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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml index 5592812d124..fed11998280 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <note> <title>Release Date</title> <simpara>2016-??-??</simpara> - <simpara>Current as of 2016-05-05 (commit 7a622b273)</simpara> + <simpara>Current as of 2016-05-08 (commit 6f69b9639)</simpara> </note> <sect2> @@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ <listitem> <!-- 2016-04-08 [848ef42bb] Add the "snapshot too old" feature +2016-05-06 [2cc41acd8] Fix hash index vs "snapshot too old" problemms +2016-05-06 [7e3da1c47] Mitigate "snapshot too old" performance regression on NU --> <para> 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 --> <para> - 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 <link linkend="indexes-index-only-scans">index-only + scan</link> with a partial index when the index's predicate involves + column(s) not stored in the index (Tomas Vondra, Kyotaro Horiguchi) </para> <para> An index-only scan is now allowed if the query mentions such columns - only in <literal>WHERE</> clauses that match the index predicate (and - hence need not be rechecked at runtime). + only in <literal>WHERE</> clauses that match the index predicate. </para> </listitem> @@ -762,6 +763,8 @@ waiting for a heavyweight lock. Now waits for lightweight locks and buffer pins are also shown in <structname>pg_stat_activity</>. Also, the type of lock being waited for is now visible. + These changes replace the <structfield>waiting</> column + with <structfield>wait_event_type</> and <structfield>wait_event</>. </para> </listitem> @@ -782,8 +785,13 @@ --> <para> Add <link linkend="view-pg-config"><structname>pg_config</></link> - system view to expose the same information available from - the <application>pg_config</> utility (Joe Conway) + system view (Joe Conway) + </para> + + <para> + This view exposes the same information available from + the <application>pg_config</> utility, namely assorted compile-time + configuration information for <productname>PostgreSQL</>. </para> </listitem> @@ -1192,7 +1200,8 @@ XXX this is pending backpatch, may need to remove <para> 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 + <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-standby-names"> parameter. </para> </listitem> @@ -1545,6 +1554,8 @@ XXX this is pending backpatch, may need to remove <listitem> <!-- 2016-04-08 [293007898] Reserve the "pg_" namespace for roles +2016-05-06 [a89505fd2] Remove various special checks around default roles +2016-05-08 [7df974ee0] Disallow superuser names starting with 'pg_' in initdb --> <para> Treat role names beginning with <literal>pg_</> as reserved @@ -1844,6 +1855,7 @@ XXX this is pending backpatch, may need to remove <listitem> <!-- 2016-03-11 [6943a946c] Tsvector editing functions +2016-05-05 [0b9a23443] Rename tsvector delete() to ts_delete(), and filter() to --> <para> Add new functions for <type>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 --> <para> In <application>pg_dump</>, @@ -2305,6 +2319,7 @@ This commit is also listed under psql and PL/pgSQL <listitem> <!-- 2015-07-03 [8eb6407aa] Add psql \ev and \sv commands for editing and showing vi +2016-05-06 [9b66aa006] Fix psql's \ev and \sv commands so that they handle view --> <para> Add <literal>\ev</> and <literal>\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. --> <para> 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 --> <para> Improve TAP testing infrastructure - (Michael Paquier, Craig Ringer, Álvaro Herrera) + (Michael Paquier, Craig Ringer, Álvaro Herrera, Stephen Frost) </para> <para> |