From: Bruce Momjian Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:03:46 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Create release notes for 8.1.6. X-Git-Url: http://waps.l3s.uni-hannover.de/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=758a57a5ae6ac66d2a0d5349ec237fc03c512e1c;p=users%2Fbernd%2Fpostgres.git Create release notes for 8.1.6. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index 7efd04482d..3d78d4c736 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -19,6 +19,151 @@ For new features, add links to the documentation sections. Release Notes + + Release 8.1.6 + + + Release date + 2007-01-08 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.1.5. + + + + Migration to version 8.1.6 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.1.X. + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.1.2, + see the release notes for 8.1.2. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Improve handling of getaddrinfo() on AIX (Tom) + + + + This fixes a problem with starting the statistics collector, + among other things. + + + + + + Fix pg_restore so it can restore a tar-format backup + that contains large object comments (Tom) + + + + + + Fix VACUUM to recover from + a rare problem during index page deletion/split (Tom) + + + + + + Fix point-in-time-recovery bug where stale status files could prevent + restore (Simon, Tom) + + + + + + Fix error when constructing an ARRAY[] made up of multiple empty + elements (Tom) + + + + + + Fix ecpg memory leak during connection (Michael) + + + + + + Improve savepoint and multi-transction row locking algorithms to avoid + erroneous deadlock cases (Tom) + + + + + + Fix problem with extending hash indexes that span multiple 1-gigabyte + segments (Tom) + + + + + + Fix problem where truncation of a multi-gigabyte table might cause + consistency problems with other backends (Tom) + + + + + + Fix for Darwin/OS-X compiles (Tom) + + + + + + to_number() and to_char(numeric) + are now STABLE, not IMMUTABLE, for + new initdb + installs (Tom) + + + + This is because lc_numeric can potentially + change the output of the functions. + + + + + + Update timezone database, particularly for Western Australia, + which has a new daylight savings date (Tom) + + + + + + Document a risk that if a row is locked inside multiple sub-transactions + in the same transaction, and a sub-transaction is rolled back, the row + lock is lost (Tom) + + + + + + Improve index usage of regular expressions that use parentheses (Tom) + + + + This improves psql \d performance also. + + + + + + + + Release 8.1.5 @@ -2679,6 +2824,124 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1 + + Release 8.0.10 + + + Release date + 2007-01-08 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.9. + + + + Migration to version 8.0.10 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6, see the release + notes for 8.0.6. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Improve handling of getaddrinfo() on AIX (Tom) + + + + This is intended to fix problems with starting the statistics + collector, among other things. + + + + + + Fix VACUUM to recover from + a rare problem during index page deletion/split (Tom) + + + + + + Fix error when constructing an ARRAY[] made up of multiple + empty elements (Tom) + + + + + + Fix ecpg memory leak during connection (Michael) + + + + + + Fix problem with extending hash indexes that span multiple 1-gigabyte + segments (Tom) + + + + + + Fix problem where truncation of a multi-gigabyte table might cause + consistency problems with other backends (Tom) + + + + + + to_number() and to_char(numeric) + are now STABLE, not IMMUTABLE, for + new initdb + installs (Tom) + + + + This is because lc_numeric can potentially + change the output of the functions. + + + + + + Update timezone database, particularly for Western Australia, + which has a new daylight savings date (Tom) + + + + + + Document a risk that if a row is locked inside multiple sub-transactions + in the same transaction, and a sub-transaction is rolled back, the row + lock is lost (Tom) + + + + + + Improve index usage of regular expressions that use parentheses (Tom) + + + + This improves psql \d performance also. + + + + + + + + Release 8.0.9 @@ -5886,6 +6149,96 @@ typedefs (Michael) + + Release 7.4.15 + + + Release date + 2007-01-08 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.14. + + + + Migration to version 7.4.15 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.11, see the release + notes for 7.4.11. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + Improve handling of getaddrinfo() on AIX (Tom) + + + + This fixes a problem with starting the statistics collector, + among other things. + + + + + + Fix VACUUM to recover from + a rare problem during index page deletion/split (Tom) + + + + + + Fix error when constructing an ARRAY[] made up of multiple empty + elements (Tom) + + + + + + Fix problem with extending hash indexes that span multiple 1-gigabyte + segments (Tom) + + + + + + to_number() and to_char(numeric) + are now STABLE, not IMMUTABLE, for + new initdb + installs (Tom) + + + + This is because lc_numeric can potentially + change the output of the functions. + + + + + + Improve index usage of regular expressions that use parentheses (Tom) + + + + This improves psql \d performance also. + + + + + + + + Release 7.4.14 @@ -8845,6 +9198,64 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE; + + Release 7.3.17 + + + Release date + 2007-01-08 + + + + This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.16. + + + + Migration to version 7.3.17 + + + A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However, + if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.13, see the release + notes for 7.3.13. + + + + + + Changes + + + + + + to_number() and to_char(numeric) + are now STABLE, not IMMUTABLE, for + new initdb + installs (Tom) + + + + This is because lc_numeric can potentially + change the output of the functions. + + + + + + Improve index usage of regular expressions that use parentheses (Tom) + + + + This improves psql \d performance also. + + + + + + + + Release 7.3.16