diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml index 272304972d093cce4923f02e0dbf11e1a1d00a6f..34d5ea74dd65e2cbc1b9b621e1fcc2806cf71d42 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ </para> <para> - Version 9.1 contains a number of changes that ... - Observe the following incompatibilities: + Version 9.1 contains a number of changes that may affect compatibility + with previous releases. Observe the following incompatibilities: </para> <sect3> @@ -617,6 +617,21 @@ </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Increase the maximum values for <xref linkend="guc-deadlock-timeout">, + <xref linkend="guc-max-standby-archive-delay">, + <xref linkend="guc-max-standby-streaming-delay">, + <xref linkend="guc-log-min-duration-statement">, and + <xref linkend="guc-log-autovacuum-min-duration">. + </para> + + <para> + The maximum value for each of these parameters was previously + only about 35 minutes. Much larger values are now allowed. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect4> @@ -694,6 +709,19 @@ </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + <link linkend="auth-ident"><literal>ident</literal></link> + authentication over local sockets is now known as + <link linkend="auth-peer"><literal>peer</literal></link> + (Magnus Hagander) + </para> + + <para> + The old term is still accepted for backward compatibility. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> <sect4> @@ -1038,6 +1066,20 @@ </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible "tuple concurrently updated" error when two server + backends attempted to add an inheritance parent to the same + table at the same time (Robert Haas) + </para> + + <para> + <xref linkend="sql-altertable"> now takes a stronger lock on the + parent table, so that both children do not try to update it + simultaneously. + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect4> @@ -1459,7 +1501,9 @@ </para> <para> - This function is used to obtain comments on objects. + This function is used to obtain a human-readable string describing an + object, based on the <link linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>pg_class</structname></link> OID, object OID, and sub-object OID. It can be used to + help interpret the contents of <link linkend="catalog-pg-depend"><structname>pg_depend</structname></link>. </para> </listitem> @@ -1846,15 +1890,8 @@ <listitem> <para> - Additional tab completion of <application>psql</> variables (Pavel - Stehule) - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para> - More <application>psql</> tab completion support (Itagaki - Takahiro) + Additional tab completion support (Itagaki Takahiro, Pavel Stehule, + Andrey Popp, Christoph Berg, David Fetter, Josh Kupershmidt) </para> </listitem>