Update PostgreSQL 14 press release
authorJonathan S. Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com>
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:45:41 +0000 (18:45 -0400)
committerJonathan S. Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com>
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 22:45:41 +0000 (18:45 -0400)
From discussion on -hackers, include a reference to the
emergency mode of vacuum.

releases/14/release.en.md

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@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@ directive.
 ### Administration and Observability
 
 PostgreSQL 14 extends its performance gains to the [vacuuming](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/routine-vacuuming.html)
-system, including optimizations for reducing overhead from B-Trees.
-[`ANALYZE`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-analyze.html), used to
-collect database statistics, now runs significantly faster in PostgreSQL 14 due
-to its own performance improvements.
+system, including optimizations for reducing overhead from B-Trees. This release
+also adds a vacuum "emergency mode" that is designed to prevent transaction ID
+wraparound. [`ANALYZE`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-analyze.html),
+used to collect database statistics, now runs significantly faster in
+PostgreSQL 14 due to its own performance improvements.
 
 Compression for PostgreSQL's [TOAST](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/storage-toast.html)
 system, which is used to store larger data like blocks of text or geometries,