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This release adds many improvements to commands and database
- facilities that were requested by users. Rather than adding
- a few new features, this release makes many features from
- previous releases easier to use. For example, there are now
- additional controls for continuous archiving. Many
- performance bottlenecks have been eliminated, allowing more
- functionality to be enabled by default. Various additions
- will make porting from other databases easier. The changes
- in this release continue the <productname>PostgreSQL</>
- tradition of being not only the most advanced open source
- database, but also the easiest to use.
+ facilities that were requested by users, including:
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improved sort performance, memory usage,
+ locking/concurency, FILLFACTOR support, query
+ optimization, and vacuuming
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Continuous archiving enhancements
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Monitoring and logging additions
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Query enhancements including RETURNING values, multi-VALUES,
+ support, and self-joins for DELETE
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ More control over creating/dropping objects and inheritance
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Index creation without blocking INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ COPY support for SELECT statements
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Array and aggregate improvements
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Many /contrib improvements
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
</para>
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