Commit ab1ef8e4 authored by Robert Haas's avatar Robert Haas

Update release notes for latest commits.

In addition, correct the entry for pg_object_description, and some other
minor cleanup.
parent 7208fae1
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</para> </para>
<para> <para>
Version 9.1 contains a number of changes that ... Version 9.1 contains a number of changes that may affect compatibility
Observe the following incompatibilities: with previous releases. Observe the following incompatibilities:
</para> </para>
<sect3> <sect3>
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</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Increase the maximum values for <xref linkend="guc-deadlock-timeout">,
<xref linkend="guc-max-standby-archive-delay">,
<xref linkend="guc-max-standby-streaming-delay">,
<xref linkend="guc-log-min-duration-statement">, and
<xref linkend="guc-log-autovacuum-min-duration">.
</para>
<para>
The maximum value for each of these parameters was previously
only about 35 minutes. Much larger values are now allowed.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
</sect4> </sect4>
...@@ -694,6 +709,19 @@ ...@@ -694,6 +709,19 @@
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<link linkend="auth-ident"><literal>ident</literal></link>
authentication over local sockets is now known as
<link linkend="auth-peer"><literal>peer</literal></link>
(Magnus Hagander)
</para>
<para>
The old term is still accepted for backward compatibility.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
<sect4> <sect4>
...@@ -1038,6 +1066,20 @@ ...@@ -1038,6 +1066,20 @@
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix possible "tuple concurrently updated" error when two server
backends attempted to add an inheritance parent to the same
table at the same time (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
<xref linkend="sql-altertable"> now takes a stronger lock on the
parent table, so that both children do not try to update it
simultaneously.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
</sect4> </sect4>
...@@ -1459,7 +1501,9 @@ ...@@ -1459,7 +1501,9 @@
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
This function is used to obtain comments on objects. This function is used to obtain a human-readable string describing an
object, based on the <link linkend="catalog-pg-class"><structname>pg_class</structname></link> OID, object OID, and sub-object OID. It can be used to
help interpret the contents of <link linkend="catalog-pg-depend"><structname>pg_depend</structname></link>.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
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<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Additional tab completion of <application>psql</> variables (Pavel Additional tab completion support (Itagaki Takahiro, Pavel Stehule,
Stehule) Andrey Popp, Christoph Berg, David Fetter, Josh Kupershmidt)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
More <application>psql</> tab completion support (Itagaki
Takahiro)
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
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