- it had been identical to plain <function>strcmp()</>, but + is now trailing-blank-insensitive. This will impact in-place + upgrades, if those ever happen. </para> </listitem> @@ -493,25 +500,27 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Increase the default value of default_statistics_target from - 10 to 100 (Greg Sabino Mullane, Tom) + Increase the default value of <varname>default_statistics_target</> + from <literal>10</> to <literal>100</> (Greg Sabino Mullane, + Tom) </para> <para> - The maximum value was also increased from 1000 to 10000. + The maximum value was also increased from <literal>1000</> to + <literal>10000</>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Modify 'constraint_exclusion' to check for partitioned tables - by default when inheritance or <literal>UNION ALL</> is used - (Tom) + Modify <varname>constraint_exclusion</> to check for partitioned + tables by default when inheritance or <literal>UNION ALL</> is + used (Tom) </para> <para> - A new constraint_exclusion setting, <literal>partition</>, was - added to match this behavior. + A new <varname>constraint_exclusion</> setting, + <literal>partition</>, was added to match this behavior. </para> </listitem> @@ -521,9 +530,9 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - The amount of read-ahead is controlled by effective_io_concurrency. - This requires <function>posix_fadvise()</> support in the - kernel. + The amount of read-ahead is controlled by + <varname>effective_io_concurrency</>. This requires + <function>posix_fadvise()</> support in the kernel. </para> </listitem> @@ -581,9 +590,10 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting cursor_tuple_fraction - to control the fraction of a cursor's rows expected to be - requested by the user (Robert Hell) + Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting + <varname>cursor_tuple_fraction</> to control the fraction of + a cursor's rows expected to be requested by the user (Robert + Hell) </para> </listitem> @@ -613,15 +623,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> Add <function>pg_terminate_backend()</> to safely terminate a - backend (the <literal>SIGTERM</> signal also works) (Tom, Bruce) + backend (the <literal>SIGTERM</> signal works also) (Tom, Bruce) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Add ability to track user-defined functions call counts and - runtimes via <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable 'track_functions' - (Martin Pihlak) + runtimes via <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable + <varname>track_functions</> (Martin Pihlak) </para> <para> @@ -635,7 +645,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <para> Allow specification of the maximum <literal>pg_stat_activity</> query string size via <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable - track_activity_query_size (Thomas Lee) + <varname>track_activity_query_size</> (Thomas Lee) </para> </listitem> @@ -648,8 +658,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Add read-only <filename>postgresql.conf</> variables segment_size, - wal_block_size, and wal_segment_size (Bernd Helmle) + Add read-only <filename>postgresql.conf</> variables <varname>segment_size</>, + <varname>wal_block_size</>, and <varname>wal_segment_size</> (Bernd Helmle) </para> </listitem> @@ -671,7 +681,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <para> Move the server statistics file into the subdirectory <filename>pg_stat_tmp</> and allow its location to be specified - via stats_temp_directory (Magnus) + via <varname>stats_temp_directory</> (Magnus) </para> <para> @@ -725,14 +735,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - Previously this was only supported for ident authentication. + Previously this was only supported for <literal>ident</> + authentication. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Allow <literal>ident</> authentication over Unix-domain sockets - on Solaris (Garick Hamlin) + on <productname>Solaris</> (Garick Hamlin) </para> </listitem> @@ -805,7 +816,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> Report appropriate error message for combination of <literal>MD5</> - authentication and db_user_namespace enabled (Bruce) + authentication and <varname>db_user_namespace</> enabled (Bruce) </para> </listitem> @@ -818,8 +829,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Allow Kerberos/<acronym>GSSAPI</> parameters to be changed - without restarting the postmaster (Magnus) + Allow <productname>Kerberos</>/<acronym>GSSAPI</> parameters + to be changed without restarting the postmaster (Magnus) </para> </listitem> @@ -1088,12 +1099,12 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> Have <command>ALTER TABLE SET WITHOUT OIDS</> rewrite the table - to remove oid values (Tom) + to remove <type>OID</> values (Tom) </para> <para> Also, add <command>ALTER TABLE SET WITH OIDS</> to rewrite the - table to add oids. + table to add <type>OID</>s. </para> </listitem> @@ -1205,7 +1216,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> Refactor multi-object <command>DROP</> operations so conflicting - dependencies don't generate an error (Alex Hunsaker) + dependencies do not generate an error (Alex Hunsaker) </para> </listitem> @@ -1242,7 +1253,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> Allow <command>CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW</> to add columns to the - <emphasis>end</> of the view (Robert Haas) + <emphasis>end</> of a view (Robert Haas) </para> </listitem> @@ -1261,15 +1272,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - Previously <command>EXPLAIN VERBOSE</> had output an internal + Previously <command>EXPLAIN VERBOSE</> output an internal representation of the query plan. (That behavior is now - available via debug_print_plan.) + available via <varname>debug_print_plan</>.) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Have <command>EXPLAIN</> honor debug_print_plan (Tom) + Have <command>EXPLAIN</> honor <varname>debug_print_plan</> (Tom) </para> </listitem> @@ -1284,7 +1295,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </sect3> <sect3> - <title>Indexes</title> + <title>General Indexes</title> <itemizedlist> <listitem> @@ -1313,14 +1324,34 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Remove requirement to use <literal>@@@</> when doing <acronym>GIN</> - weighted lookups on full text indexes (Tom) + Special xxx_pattern_ops <literal>LIKE</> indexes can now be + used for simple equality comparisons (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect3> + + <sect3> + <title>Full Text Indexes</title> + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Remove the requirement to use <literal>@@@</> when doing + <acronym>GIN</> weighted lookups on full text indexes (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + The normal <literal>@@</> text search operator can be used + instead. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add optimizer selectivity function for <literal>@@</> text + Add an optimizer selectivity function for <literal>@@</> text search operations (Jan Urbanski) </para> </listitem> @@ -1345,13 +1376,6 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Special xxx_pattern_ops <literal>LIKE</> indexes can now be - used for simple equality comparisons (Tom) - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> </sect3> @@ -1367,8 +1391,9 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <para> This allows the recording of all free space discovered by vacuum - in *.fsm files, rather than having to limit recording to a - fixed-sized shared memory area; max_fsm_pages and max_fsm_relations + in <filename>*.fsm</> files, rather than having to limit + recording to a fixed-sized shared memory area; + <varname>max_fsm_pages</> and <varname>max_fsm_relations</> settings have been removed. </para> </listitem> @@ -1398,9 +1423,10 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Add vacuum_freeze_table_age to <filename>postgresql.conf</> to - control when <command>VACUUM</> should ignore the visibility - map and do a full table scan to set frozen xids (Heikki) + Add <varname>vacuum_freeze_table_age</> to + <filename>postgresql.conf</> to control when <command>VACUUM</> + should ignore the visibility map and do a full table scan to + set frozen xids (Heikki) </para> </listitem> @@ -1505,15 +1531,15 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - Previously these were interpreted as <literal>1 BC</>. (Years + Previously these were interpreted as <literal>1 BC</>; years <literal>0</> and <literal>00</> are assumed to be the year - 2000.) + 2000. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Include <acronym>SGT</> (Singapore time) as a valid timezone + Include <acronym>SGT</> (Singapore time) as a valid time zone abbreviation (Tom) </para> </listitem> @@ -1538,8 +1564,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <para> Formerly the precision had to be specified after the keyword - <type>INTERVAL</> (the old syntax is still supported). Data - type definitions will now be output using the new format. + <type>INTERVAL</> (this syntax is still supported). Data type + definitions will now be output using the new format. </para> </listitem> @@ -1551,22 +1577,22 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable IntervalStyle which - controls how interval values are output (Ron Mayer) + Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable <varname>IntervalStyle</> + which controls how <type>INTERVAL</> values are output (Ron Mayer) </para> <para> Valid value are: <literal>postgres</>, <literal>postgres_verbose</>, <literal>sql_standard</>, <literal>iso_8601</>. This also - controls handling of negative <type>INTERVAL</> input when only + controls the handling of negative <type>INTERVAL</> input when only some fields have positive/negative designations. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Made interval seconds rounding more consistent across output - formats (Ron Mayer) + Make <type>INTERVAL</> seconds rounding more consistent across + output formats (Ron Mayer) </para> </listitem> @@ -1587,14 +1613,14 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <para> This allows <literal>NULL</> <type>ARRAY</> entries as long as - it is properly cast + they are properly cast. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Make the <acronym>SQL</> <type>ARRAY</> dimensions optional to - match the <acronym>SQL</> standard (Peter) + Make <acronym>SQL</>-syntax <type>ARRAY</> dimensions optional + to match the <acronym>SQL</> standard (Peter) </para> </listitem> @@ -1669,14 +1695,14 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> Document that <function>setseed()</> allows values from - <literal>-1</> to <literal>1</> (not <literal>0</> to + <literal>-1</> to <literal>1</> (not just <literal>0</> to <literal>1</>), and enforce the valid range (Kris Jurka) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add server side <function>lo_import(filename, oid)</> function + Add server side function <function>lo_import(filename, oid)</> (Tatsuo) </para> </listitem> @@ -1749,7 +1775,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> Modify <function>pg_relation_size()</> to handle free space - map (*.fsm) files (Heikki) + map (<filename>*.fsm</>) files (Heikki) </para> </listitem> @@ -1850,8 +1876,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - Only trailing arguments can be of variable length, and they - all must be of the same data type. + Only trailing arguments can be optional, and they all must be + of the same data type. </para> </listitem> @@ -1891,27 +1917,27 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Support <literal>EXECUTE USING</> in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule) + Support <literal>EXECUTE USING</> (Pavel Stehule) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Allow PL/pgSQL to loop over an open cursor using a <literal>FOR</> + Allow looping over an open cursor using a <literal>FOR</> loop (Pavel Stehule) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Support <literal>RETURN QUERY EXECUTE</> in PL/pgSQL (Pavel + Support <literal>RETURN QUERY EXECUTE</> (Pavel Stehule) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Improve the PL/pgSQL <literal>RAISE</> command (Pavel Stehule) + Improve the <literal>RAISE</> command: (Pavel Stehule) </para> </listitem> @@ -1945,7 +1971,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Allow the specification of <varname>SQLSTATE</> numeric codes + Allow specification of <varname>SQLSTATE</> numeric codes in <literal>EXCEPTION</> lists (Pavel Stehule) </para> @@ -1956,21 +1982,20 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Support <literal>CASE</> statement in PL/pgSQL (Pavel Stehule) + Support the <literal>CASE</> statement (Pavel Stehule) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add PL/PgSQL <literal>FOUND</> and <command>GET DIAGNOSTICS</> - support for the <literal>RETURN QUERY</> - statement (Pavel Stehule) + Add <literal>FOUND</> and <command>GET DIAGNOSTICS</> support + for the <literal>RETURN QUERY</> statement (Pavel Stehule) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add PL/pgSQL translation (Alvaro) + Add message translation support (Alvaro) </para> </listitem> @@ -1984,50 +2009,49 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Remove psql startup banner; now just suggest <literal>help</> + Remove startup banner; now just suggest <literal>help</> (Joshua Drake) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Have psql <literal>help</> show common backslash commands (Greg + Have <literal>help</> show common backslash commands (Greg Sabino Mullane) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add psql <literal>\pset format wrapped</> mode to wrap output - to screen width, or - file/pipe output too if <literal>\pset columns</> is set (Bryce - Nesbitt) + Add <literal>\pset format wrapped</> mode to wrap output to the + screen width, or file/pipe output too if <literal>\pset columns</> + is set (Bryce Nesbitt) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Use the psql pager for wide output (Bruce) + Use the pager for wide output (Bruce) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Require a space between a psql backslash command and the first + Require a space between a backslash command and the first argument (Bernd Helmle) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Display access control rights on multiple lines in psql (Brendan + Display access control rights on multiple lines (Brendan Jurd, Andreas Scherbaum) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Improve psql tab completion support for schema qualified and + Improve tab completion support for schema qualified and quoted identifiers (Greg Sabino Mullane) </para> </listitem> @@ -2041,32 +2065,32 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Add optional <literal>on</>/<literal>off</> argument to psql + Add optional <literal>on</>/<literal>off</> arguments for <command>\timing</> (David Fetter) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Have psql <command>\l</> show access privileges (Andrew Gilligan) + Have <command>\l</> show access privileges (Andrew Gilligan) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Have psql <command>\l+</> show database sizes, if permissions + Have <command>\l+</> show database sizes, if permissions allow (Andrew Gilligan) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add psql <command>\ef</> command to edit function definitions + Add the <command>\ef</> command to edit function definitions (Abhijit Menon-Sen) </para> <para> - <command>\ef</> without a function names creates an empty + <command>\ef</> without a function name creates an empty function template for editing. </para> </listitem> @@ -2081,21 +2105,21 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Have psql <command>\d</> display references to this table as - a foreign-key constraint (Kenneth D'Souza) + Have <command>\d</> show cases where this table is referenced + as a foreign-key constraint (Kenneth D'Souza) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Have psql <command>\d</> show the value of sequence columns + Have <command>\d</> show the value of sequence columns (Euler Taveira de Oliveira) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add column storage type and other relation options to psql + Add column storage type and other relation options to the <command>\d+</> display (Gregory Stark, Euler Taveira de Oliveira) </para> @@ -2103,49 +2127,49 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Show relation size in psql <command>\d+</> output (Dickson S. + Show relation size in <command>\d+</> output (Dickson S. Guedes) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Have all psql <command>\d*</> commands show system objects only + Have all <command>\d*</> commands show system objects only if <literal>S</> is specified (Greg Sabino Mullane) </para> <para> - psql <command>\dt</> already behaved this way. + <command>\dt</> already behaved this way. bjm: accuate? </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Make psql <command>\d</> and <command>\dt</> consistent in + Make <command>\d</> and <command>\dt</> consistent in their display of system tables (Bruce) </para> <para> - Previously, <literal>\d pg_class</> would show pg_class while - <literal>\dt pg_class</> would not. + Previously, <literal>\d pg_class</> would show <literal>pg_class</> + while <literal>\dt pg_class</> would not. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Show enumerated values in psql's <command>\dT+</> (David Fetter) + Show enumerated values in <command>\dT+</> (David Fetter) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Allow psql <command>\dC</> to accept wildcard patterns (Tom) + Allow <command>\dC</> to accept wildcard patterns (Tom) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Allow psql <command>\d*</> commands to work with versions of + Allow <command>\d*</> commands to work with versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</> back to 7.4 (Guillaume Lelarge) </para> </listitem> @@ -2160,7 +2184,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Add <literal>--no-tablespaces</> option to + Add a <literal>--no-tablespaces</> option to <application>pg_dump</>/<application>pg_dumpall</>/<application>pg_restore</> so dumps can be restored to clusters that have non-matching tablespace layouts (Gavin Roy) @@ -2174,7 +2198,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - Use of the options does not throw an error, but it has no + Use of this option does not throw an error, but it has no effect. This option was removed because the version checks are considered necessary. </para> @@ -2194,22 +2218,22 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. </para> <para> - Allows dumps to fail if unable to acquire shared lock within - the specified amount of time. + This allows dumps to fail if unable to acquire a shared lock + within the specified amount of time. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Reorder <application>pg_dump</> <literal>--data-only</> output - to dump primary-key tables referenced by foreign keys are dumped - before the foreign-key referencing tables (Tom) + to dump primary-key tables referenced by foreign keys before + the foreign-key referencing tables (Tom) </para> <para> This allows data loads when foreign keys are already present. - If circular references make this impossible, issue a - <literal>NOTICE</>. + If circular references make this impossible, a <literal>NOTICE</> + is issued. </para> </listitem> @@ -2223,8 +2247,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Allow pg_restore of a custom format archive to use multiple - concurrent connections to do the restore (Andrew) + Allow <application>pg_restore</> of a custom format archive to + use multiple concurrent connections to do the restore (Andrew) </para> <para> @@ -2236,7 +2260,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> Add new <application>pg_dump</> <literal>--binary-upgrade</> - flag to be used by binary upgrade utilities (Bruce) + option for use by binary upgrade utilities (Bruce) </para> </listitem> @@ -2286,13 +2310,13 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> Allow the <type>OID</> to be specified when importing large - objects using libpq <function>lo_import_with_oid()</> (Tatsuo) + objects using <function>lo_import_with_oid()</> (Tatsuo) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add events support to libpq (Andrew Chernow, Merlin Moncure) + Add events support (Andrew Chernow, Merlin Moncure) </para> <para> @@ -2303,14 +2327,14 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Improve libpq error handling to allow the return of multiple + Improve error handling to allow the return of multiple error messages as multi-line error reports (Magnus) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Have libpq <function>PQexecParams()</> return + Have <function>PQexecParams()</> return <varname>PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY</> for an empty query (Tom) </para> @@ -2321,8 +2345,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Document how to avoid the libpq overhead of <function>WSACleanup()</> - overhead on Windows (Andrew Chernow) + Document how to avoid the overhead of <function>WSACleanup()</> + on Windows (Andrew Chernow) </para> </listitem> @@ -2336,30 +2360,30 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Fix libpq certificate validation for <acronym>SSL</> connections + Fix certificate validation for <acronym>SSL</> connections (Magnus) </para> <para> - libpq now verifies both the certificate and the name of the - server by default when making <acronym>SSL</> connections. If - a root certificate is not available to use for verification, - <acronym>SSL</> connections will fail. The <literal>sslverify</> - parameter can be used to disable the host and certificate - verification if required. + <application>libpq</> now verifies both the certificate and + the name of the server by default when making <acronym>SSL</> + connections. If a root certificate is not available to use for + verification, <acronym>SSL</> connections will fail. The + <literal>sslverify</> parameter can be used to disable the host + and certificate verification if required. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Allow the file locations for libpq <acronym>SSL</> certificates + Allow the file locations for client <acronym>SSL</> certificates to be specified (Mark Woodward, Alvaro, Magnus) </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add libpq connection parameter <literal>sslverify</> to control + Add connection parameter <literal>sslverify</> to control the verification of the server's <acronym>SSL</> certificate (Magnus) </para> @@ -2391,7 +2415,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Add localization support for ecpg messages (Euler Taveira de + Add localization support for messages (Euler Taveira de Oliveira) </para> </listitem> @@ -2417,7 +2441,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files. <listitem> <para> - Add <acronym>SPI</> support for single-use plans with out-of-line + Add support for single-use plans with out-of-line parameters (Tom) </para> </listitem> |