From: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 17:57:03 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Rearrange "big features" section of the release notes. X-Git-Tag: REL9_0_RC1~67 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=00d9d5964eb2c5ce2f22836524beb9631f3c064a;p=postgresql Rearrange "big features" section of the release notes. Josh Berkus --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml index 7d56ddfdf3..d9467fd89f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml,v 2.39.2.2 2010/07/29 21:18:16 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml,v 2.39.2.3 2010/08/06 17:57:03 rhaas Exp $ --> <sect1 id="release-9-0"> <title>Release 9.0</title> @@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Add support for compiling on <link + linkend="install-win32-full">64-bit + <productname>Windows</></link> and running in 64-bit + mode. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para> Broadly enhanced stored procedure support. @@ -62,6 +71,14 @@ </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + More advanced reporting queries with additional windowing functions + (PRECEDING and FOLLOWING) and the ability to ORDER BY inside aggregate + functions. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para> Triggers now support two new features, @@ -80,9 +97,9 @@ <listitem> <para> - Exclusion constraints let database designers define uniqueness - based on complex criteria, including for non-scalar data such - as time periods, ranges and arrays. + New and enhanced security features, including RADIUS authentication, + LDAP authentication improvements, and the new checkpassword optional module + for testing password strength. </para> </listitem> @@ -97,10 +114,33 @@ </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Add <link linkend="pgupgrade"><filename>/contrib/pg_upgrade</></link> + to support in-place upgrades from 8.3 or 8.4 to 9.0. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Multiple performance enhancements for specific types of queries, + including join elimination, which optimizes automatically generated + queries, such as those produced by object-relational mappers (ORMs). + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Exclusion constraints let database designers define uniqueness + based on complex criteria, including for non-scalar data such + as time periods, ranges and arrays. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para> As part of our decade-long effort to eliminate the pain of VACUUM, - <command>VACUUM FULL</> is now substantially faster by + <command>VACUUM FULL</> is not substantially faster by rewriting the entire table and indexes, rather than moving around single rows to compact space. </para> @@ -108,17 +148,15 @@ <listitem> <para> - Add support for compiling on <link - linkend="install-win32-full">64-bit - <productname>Windows</></link> and running in 64-bit - mode. + EXPLAIN plans are now available in JSON, XML and YAML format, and include + buffer utilization and other data not previously available. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Add <link linkend="pgupgrade"><filename>/contrib/pg_upgrade</></link> - to support in-place upgrades from 8.3 or 8.4 to 9.0. + The HStore optional module has been improved with new functions and greater + data capacity to make it a high-performance key-value store. </para> </listitem>