Skip to content

Commit 953c856

Browse files
tglsfdctglsfdc
committed
A bit of copy-editing on back-branch release notes.
1 parent 772c5ba commit 953c856

File tree

1 file changed

+77
-66
lines changed

1 file changed

+77
-66
lines changed

‎doc/src/sgml/release.sgml

Lines changed: 77 additions & 66 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
1-
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.470 2006/10/09 23:23:47 momjian Exp $ -->
1+
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.471 2006/10/11 20:55:52 tgl Exp $ -->
22
<!--
33

44
Typical markup:
@@ -177,18 +177,6 @@ links to the main documentation.
177177
</para>
178178
</listitem>
179179

180-
<listitem>
181-
<para>
182-
Disallow aggregate functions in <command>UPDATE</> commands
183-
(unless within a subquery) (Tom)
184-
</para>
185-
186-
<para>
187-
The standard disallows this, and it leads to unpredictable
188-
results.
189-
</para>
190-
</listitem>
191-
192180
<listitem>
193181
<para>
194182
Change the <link linkend="sql-syntax-row-constructors">row
@@ -2372,7 +2360,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
23722360

23732361
<note>
23742362
<title>Release date</title>
2375-
<simpara>2006-10-??</simpara>
2363+
<simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
23762364
</note>
23772365

23782366
<para>
@@ -2394,37 +2382,46 @@ links to the main documentation.
23942382
<title>Changes</title>
23952383

23962384
<itemizedlist>
2397-
2398-
<listitem><para>Fix for <systemitem class="osname">OS/X</>
2399-
<application>Bonjour</> on x86 systems (Ashley Clark)</para></listitem>
2400-
<listitem><para>Fix <acronym>MSVC</>/<productname>Borland C++</>
2401-
compiles (Hiroshi Saito)</para></listitem>
2402-
<listitem><para>Minor fixes related to ecpg, /contrib/dblink,
2403-
/contrib/ltree, /contrib/tsearch2, and <application>psql</></para> </listitem>
2404-
<listitem><para>Add ability to log protocol-level prepared
2405-
statements (Tom)</para></listitem>
2406-
<listitem><para>Disallow non-subselect aggregates in <command>UPDATE</>
2407-
statements (Tom)</para>
2408-
<para>The behavior of such an aggregate was unpredictable,
2409-
so it has been disabled. The SQL standard does not support
2410-
it either.</para></listitem>
2385+
<listitem><para>Disallow aggregate functions in <command>UPDATE</>
2386+
commands, except within sub-SELECTs (Tom)</para>
2387+
<para>The behavior of such an aggregate was unpredictable, and in 8.1.X
2388+
could cause a crash, so it has been disabled. The SQL standard does not allow
2389+
this either.</para></listitem>
2390+
<listitem><para>Fix core dump when an untyped literal is taken as
2391+
ANYARRAY</para></listitem>
2392+
<listitem><para>Fix core dump in duration logging for extended query protocol
2393+
when a <command>COMMIT</> or <command>ROLLBACK</> is
2394+
executed</para></listitem>
24112395
<listitem><para>Fix <command>ALTER TABLE ... TYPE</> to recheck
24122396
<literal>NOT NULL</> for <literal>USING</> clause (Tom)</para></listitem>
2413-
<listitem><para>Fix rare termination of the statistics collector
2414-
process on Win32 (Tom)</para></listitem>
2415-
<listitem><para>Improvements to hash and bitmap joins (Tom)</para></listitem>
2397+
<listitem><para>Fix <function>string_to_array()</> to handle overlapping
2398+
matches for the separator string</para>
2399+
<para>For example, <literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.
2400+
</para></listitem>
2401+
<listitem><para>Fix <function>to_timestamp()</> for
2402+
<literal>AM</>/<literal>PM</> formats (Bruce)</para></listitem>
2403+
<listitem><para>Fix autovacuum's calculation that decides whether
2404+
<command>ANALYZE</> is needed (Alvaro)</para></listitem>
2405+
<listitem><para>Fix corner cases in pattern matching for
2406+
<application>psql</>'s <literal>\d</> commands</para></listitem>
2407+
<listitem><para>Fix index-corrupting bugs in /contrib/ltree
2408+
(Teodor)</para></listitem>
2409+
<listitem><para>Numerous robustness fixes in <application>ecpg</> (Joachim
2410+
Wieland)</para></listitem>
2411+
<listitem><para>Fix backslash escaping in /contrib/dbmirror</para></listitem>
2412+
<listitem><para>Minor fixes in /contrib/dblink and /contrib/tsearch2</para>
2413+
</listitem>
2414+
<listitem><para>Efficiency improvements in hash tables and bitmap index scans
2415+
(Tom)</para></listitem>
2416+
<listitem><para>Fix instability of statistics collection on Win32 (Tom, Andrew)</para></listitem>
24162417
<listitem><para>Fix <varname>statement_timeout</> to use the proper
2417-
units of microseconds on Win32 (Bruce)</para>
2418-
<para>In previous Win32 8.1.X versions, 100-microseconds units were
2419-
incorrectly used internally.</para></listitem>
2418+
units on Win32 (Bruce)</para>
2419+
<para>In previous Win32 8.1.X versions, the delay was off by a factor of
2420+
100.</para></listitem>
2421+
<listitem><para>Fixes for <acronym>MSVC</> and <productname>Borland C++</>
2422+
compilers (Hiroshi Saito)</para></listitem>
24202423
<listitem><para>Fixes for <systemitem class="osname">AIX</> and
24212424
<productname>Intel</> compilers (Tom)</para></listitem>
2422-
<listitem><para>Fix <function>to_timestamp()</> for
2423-
<literal>PM</>/<literal>AM</> (Bruce)</para></listitem>
2424-
<listitem><para>Fix <function>string_to_array()</> to handle overlapping
2425-
matches for the separator string</para> <para>For example,
2426-
<literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.</para></listitem>
2427-
24282425
</itemizedlist>
24292426

24302427
</sect2>
@@ -5020,7 +5017,7 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
50205017

50215018
<note>
50225019
<title>Release date</title>
5023-
<simpara>2006-10-??</simpara>
5020+
<simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
50245021
</note>
50255022

50265023
<para>
@@ -5042,23 +5039,26 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
50425039
<title>Changes</title>
50435040

50445041
<itemizedlist>
5045-
50465042
<listitem><para>Fix crash when referencing <literal>NEW</> row
5047-
values in rules (Tom)</para></listitem>
5048-
<listitem><para>Add ability to log protocol-level prepared
5049-
statements (Tom)</para></listitem>
5043+
values in rule WHERE expressions (Tom)</para></listitem>
5044+
<listitem><para>Fix core dump when an untyped literal is taken as
5045+
ANYARRAY</para></listitem>
50505046
<listitem><para>Fix <command>ALTER TABLE ... TYPE</> to recheck
50515047
<literal>NOT NULL</> for <literal>USING</> clause (Tom)</para></listitem>
5052-
<listitem><para>Fix rare termination of the statistics collector
5053-
process on Win32 (Tom)</para></listitem>
5048+
<listitem><para>Fix <function>string_to_array()</> to handle overlapping
5049+
matches for the separator string</para>
5050+
<para>For example, <literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.
5051+
</para></listitem>
5052+
<listitem><para>Fix corner cases in pattern matching for
5053+
<application>psql</>'s <literal>\d</> commands</para></listitem>
5054+
<listitem><para>Fix index-corrupting bugs in /contrib/ltree
5055+
(Teodor)</para></listitem>
5056+
<listitem><para>Numerous robustness fixes in <application>ecpg</> (Joachim
5057+
Wieland)</para></listitem>
5058+
<listitem><para>Fix backslash escaping in /contrib/dbmirror</para></listitem>
5059+
<listitem><para>Fix instability of statistics collection on Win32 (Tom, Andrew)</para></listitem>
50545060
<listitem><para>Fixes for <systemitem class="osname">AIX</> and
50555061
<productname>Intel</> compilers (Tom)</para></listitem>
5056-
<listitem><para>Fix <function>string_to_array()</> to handle overlapping
5057-
matches for the separator string</para> <para>For example,
5058-
<literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.</para></listitem>
5059-
<listitem><para>Minor fixes related to ecpg, /contrib/ltree,
5060-
and <application>psql</></para> </listitem>
5061-
50625062
</itemizedlist>
50635063

50645064
</sect2>
@@ -8222,7 +8222,7 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
82228222

82238223
<note>
82248224
<title>Release date</title>
8225-
<simpara>2006-10-??</simpara>
8225+
<simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
82268226
</note>
82278227

82288228
<para>
@@ -8244,14 +8244,19 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
82448244
<title>Changes</title>
82458245

82468246
<itemizedlist>
8247-
8248-
<listitem><para>Minor fixes related to timezones, ecpg, /contrib/ltree,
8249-
and <application>psql</></para> </listitem>
8250-
8247+
<listitem><para>Fix core dump when an untyped literal is taken as
8248+
ANYARRAY</para></listitem>
82518249
<listitem><para>Fix <function>string_to_array()</> to handle overlapping
8252-
matches for the separator string</para> <para>For example,
8253-
<literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.</para></listitem>
8254-
8250+
matches for the separator string</para>
8251+
<para>For example, <literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.
8252+
</para></listitem>
8253+
<listitem><para>Fix corner cases in pattern matching for
8254+
<application>psql</>'s <literal>\d</> commands</para></listitem>
8255+
<listitem><para>Fix index-corrupting bugs in /contrib/ltree
8256+
(Teodor)</para></listitem>
8257+
<listitem><para>Fix backslash escaping in /contrib/dbmirror</para></listitem>
8258+
<listitem><para>Adjust regression tests for recent changes in US DST laws
8259+
</para> </listitem>
82558260
</itemizedlist>
82568261

82578262
</sect2>
@@ -11176,7 +11181,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
1117611181

1117711182
<note>
1117811183
<title>Release date</title>
11179-
<simpara>2006-10-??</simpara>
11184+
<simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
1118011185
</note>
1118111186

1118211187
<para>
@@ -11198,10 +11203,16 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
1119811203
<title>Changes</title>
1119911204

1120011205
<itemizedlist>
11201-
11202-
<listitem><para>Minor fixes related to timezones, spinlocks, SSL,
11203-
GiST, /contrib/ltree, and <application>psql</></para> </listitem>
11204-
11206+
<listitem><para>Fix corner cases in pattern matching for
11207+
<application>psql</>'s <literal>\d</> commands</para></listitem>
11208+
<listitem><para>Fix index-corrupting bugs in /contrib/ltree
11209+
(Teodor)</para></listitem>
11210+
<listitem><para>Back-port 7.4 spinlock code to improve performance and support
11211+
64-bit architectures better</para> </listitem>
11212+
<listitem><para>Fix SSL-related memory leak in libpq</para> </listitem>
11213+
<listitem><para>Fix backslash escaping in /contrib/dbmirror</para></listitem>
11214+
<listitem><para>Adjust regression tests for recent changes in US DST laws
11215+
</para> </listitem>
1120511216
</itemizedlist>
1120611217

1120711218
</sect2>

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)