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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 7c8715a4a43..fe5d65308da 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 1.400.2.33 2006/11/23 03:31:04 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.400.2.34 2007/01/05 20:03:46 momjian Exp $ --> <!-- Typical markup: @@ -19,6 +19,151 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. <appendix id="release"> <title>Release Notes</title> + <sect1 id="release-8-1-6"> + <title>Release 8.1.6</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2007-01-08</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.5. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to version 8.1.6</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.2, + see the release notes for 8.1.2. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Improve handling of <function>getaddrinfo()</> on AIX (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This fixes a problem with starting the statistics collector, + among other things. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>pg_restore</> so it can restore a tar-format backup + that contains large object comments (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></link> to recover from + a rare problem during index page deletion/split (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix point-in-time-recovery bug where stale status files could prevent + restore (Simon, Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix error when constructing an <literal>ARRAY[]</> made up of multiple empty + elements (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix ecpg memory leak during connection (Michael) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Improve savepoint and multi-transction row locking algorithms to avoid + erroneous deadlock cases (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix problem with extending hash indexes that span multiple 1-gigabyte + segments (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix problem where truncation of a multi-gigabyte table might cause + consistency problems with other backends (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix for Darwin/OS-X compiles (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <function>to_number()</> and <function>to_char(numeric)</> + are now <literal>STABLE</>, not <literal>IMMUTABLE</>, for + new <link linkend="APP-INITDB"><application>initdb</></link> + installs (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This is because <link + linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially + change the output of the functions. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update timezone database, particularly for Western Australia, + which has a new daylight savings date (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Document a risk that if a row is locked inside multiple sub-transactions + in the same transaction, and a sub-transaction is rolled back, the row + lock is lost (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Improve index usage of regular expressions that use parentheses (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This improves <application>psql</> <literal>\d</> performance also. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-8-1-5"> <title>Release 8.1.5</title> @@ -2679,6 +2824,124 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1 </sect2> </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-8-0-10"> + <title>Release 8.0.10</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2007-01-08</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.9. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to version 8.0.10</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6, see the release + notes for 8.0.6. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Improve handling of <function>getaddrinfo()</> on AIX (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This is intended to fix problems with starting the statistics + collector, among other things. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></link> to recover from + a rare problem during index page deletion/split (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix error when constructing an <literal>ARRAY[]</> made up of multiple + empty elements (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix ecpg memory leak during connection (Michael) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix problem with extending hash indexes that span multiple 1-gigabyte + segments (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix problem where truncation of a multi-gigabyte table might cause + consistency problems with other backends (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <function>to_number()</> and <function>to_char(numeric)</> + are now <literal>STABLE</>, not <literal>IMMUTABLE</>, for + new <link linkend="APP-INITDB"><application>initdb</></link> + installs (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This is because <link + linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially + change the output of the functions. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update timezone database, particularly for Western Australia, + which has a new daylight savings date (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Document a risk that if a row is locked inside multiple sub-transactions + in the same transaction, and a sub-transaction is rolled back, the row + lock is lost (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Improve index usage of regular expressions that use parentheses (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This improves <application>psql</> <literal>\d</> performance also. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-8-0-9"> <title>Release 8.0.9</title> @@ -5886,6 +6149,96 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem> </sect2> </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-7-4-15"> + <title>Release 7.4.15</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2007-01-08</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.14. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to version 7.4.15</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.11, see the release + notes for 7.4.11. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Improve handling of <function>getaddrinfo()</> on AIX (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This fixes a problem with starting the statistics collector, + among other things. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></link> to recover from + a rare problem during index page deletion/split (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix error when constructing an <literal>ARRAY[]</> made up of multiple empty + elements (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix problem with extending hash indexes that span multiple 1-gigabyte + segments (Tom) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <function>to_number()</> and <function>to_char(numeric)</> + are now <literal>STABLE</>, not <literal>IMMUTABLE</>, for + new <link linkend="APP-INITDB"><application>initdb</></link> + installs (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This is because <link + linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially + change the output of the functions. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Improve index usage of regular expressions that use parentheses (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This improves <application>psql</> <literal>\d</> performance also. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-7-4-14"> <title>Release 7.4.14</title> @@ -8845,6 +9198,64 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; </sect2> </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-7-3-17"> + <title>Release 7.3.17</title> + + <note> + <title>Release date</title> + <simpara>2007-01-08</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.16. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to version 7.3.17</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.13, see the release + notes for 7.3.13. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + <function>to_number()</> and <function>to_char(numeric)</> + are now <literal>STABLE</>, not <literal>IMMUTABLE</>, for + new <link linkend="APP-INITDB"><application>initdb</></link> + installs (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This is because <link + linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially + change the output of the functions. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Improve index usage of regular expressions that use parentheses (Tom) + </para> + + <para> + This improves <application>psql</> <literal>\d</> performance also. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-7-3-16"> <title>Release 7.3.16</title> |