From e1c96527c78bb47e1530a0f12d4f54777ef84d90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:43:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Finalize 8.5alpha2 release notes, with updates from Josh
Berkus
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doc/src/sgml/release-8.5.sgml | 142 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.5.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.5.sgml
index 77e3cd69d8b..95a940fa52e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.5.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.5.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.5.sgml,v 1.5 2009/10/20 19:52:58 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-8.5.sgml,v 1.6 2009/10/21 19:43:06 petere Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="release-8-5">
<title>Release 8.5alpha2</title>
@@ -52,60 +52,51 @@
reported.
</para>
</sect2>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Testing</title>
+ <para>
+ The primary reason we release alphas is to get users to test new
+ features as early as possible. If you are interested in helping
+ with organized testing, please see
+ <ulink url="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/HowToBetaTest">the
+ testing information page</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<sect3>
<title>SQL Features</title>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem override="box">
- <para>
- <emphasis>Modify the definition of window-function PARTITION
- BY and ORDER BY clauses so that their elements are always
- taken as simple expressions over the query's input
- columns.</>
- </para>
- </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>Fix bug with WITH RECURSIVE immediately inside WITH
- RECURSIVE.</>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Define a new, more extensible syntax for COPY options.</>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Add ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES command, which allows
- users to adjust the privileges that will be applied to
- subsequently-created objects.</>
+ <emphasis>Add SQL-compliant triggers on columns, which fire only if
+ certain columns are named in the UPDATE's SET list.</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>Support use of function argument names to identify which
- actual arguments match which function parameters. The syntax
- uses AS, for example funcname(value AS arg1, anothervalue AS
- arg2).</>
+ <emphasis>Add CREATE LIKE INCLUDING COMMENTS and STORAGE, and INCLUDING
+ ALL shortcut to allow users to make an exact copy of a table including
+ all options and features.</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>Add CREATE LIKE INCLUDING COMMENTS and STORAGE, and INCLUDING
- ALL shortcut.</>
+ <emphasis>Define a new, more extensible syntax for COPY options
+ in order to support additional COPY options in the future.</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>Add GRANT/REVOKE ON ALL TABLES/SEQUENCES/FUNCTIONS IN SCHEMA.</>
+ <emphasis>Modify the definition of window-function PARTITION
+ BY and ORDER BY clauses so that their elements are always
+ taken as simple expressions over the query's input
+ columns. This fixes a bug.</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>Add SQL-compliant triggers on columns, ie fire only if
- certain columns are named in the UPDATE's SET list.</>
+ <emphasis>Fix bug with nested WITH RECURSIVE statements.</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -171,7 +162,16 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Implement "join removal" for cases where the inner side
- of a left join is unique and is not referenced above the join.</>
+ of a left join is unique and is not referenced above the join. This should
+ speed up many ORM-generated and reporting tool queries.</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Remove the use of the flat files pg_auth and
+ pg_database in order to improve performance. (Warning: pgbouncer
+ and possibly other tools currently suggest referring to the pg_auth
+ file for its user database. Such schemes will no longer work.)</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Make it possibly to specify server configuration parameters
- per user and per database. psql has gained a drds command to
+ per user-database combination. Add a \drds command to psql to
display the settings.</>
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@
<emphasis>Allow the collection of statistics on sequences.</>
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Increase the maximum value of extra_float_digits to
+ 3, and have pg_dump use that value when the backend is new
+ enough to allow it, because it is possible to need 3 extra
+ digits for float4 values (but not for float8 values).</>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add the ability to include the SQLSTATE error code of any error
@@ -274,26 +282,27 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
- <sect3>
- <title>Server Configuration</title>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Increase the maximum value of extra_float_digits to
- 3, and have pg_dump use that value when the backend is new
- enough to allow it, because it is possible to need 3 extra
- digits for float4 values (but not for float8 values).</>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Security</title>
<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Add ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES command, which allows
+ users to adjust the privileges that will be applied to
+ subsequently-created objects.</>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Add GRANT/REVOKE ON ALL TABLES/SEQUENCES/FUNCTIONS IN SCHEMA.
+ This makes it easier to manage permissions on database objects.</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Support "samehost" and "samenet" specifications
- in pg_hba.conf.</emphasis>
+ in pg_hba.conf. This allows users with dynamic server addresses to run
+ PostgreSQL without frequently modifying pg_hba.conf</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -374,14 +383,6 @@
the postmaster from a boot-time script.</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>Remove the use of the flat files pg_auth and
- pg_database. (At least pgbouncer currently suggests referring
- to the pg_auth file for its user database. Such schemes will
- no longer work.)</emphasis>
- </para>
- </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
pg_dump/pg_restore --clean now drops large objects.
@@ -434,6 +435,14 @@
code without having to create a function for it.</>
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>Support use of function argument names to identify which
+ actual arguments match which function parameters. The syntax
+ uses AS, for example funcname(value AS arg1, anothervalue AS
+ arg2).</>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Fix/improve bytea and boolean support in PL/Python. Data type
@@ -459,7 +468,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>Allow plpgsql IN parameters to be assigned to.</>
+ <emphasis>PL/pgSQL IN parameters now accept value assignments.</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -470,8 +479,8 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>Allow MOVE FORWARD n, MOVE BACKWARD n, MOVE FORWARD ALL, MOVE
- BACKWARD ALL in PL/pgSQL.</>
+ <emphasis>Allow cursor commands MOVE FORWARD n, MOVE BACKWARD n,
+ MOVE FORWARD ALL, MOVE BACKWARD ALL in PL/pgSQL.</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -498,7 +507,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>Assorted improvements in contrib/hstore.</>
+ <emphasis>Multiple improvements in contrib/hstore, including
+ raising limits on keys and values, conversions to and from
+ records and arrays, and support for GROUP BY and DISTINCT.</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -528,8 +539,8 @@
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
- <title>Programming Tools</title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <title>Development</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Add ECPG function that returns the current transaction status.</>
@@ -543,14 +554,9 @@
<listitem>
<para>
<emphasis>Make libpq reject non-numeric and out-of-range port numbers with a
- suitable error message.</>
+ suitable error message.</emphasis>
</para>
</listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </sect3>
- <sect3>
- <title>Development</title>
- <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Functions which conflict with C++ reserved words have been renamed,
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