From: Tom Lane Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 20:50:53 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Update release notes for 9.2.3, 9.1.8, 9.0.12, 8.4.16, 8.3.23. X-Git-Tag: REL9_0_12~2 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0499ff2567475ccd93b07183d4bb44d29ba1c006;p=postgresql Update release notes for 9.2.3, 9.1.8, 9.0.12, 8.4.16, 8.3.23. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml index 082dc349bc..7d9764c987 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.3.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,162 @@ + + Release 8.3.23 + + + Release Date + 2013-02-07 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.3.22. + For information about new features in the 8.3 major release, see + . + + + + This is expected to be the last PostgreSQL release + in the 8.3.X series. Users are encouraged to update to a newer + release branch soon. + + + + Migration to Version 8.3.23 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.3.X. + + + + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.3.17, + see the release notes for 8.3.17. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Fix SQL grammar to allow subscripting or field selection from a + sub-SELECT result (Tom Lane) + + + + + + Protect against race conditions when scanning + pg_tablespace (Stephen Frost, Tom Lane) + + + + CREATE DATABASE and DROP DATABASE could + misbehave if there were concurrent updates of + pg_tablespace entries. + + + + + + Prevent DROP OWNED from trying to drop whole databases or + tablespaces (Álvaro Herrera) + + + + For safety, ownership of these objects must be reassigned, not dropped. + + + + + + Prevent misbehavior when a RowExpr or XmlExpr + is parse-analyzed twice (Andres Freund, Tom Lane) + + + + This mistake could be user-visible in contexts such as + CREATE TABLE LIKE INCLUDING INDEXES. + + + + + + Improve defenses against integer overflow in hashtable sizing + calculations (Jeff Davis) + + + + + + Ensure that non-ASCII prompt strings are translated to the correct + code page on Windows (Alexander Law, Noah Misch) + + + + This bug affected psql and some other client programs. + + + + + + Fix possible crash in psql's \? command + when not connected to a database (Meng Qingzhong) + + + + + + Fix one-byte buffer overrun in libpq's + PQprintTuples (Xi Wang) + + + + This ancient function is not used anywhere by + PostgreSQL itself, but it might still be used by some + client code. + + + + + + Rearrange configure's tests for supplied functions so it is not + fooled by bogus exports from libedit/libreadline (Christoph Berg) + + + + + + Ensure Windows build number increases over time (Magnus Hagander) + + + + + + Make pgxs build executables with the right + .exe suffix when cross-compiling for Windows + (Zoltan Boszormenyi) + + + + + + Add new timezone abbreviation FET (Tom Lane) + + + + This is now used in some eastern-European time zones. + + + + + + + + Release 8.3.22 diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml index f6a938c2ce..1d601f1c07 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,203 @@ + + Release 8.4.16 + + + Release Date + 2013-02-07 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.4.15. + For information about new features in the 8.4 major release, see + . + + + + Migration to Version 8.4.16 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.4.X. + + + + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.4.10, + see the release notes for 8.4.10. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Update minimum recovery point when truncating a relation file (Heikki + Linnakangas) + + + + Once data has been discarded, it's no longer safe to stop recovery at + an earlier point in the timeline. + + + + + + Fix SQL grammar to allow subscripting or field selection from a + sub-SELECT result (Tom Lane) + + + + + + Protect against race conditions when scanning + pg_tablespace (Stephen Frost, Tom Lane) + + + + CREATE DATABASE and DROP DATABASE could + misbehave if there were concurrent updates of + pg_tablespace entries. + + + + + + Prevent DROP OWNED from trying to drop whole databases or + tablespaces (Álvaro Herrera) + + + + For safety, ownership of these objects must be reassigned, not dropped. + + + + + + Fix error in vacuum_freeze_table_age + implementation (Andres Freund) + + + + The main consequence of this mistake is that lowering vacuum_freeze_min_age + would cause full-table vacuuming scans to occur much more frequently + than intended. + + + + + + Prevent misbehavior when a RowExpr or XmlExpr + is parse-analyzed twice (Andres Freund, Tom Lane) + + + + This mistake could be user-visible in contexts such as + CREATE TABLE LIKE INCLUDING INDEXES. + + + + + + Improve defenses against integer overflow in hashtable sizing + calculations (Jeff Davis) + + + + + + Reject out-of-range dates in to_date() (Hitoshi Harada) + + + + + + Ensure that non-ASCII prompt strings are translated to the correct + code page on Windows (Alexander Law, Noah Misch) + + + + This bug affected psql and some other client programs. + + + + + + Fix possible crash in psql's \? command + when not connected to a database (Meng Qingzhong) + + + + + + Fix one-byte buffer overrun in libpq's + PQprintTuples (Xi Wang) + + + + This ancient function is not used anywhere by + PostgreSQL itself, but it might still be used by some + client code. + + + + + + Make ecpglib use translated messages properly + (Chen Huajun) + + + + + + Properly install ecpg_compat and + pgtypes libraries on MSVC (Jiang Guiqing) + + + + + + Rearrange configure's tests for supplied functions so it is not + fooled by bogus exports from libedit/libreadline (Christoph Berg) + + + + + + Ensure Windows build number increases over time (Magnus Hagander) + + + + + + Make pgxs build executables with the right + .exe suffix when cross-compiling for Windows + (Zoltan Boszormenyi) + + + + + + Add new timezone abbreviation FET (Tom Lane) + + + + This is now used in some eastern-European time zones. + + + + + + + + Release 8.4.15 diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml index 495738cd3c..fc0af4edbc 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,255 @@ + + Release 9.0.12 + + + Release Date + 2013-02-07 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.0.11. + For information about new features in the 9.0 major release, see + . + + + + Migration to Version 9.0.12 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.0.X. + + + + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.0.6, + see the release notes for 9.0.6. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Fix multiple problems in detection of when a consistent database + state has been reached during WAL replay (Fujii Masao, Heikki + Linnakangas, Simon Riggs, Andres Freund) + + + + + + Update minimum recovery point when truncating a relation file (Heikki + Linnakangas) + + + + Once data has been discarded, it's no longer safe to stop recovery at + an earlier point in the timeline. + + + + + + Fix missing cancellations in hot standby mode (Noah Misch, Simon Riggs) + + + + The need to cancel conflicting hot-standby queries would sometimes be + missed, allowing those queries to see inconsistent data. + + + + + + Fix SQL grammar to allow subscripting or field selection from a + sub-SELECT result (Tom Lane) + + + + + + Fix performance problems with autovacuum truncation in busy workloads + (Jan Wieck) + + + + Truncation of empty pages at the end of a table requires exclusive + lock, but autovacuum was coded to fail (and release the table lock) + when there are conflicting lock requests. Under load, it is easily + possible that truncation would never occur, resulting in table bloat. + Fix by performing a partial truncation, releasing the lock, then + attempting to re-acquire the lock and continue. This fix also greatly + reduces the average time before autovacuum releases the lock after a + conflicting request arrives. + + + + + + Protect against race conditions when scanning + pg_tablespace (Stephen Frost, Tom Lane) + + + + CREATE DATABASE and DROP DATABASE could + misbehave if there were concurrent updates of + pg_tablespace entries. + + + + + + Prevent DROP OWNED from trying to drop whole databases or + tablespaces (Álvaro Herrera) + + + + For safety, ownership of these objects must be reassigned, not dropped. + + + + + + Fix error in vacuum_freeze_table_age + implementation (Andres Freund) + + + + The main consequence of this mistake is that lowering vacuum_freeze_min_age + would cause full-table vacuuming scans to occur much more frequently + than intended. + + + + + + Prevent misbehavior when a RowExpr or XmlExpr + is parse-analyzed twice (Andres Freund, Tom Lane) + + + + This mistake could be user-visible in contexts such as + CREATE TABLE LIKE INCLUDING INDEXES. + + + + + + Improve defenses against integer overflow in hashtable sizing + calculations (Jeff Davis) + + + + + + Reject out-of-range dates in to_date() (Hitoshi Harada) + + + + + + Ensure that non-ASCII prompt strings are translated to the correct + code page on Windows (Alexander Law, Noah Misch) + + + + This bug affected psql and some other client programs. + + + + + + Fix possible crash in psql's \? command + when not connected to a database (Meng Qingzhong) + + + + + + Fix pg_upgrade to deal with invalid indexes safely + (Bruce Momjian) + + + + + + Fix one-byte buffer overrun in libpq's + PQprintTuples (Xi Wang) + + + + This ancient function is not used anywhere by + PostgreSQL itself, but it might still be used by some + client code. + + + + + + Make ecpglib use translated messages properly + (Chen Huajun) + + + + + + Properly install ecpg_compat and + pgtypes libraries on MSVC (Jiang Guiqing) + + + + + + Include our version of isinf() in + libecpg if it's not provided by the system + (Jiang Guiqing) + + + + + + Rearrange configure's tests for supplied functions so it is not + fooled by bogus exports from libedit/libreadline (Christoph Berg) + + + + + + Ensure Windows build number increases over time (Magnus Hagander) + + + + + + Make pgxs build executables with the right + .exe suffix when cross-compiling for Windows + (Zoltan Boszormenyi) + + + + + + Add new timezone abbreviation FET (Tom Lane) + + + + This is now used in some eastern-European time zones. + + + + + + + + Release 9.0.11