From 596b0c213f2f7ffa72d0d5b68e1da91c366dc72b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Eisentraut Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:22:18 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Some copy editing of the release notes --- doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml | 116 ++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml index 299cf9d721..69f34d36cd 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ - Previously this returned NULL. + Previously this returned a null value. @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ - Previously this returned NULL. + Previously this returned a null value. @@ -164,9 +164,10 @@ - Triggers can now be fired in three cases: BEFORE, AFTER, or INSTEAD OF - some action. Trigger function authors should verify that their logic - behaves sanely in all three cases. + Triggers can now be fired in three cases: BEFORE, + AFTER, or INSTEAD OF some action. + Trigger function authors should verify that their logic behaves + sanely in all three cases. @@ -302,9 +303,9 @@ - Allow unlogged tables using UNLOGGED - during CREATE + clause in CREATE TABLE (Robert Haas) @@ -345,7 +346,8 @@ - This allows the use of commit_siblings with less overhead. + This allows the use of commit_siblings with + less overhead. @@ -412,8 +414,9 @@ - Support host names and host suffixes (e.g. .example.com) in - pg_hba.conf + Support host names and host suffixes + (e.g. .example.com) in pg_hba.conf (Peter Eisentraut) @@ -425,7 +428,7 @@ - Support the keyword all in the host column of all in the host column of pg_hba.conf (Peter Eisentraut) @@ -476,7 +479,7 @@ Add log_file_mode which controls the permissions on log files created by the - logging_collector (Martin Pihlak) + logging collector (Martin Pihlak) @@ -491,7 +494,7 @@ - Add client_hostname field to client_hostname column to pg_stat_activity (Peter Eisentraut) @@ -532,13 +535,13 @@ - Add buffers_backend_fsync field to buffers_backend_fsync column to pg_stat_bgwriter (Greg Smith) - This new field counts the number of times a backend fsyncs a + This new column counts the number of times a backend fsyncs a buffer. @@ -560,8 +563,8 @@ - wal_buffers is now auto-tuned by default based on the size of - shared_buffers. + wal_buffers is now auto-tuned by default based on + the size of shared_buffers. @@ -708,7 +711,7 @@ - Add variable hot_standby_feedback to enable standbys to postpone cleanup of old row versions on the primary (Simon Riggs) @@ -804,8 +807,8 @@ - This allows a recovery server to be queried to check if the - recovery point is the one desired. + This allows a recovery server to be queried to check whether + the recovery point is the one desired. @@ -876,7 +879,7 @@ Add a true serializable isolation + linkend="xact-serializable">serializable isolation level (Kevin Grittner, Dan Ports) @@ -928,14 +931,14 @@ - Allow use of the keyword DISTINCT in DISTINCT in UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT clauses (Tom Lane) DISTINCT is the default behavior so use of this - keyword is redundant, but the SQL standard allows it. + key word is redundant, but the SQL standard allows it. @@ -1082,7 +1085,7 @@ The new option is called NOT VALID, which can later be modified to VALIDATED and validation - checks performed. Together these allow you to add a Foreign Key + checks performed. Together these allow you to add a foreign key with minimal impact on read and write operations. @@ -1095,9 +1098,10 @@ - For example, converting a varchar column to text no longer - requires a rewrite of the table. However, increasing the length - constraint on a varchar column still requires a table rewrite. + For example, converting a varchar column to + text no longer requires a rewrite of the table. + However, increasing the length constraint on a + varchar column still requires a table rewrite. @@ -1115,9 +1119,9 @@ - Fix possible "tuple concurrently updated" error when two server - backends attempted to add an inheritance parent to the same - table at the same time (Robert Haas) + Fix possible tuple concurrently updated error + when two server backends attempted to add an inheritance + parent to the same table at the same time (Robert Haas) @@ -1515,7 +1519,7 @@ linkend="array-functions-table">array_to_string() and string_to_array() - for NULL processing control (Pavel Stehule) + for null value processing control (Pavel Stehule) @@ -1565,14 +1569,14 @@ - Add fields to the information_schema.sequences system view (Peter Eisentraut) - Previously, though the view existed, all of these view fields - were unimplemented. + Previously, though the view existed, the columns about the + sequence parameters were unimplemented. @@ -1777,22 +1781,12 @@ - plpy.Fatal now raises FATAL, rather - than ERROR (Jan Urbanski) - - - - The old behavior was incorrect. - - - - - - Overhaul of PL/Python (Jan Urbanski) + Fix exception handling with Python 3 (Jan Urbanski) - This includes exception support for Python 3. **More detail? + Exception classes were previously not available in + plpy under Python 3. @@ -1885,7 +1879,7 @@ Make psql distinguish between unique - indices and unique constraints (Josh Kupershmidt) + indexes and unique constraints (Josh Kupershmidt) @@ -1951,11 +1945,10 @@ - Improve pg_ctl - start's "wait" ( @@ -2091,8 +2084,8 @@ - This allows for faster compiles. Also, make @@ -2183,8 +2176,8 @@ Improve ability to use C++ compilers for backend compiles by removing - conflicting keywords (Tom Lane) + linkend="xfunc-c">compiling add-on modules by removing + conflicting key words (Tom Lane) @@ -2346,7 +2339,7 @@ Allow contrib/intarray - to work properly on multi-dimensional arrays (Tom Lane) + to work properly on multidimensional arrays (Tom Lane) @@ -2582,9 +2575,10 @@ - Document that it is possible to access all composite fields - using (compositeval).* - syntax (Peter Eisentraut) + Document that it is possible to access all composite type + fields using (compositeval).* + syntax (Peter Eisentraut) -- 2.40.0