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Diffstat (limited to 'migration/6.2.1_to_6.3')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/migration/6.2.1_to_6.3 b/migration/6.2.1_to_6.3 index 12921aab7a9..3f7ed410fa2 100644 --- a/migration/6.2.1_to_6.3 +++ b/migration/6.2.1_to_6.3 @@ -42,13 +42,18 @@ System tables continue to be SELECT-able by PUBLIC. We also have real deadlock detection code. No more sixty-second timeouts. And the new locking code implements a FIFO better, so there -should be less resource starvation during heavy use. For performance -reasons, time travel is gone, but can be implemented using triggers (see -pgsql/contrib/spi/README). Please check out the new \d command for -types, operators, etc. Also, views have their own permissions now, not -based on the underlying tables, so permissions on them have to be set -separately. Check /pgsql/interfaces for some new ways to talk to -PostgreSQL. +should be less resource starvation during heavy use. + +Many complaints have been made about inadequate documenation in previous +releases. Thomas has put much effort into many new manuals for this +release. Check out the /doc directory. + +For performance reasons, time travel is gone, but can be implemented +using triggers (see pgsql/contrib/spi/README). Please check out the new +\d command for types, operators, etc. Also, views have their own +permissions now, not based on the underlying tables, so permissions on +them have to be set separately. Check /pgsql/interfaces for some new +ways to talk to PostgreSQL. This is the first release that really required an explaination for existing users. In many ways, this was necessary because the new |