Documentatoin update

HISTORY

+PostgreSQL 6.0 beta              Thu Dec 26 16:47:43 EST 1996
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+
+A dump/restore is required for those wishing to migrate data from
+previous releases of PostgreSQL.
+
+Major contributors:
+-------------------
+	Bruce is Bruce Momjian<maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
+	Bryan is Bryan Henderson<bryanh@giraffe.netgate.net>
+	Dan is Dan McGuirk <mcguirk@indirect.com>
+	Darren is Darren King <darrenk@insightdist.com>
+	Edmund is Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@bawue.de>
+	Erich Stamberger <eberger@gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at>
+	Kurt is "Kurt J. Lidl" <lidl@va.pubnix.com>
+ 	Martin is Martin S. Utesch <utesch@aut.tu-freiberg.de>
+	Vadim is "Vadim B. Mikheev" <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>
+	Vivek is Vivek Khera <khera@kci.kciLink.com>
+
+Changes in this release:
+------------------------
+Restructured object file generation/location(Bryan, Marc)
+Restructured port-specific file locations(Bryan, Marc)
+Makefile restructuring(Bryan, Marc)
+all functions now have prototypes that are compared against the calls
+unused/uninialized variables corrected
+gcc -Wall compiles cleanly with warnings only from unfixable constructs
+major include file reorganization/reduction(Marc)
+reduced the number of #define's, centeralized #define's
+removed many os-specific #define's
+fixed a few small memory leaks
+removed duplicate system oid's
+overhauled parser/analyze code to properly report errors and increase speed
+properly report errors when INSERT ... SELECT columns did not match
+properly report errors when insert column names were not correct
+minor improvements to rules system
+execute lowercase function names if not found with exact case
+change oid constants used in code to #define names
+Memory leaks (hunt and destroy with tools like Purify(Kurt)
+fix unitialized reads of memory(Kurt)
+fix array over-runs of memory writes(Kurt)
+Change default decimal constant representation from float4 to float8(Bruce)
+Allow libpq to distinguish between text value '' and null(Bruce)
+Starting quote in insert string errors(Bruce)
+ALTER TABLE bug - running postgress process needs to re-read table definition
+Allow non-postgres users with createdb privs to destroydb's
+Prevent SELECT NULL from crashing server (Bruce)
+Fix elusive btree range/non-range bug(Dan)
+Remove duplicate system catalog info or report mismatches(Dan)
+Remove duplicate OIDS in system tables(Dan)
+Prevent postmaster from being run as root
+Implement IN qualifier(Bruce)
+Implement BETWEEN qualifier(Bruce)
+add synonym of != for <>(Bruce)
+add UNIQUE index capability(Dan)
+Re-visit and fix vacuum(Vadim)
+speed up vacuum(Vadim)
+can't shrink tables, pg_time and pg_log(Vadim & Erich)
+allow actual compression, not just reuse on the same page(Vadim)
+allow vacuum to be run on one table or entire database(Bruce)
+Reverse meaning of HBA masks(Bryan)
+Add hostname/user level access control rather than just hostname and user
+Allow restriction on who can create C functions(Bryan)
+Allow installation-configuration option to auto-add all local users(Bryan)
+Allow restriction on who can do backend COPY(Bryan)
+allow COPY from the frontend(Bryan)
+Secure Authentication of local users(Bryan)
+Idend authentication of local users(Bryan)
+Change debug level 2 to print queries only, changed debug heading layout(Bruce)
+Reduce size of regression diffs, remove timezone name difference(Bruce)
+Remove compile-time parameters to enable binary distributions(Bryan)
+Merge bsdi_2_1 to bsdi(Bruce)
+pg_dump(Bruce)
+	allow dump of oid's
+	create indexes after tables are loaded for speed
+	pg_dump -d now handles NULL's properly
+psql(Bruce)
+	fixed problem with multiple statements on one line with multiple outputs
+	changed command prompt for lines in query or in quotes
+	allow backslashed, semicolons anywhere on the line
+	\h and \? is now readable
+	\g filename now works
+	updated help syntax
+	char(3) now displays as (bp)char in \d output
+	return code now more accurate(Bryan?)
+new config.h file(Marc, Bryan)
+fix permissions on lo_export()(Bruce)
+Make now stops on compile failure(Bryan)
+submiting an empty query now returns empty status, not just " " query(Bruce)
+several fixes for queries that crashed the backend
+portability additions, including Ultrix, DG/UX, AIX, and Solaris
+fix for pg_log size explosion
+decoupled sparc and solaris defines(Kurt)
+new options to initdb(Bryan)
+allow asserts to be disabled easly from Makefile.global(Bruce)
+allow "select oid,* from table"
+NOTIFY fixes
+PG_VERSION now set to 6.0 and used by postmaster
+libpq has PQgetisnull()(Bruce)
+pginterface additions for NULL values(Bruce)
+fixed ALTER TABLE ... char(3) bug(Bruce)
+fixed output of group acl permissions
+new asserts for run-checking
+name change from Postgres95 to PostgreSQL
+monitor program removed
+fix for hash indexes on some types like time and date
+gist now included in the distrubution(Marc)
+array fixes
+fixes for aggregate/GROUP processing, allow 'select sum(func(x),sum(x+y) from z'
+libpq++ improvements
+Allow BY,ORDER BY to specify columns by number, or by non-alias table.column(Bruce)
+Allow GROUP BY to use alias column name(Bruce)
+
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+
 Postgres95 1.02                 Thu Aug  1 18:00:00 EDT 1996
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