From 91fd1df4aad2141859310564b498a3e28055ee28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 16:53:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Improve 9.6 release notes. Incorporate some suggestions from David Johnston, and update through today. --- doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml index 5592812d12..fed1199828 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Release Date 2016-??-?? - Current as of 2016-05-05 (commit 7a622b273) + Current as of 2016-05-08 (commit 6f69b9639) @@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ Allow old MVCC snapshots to be invalidated after a configurable @@ -430,15 +432,14 @@ 2016-03-31 [f9aefcb91] Support using index-only scans with partial indexes in m --> - Allow using an index-only scan with a partial index when the index's - predicate involves column(s) not stored in the index - (Tomas Vondra, Kyotaro Horiguchi) + Allow using an index-only + scan with a partial index when the index's predicate involves + column(s) not stored in the index (Tomas Vondra, Kyotaro Horiguchi) An index-only scan is now allowed if the query mentions such columns - only in WHERE clauses that match the index predicate (and - hence need not be rechecked at runtime). + only in WHERE clauses that match the index predicate. @@ -762,6 +763,8 @@ waiting for a heavyweight lock. Now waits for lightweight locks and buffer pins are also shown in pg_stat_activity. Also, the type of lock being waited for is now visible. + These changes replace the waiting column + with wait_event_type and wait_event. @@ -782,8 +785,13 @@ --> Add pg_config - system view to expose the same information available from - the pg_config utility (Joe Conway) + system view (Joe Conway) + + + + This view exposes the same information available from + the pg_config utility, namely assorted compile-time + configuration information for PostgreSQL. @@ -1192,7 +1200,8 @@ XXX this is pending backpatch, may need to remove The number of standby servers that must acknowledge a commit before - it's considered done is now configurable. + it's considered done is now configurable as part of the + parameter. @@ -1545,6 +1554,8 @@ XXX this is pending backpatch, may need to remove Treat role names beginning with pg_ as reserved @@ -1844,6 +1855,7 @@ XXX this is pending backpatch, may need to remove Add new functions for tsvector data (Stas Kelvich) @@ -2208,6 +2220,8 @@ This commit is also listed under psql and PL/pgSQL 2016-04-06 [a9f0e8e5a] In pg_dump, use a bitmap to represent what to include 2016-04-06 [d217b2c36] In pg_dump, split "dump" into "dump" and "dump_contains" 2016-04-06 [23f34fa4b] In pg_dump, include pg_catalog and extension ACLs, if ch +2016-05-06 [5d589993c] pg_dump performance and other fixes +2016-05-06 [e1b120a8c] Only issue LOCK TABLE commands when necessary --> In pg_dump, @@ -2305,6 +2319,7 @@ This commit is also listed under psql and PL/pgSQL Add \ev and \sv commands @@ -2463,6 +2478,7 @@ This commit is also listed under libpq and PL/pgSQL 2016-03-01 [7e137f846] Extend pgbench's expression syntax to support a few buil 2016-03-28 [86c43f4e2] pgbench: Support double constants and functions. 2016-05-05 [7a622b273] Rename pgbench min/max to least/greatest, and fix handli +2016-05-06 [951529948] Improve handling of numeric-valued variables in pgbench. --> Support floating-point arithmetic, as well as @@ -2668,10 +2684,11 @@ This commit is also listed under libpq and PL/pgSQL 2016-03-03 [2c83f435a] Rework PostgresNode's psql method 2016-02-26 [49148645f] Add a test framework for recovery 2016-02-26 [74d58425c] Apply last revision of recovery patch +2016-05-06 [6bd356c33] Add TAP tests for pg_dump --> Improve TAP testing infrastructure - (Michael Paquier, Craig Ringer, Álvaro Herrera) + (Michael Paquier, Craig Ringer, Álvaro Herrera, Stephen Frost) -- 2.40.0