From 9c3f24bb46d1c2f548a309c01dda238e57f3d80b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 17:00:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update release notes in preparation for RC1.
---
doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 5caa3aae6cc..58b4eaf50b0 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 1.481 2006/10/23 19:29:46 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.482 2006/11/06 17:00:27 tgl Exp $ -->
<!--
Typical markup:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2006-1?-??</simpara>
- <para>CURRENT AS OF 2006-10-18</>
+ <para>CURRENT AS OF 2006-11-05</>
</note>
<sect2>
@@ -398,6 +398,15 @@ links to the main documentation.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ C-language loadable modules must now include a
+ <link linkend="xfunc-c-dynload"><literal>PG_MODULE_MAGIC</></link>
+ macro call for version compatibility checking
+ (Martijn van Oosterhout)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
<listitem>
<para>
In <filename>contrib/xml2/</>, rename <function>xml_valid()</> to
@@ -679,6 +688,20 @@ links to the main documentation.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improve reliability of long-term <acronym>WAL</> replay
+ (Heikki, Simon, Tom)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Formerly, trying to roll forward through more than 2 billion
+ transactions would not work due to XID wraparound. This meant
+ warm standby servers had to be reloaded
+ from fresh base backups periodically.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
<listitem>
<para>
Add <link
@@ -751,12 +774,12 @@ links to the main documentation.
<listitem>
<para>
- Track tables needing vacuum with more accuracy (Alvaro)
+ Track maximum XID age within individual tables, instead of whole databases (Alvaro)
</para>
<para>
This reduces the overhead involved in preventing transaction
- ID wraparound.
+ ID wraparound, by avoiding unnecessary VACUUMs.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -847,7 +870,9 @@ links to the main documentation.
<para>
Such logging now shows statement names, bind parameter
- values, and the text of the query being executed.
+ values, and the text of the query being executed. Also,
+ the query text is properly included in logged error messages
+ when enabled by <varname>log_min_error_statement</>.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -879,6 +904,25 @@ links to the main documentation.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fix <quote>failed to re-find parent key</> errors in
+ <command>VACUUM</> (Tom)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Clean out <filename>pg_internal.init</> cache files during server
+ restart (Simon)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This avoids a hazard that the cache files might contain stale
+ data after PITR recovery.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
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