From: Tom Lane Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 23:27:51 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Preliminary release notes for releases 8.4.4, 8.3.11, 8.2.17, 8.1.21, 8.0.25, X-Git-Tag: REL8_1_21~6 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a65beefa7ceffdb191e8b3c91f1082d0dbfe147c;p=postgresql Preliminary release notes for releases 8.4.4, 8.3.11, 8.2.17, 8.1.21, 8.0.25, 7.4.29. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml index 4ee97043bc..ec2704af40 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-7.4.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,110 @@ - + + + Release 7.4.29 + + + Release date + 2010-05-17 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.28. + For information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see + . + + + + The PostgreSQL community will stop releasing updates + for the 7.4.X release series in July 2010. + Users are encouraged to update to a newer release branch soon. + + + + Migration to Version 7.4.29 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.26, + see the release notes for 7.4.26. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Do not allow an unprivileged user to reset superuser-only parameter + settings (Alvaro) + + + + Previously, if an unprivileged user ran ALTER USER ... RESET + ALL for himself, or ALTER DATABASE ... RESET ALL for + a database he owns, this would remove all special parameter settings + for the user or database, even ones that are only supposed to be + changeable by a superuser. Now, the ALTER will only + remove the parameters that the user has permission to change. + + + + + + Avoid possible crash during backend shutdown if shutdown occurs + when a CONTEXT addition would be made to log entries (Tom) + + + + In some cases the context-printing function would fail because the + current transaction had already been rolled back when it came time + to print a log message. + + + + + + Update pl/perl's ppport.h for modern Perl versions + (Andrew) + + + + + + Fix assorted memory leaks in pl/python (Andreas Freund, Tom) + + + + + + Ensure that contrib/pgstattuple functions respond to cancel + interrupts promptly (Tatsuhito Kasahara) + + + + + + Make server startup deal properly with the case that + shmget() returns EINVAL for an existing + shared memory segment (Tom) + + + + This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including OS X. + It resulted in an entirely-misleading startup failure complaining that + the shared memory request size was too large. + + + + + + + + Release 7.4.28 diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml index f3bf01780c..590196d193 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.0.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,126 @@ - + + + Release 8.0.25 + + + Release date + 2010-05-17 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.24. + For information about new features in the 8.0 major release, see + . + + + + The PostgreSQL community will stop releasing updates + for the 8.0.X release series in July 2010. + Users are encouraged to update to a newer release branch soon. + + + + Migration to Version 8.0.25 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.22, + see the release notes for 8.0.22. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Do not allow an unprivileged user to reset superuser-only parameter + settings (Alvaro) + + + + Previously, if an unprivileged user ran ALTER USER ... RESET + ALL for himself, or ALTER DATABASE ... RESET ALL for + a database he owns, this would remove all special parameter settings + for the user or database, even ones that are only supposed to be + changeable by a superuser. Now, the ALTER will only + remove the parameters that the user has permission to change. + + + + + + Avoid possible crash during backend shutdown if shutdown occurs + when a CONTEXT addition would be made to log entries (Tom) + + + + In some cases the context-printing function would fail because the + current transaction had already been rolled back when it came time + to print a log message. + + + + + + Update pl/perl's ppport.h for modern Perl versions + (Andrew) + + + + + + Fix assorted memory leaks in pl/python (Andreas Freund, Tom) + + + + + + Prevent infinite recursion in psql when expanding + a variable that refers to itself (Tom) + + + + + + Ensure that contrib/pgstattuple functions respond to cancel + interrupts promptly (Tatsuhito Kasahara) + + + + + + Make server startup deal properly with the case that + shmget() returns EINVAL for an existing + shared memory segment (Tom) + + + + This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including OS X. + It resulted in an entirely-misleading startup failure complaining that + the shared memory request size was too large. + + + + + + Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2010j + for DST law changes in Argentina, Australian Antarctic, Bangladesh, + Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Syria, Tunisia; + also historical corrections for Taiwan. + + + + + + + + Release 8.0.24 diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml index dfe9980631..d72ecf2555 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.1.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,120 @@ - + + + Release 8.1.21 + + + Release date + 2010-05-17 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.20. + For information about new features in the 8.1 major release, see + . + + + + Migration to Version 8.1.21 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.18, + see the release notes for 8.1.18. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Do not allow an unprivileged user to reset superuser-only parameter + settings (Alvaro) + + + + Previously, if an unprivileged user ran ALTER USER ... RESET + ALL for himself, or ALTER DATABASE ... RESET ALL for + a database he owns, this would remove all special parameter settings + for the user or database, even ones that are only supposed to be + changeable by a superuser. Now, the ALTER will only + remove the parameters that the user has permission to change. + + + + + + Avoid possible crash during backend shutdown if shutdown occurs + when a CONTEXT addition would be made to log entries (Tom) + + + + In some cases the context-printing function would fail because the + current transaction had already been rolled back when it came time + to print a log message. + + + + + + Update pl/perl's ppport.h for modern Perl versions + (Andrew) + + + + + + Fix assorted memory leaks in pl/python (Andreas Freund, Tom) + + + + + + Prevent infinite recursion in psql when expanding + a variable that refers to itself (Tom) + + + + + + Ensure that contrib/pgstattuple functions respond to cancel + interrupts promptly (Tatsuhito Kasahara) + + + + + + Make server startup deal properly with the case that + shmget() returns EINVAL for an existing + shared memory segment (Tom) + + + + This behavior has been observed on BSD-derived kernels including OS X. + It resulted in an entirely-misleading startup failure complaining that + the shared memory request size was too large. + + + + + + Update time zone data files to tzdata release 2010j + for DST law changes in Argentina, Australian Antarctic, Bangladesh, + Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Syria, Tunisia; + also historical corrections for Taiwan. + + + + + + + + Release 8.1.20