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Improve 9.5 release notes. 

1) Add sgml comments referencing commits. This is useful to search for
   missing items etc.

   The comments containing the commit notes are an excerpt from:
   git log --date=short \
       --pretty='format:%cd [%h] %<(8,trunc)%cN: %<(48,trunc)%s%n%n%w(,4,4)%b%n' \
       $(git merge-base origin/master upstream/REL9_4_STABLE)..origin/master
2) Improve a handful of existing notes
3) Add missing entries about a couple features.
4) Add a bunch of straight-forward FIXMEs
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-11 [c6b3c93] Tom Lane: Make operator precedence follow the SQL standar..
-->
<para>
Adjust <link linkend="sql-precedence">operator precedence</>
to match the <acronym>SQL</> standard (Tom Lane)
......@@ -78,6 +81,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-04 [1345cc6] Tom Lane: Use standard casting mechanism to convert type..
-->
<para>
Use assignment cast behavior for data type conversions
in <application>PL/pgSQL</> assignments, rather than converting to and
......@@ -97,6 +103,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-28 [11a020e] Andres..: Allow escaping of option values for options pas..
-->
<para>
Allow characters in <link linkend="libpq-connect-options">server
command-line options</> to be escaped with a backslash (Andres Freund)
......@@ -110,6 +119,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-08 [9a08841] Stephe..: Change default for include_realm to 1
-->
<para>
Change the default value of <link
linkend="gssapi-auth"><varname>include_realm</></> to 1, so that
......@@ -119,6 +131,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-01-22 [59367fd] Bruce ..: adjust ACL owners for REASSIGN and ALTER OWNER..
-->
<para>
Fix <link linkend="SQL-REASSIGN-OWNED"><command>REASSIGN OWNED</></>
and <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTYPE"><command>ALTER OWNER TO</></>
......@@ -128,6 +143,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-05 [525a489] Tom Lane: Remove the last vestige of server-side autocomm..
-->
<para>
Remove server configuration parameter <varname>autocommit</>, which
was already deprecated and non-operational (Tom Lane)
......@@ -135,6 +153,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-06 [bb8582a] Peter ..: Remove rolcatupdate
-->
<para>
Remove <link linkend="catalog-pg-authid"><structname>pg_authid</></>'s
<structfield>rolcatupdate</> field, as it had no value (Adam Brightwell)
......@@ -163,18 +184,26 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-07 [7516f52] Alvaro..: BRIN: Block Range Indexes
2015-05-05 [3b6db1f] Alvaro..: Add geometry/range functions to support BRIN in..
2015-05-15 [b0b7be6] Alvaro..: Add BRIN infrastructure for "inclusion" opclasses
-->
<para>
Add <link linkend="BRIN">Block Range Indexes</> (<acronym>BRIN</>)
(&Aacute;lvaro Herrera, Heikki Linnakangas, Emre Hasegeli)
</para>
<para>
<acronym>BRIN</> indexes are very compact and store the min/max
values for a range of heap blocks.
<acronym>BRIN</> indexes are very compact and cheap to to update by
storing min/max values for a range of heap blocks.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-15 [35fcb1b] Heikki..: Allow GiST distance function to return merely ..
-->
<para>
Allow queries to perform accurate distance filtering of
bounding-box-indexed objects (polygons, circles) using <link
......@@ -191,6 +220,12 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-26 [d04c8ed] Heikki..: Add support for index-only scans in GiST.
2015-03-27 [e09b483] Heikki..: Add index-only scan support to btree_gist.
2015-03-28 [3a20b0e] Heikki..: Add index-only scan support to inet GiST opclass.
2015-03-30 [0633a60] Heikki..: Add index-only scan support to range type GiST ..
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="GiST">GiST</> indexes to perform index-only
scans (Anastasia Lubennikova, Heikki Linnakangas, Andreas Karlsson)
......@@ -198,6 +233,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
Add GUC and storage parameter to set the maximum size of GIN pending list.
-->
<para>
Add configuration parameter <xref linkend="guc-gin-pending-list-limit">
to control the size of <acronym>GIN</> pending lists (Fujii Masao)
......@@ -211,6 +249,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-10 [84aa8ba] Bruce ..: Issue a warning during the creation of hash in..
-->
<para>
Issue a warning during the creation of <link
linkend="indexes-types">hash</> indexes because they are not
......@@ -228,6 +269,11 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-01-19 [4ea51cd] Robert..: Use abbreviated keys for faster sorting of text..
2014-09-19 [e246b3d] Robert..: Add a fast pre-check for equality of equal-leng..
2015-05-13 [78efd5c] Robert..: Extend abbreviated key infrastructure to datum ..
-->
<para>
Improve the speed of sorting character and numeric fields (Peter
Geoghegan, Andrew Gierth, Robert Haas)
......@@ -235,6 +281,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
FIXME: I'm unclear which commits this refers to?
-->
<para>
Extend the infrastructure that allows sorting to be performed by
inlined, non-<acronym>SQL</acronym>-callable comparison functions to
......@@ -244,12 +293,23 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-10 [45f6240] Heikki..: Pack tuples in a hash join batch densely, to sa..
2014-09-12 [8cce08f] Robert..: Change NTUP_PER_BUCKET to 1 to improve hash joi..
2014-10-13 [30d7ae3] Kevin ..: Increase number of hash join buckets for undere..
FIXME: bad description? Should talk about hash joins
-->
<para>
Improve in-memory hash performance (Tomas Vondra, Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-25 [5d7962c] Robert..: Change locking regimen around buffer replacement.
2014-12-25 [d72731a] Andres..: Lockless StrategyGetBuffer clock sweep hot path.
FIXME: Add Andres
-->
<para>
Improve concurrency of shared buffer replacement
(Robert Haas, Amit Kapila)
......@@ -257,13 +317,52 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-25 [2ed5b87f] Kevin ..: Reduce pinning and buffer content locking for b..
-->
<para>
Improve concurrent locking and buffer scan performance (Andres
Freund, Kevin Grittner)
Reduce the number of page locks and pins during index scans (Kevin Grittner)
</para>
<para>
The primary benefit of this is to allow index vacuums to be blocked
less often.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-30 [4b4b680] Andres..: Make backend local tracking of buffer pins memo..
2015-01-19 [2d115e4] Andres..: Fix various shortcomings of the new PrivateRefC..
-->
<para>
Make backend local tracking of buffer pins memory efficient (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
Previously each session allocated an array with space for every buffer
in <link linkend="guc-shared-buffers"><varname>shared_buffers</></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-25 [ab5194e] Andres..: Improve LWLock scalability.
-->
<para>
Improve lock scalability (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
This particularly addresses scalability problems when running on
systems with multiple <acronym>CPU</> sockets.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-15 [f15821e] Tom Lane: Allow join removal in some cases involving a le..
-->
<para>
Allow the optimizer to remove unnecessary references to left
outer join subqueries (David Rowley)
......@@ -271,6 +370,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-27 [d222585] Tom Lane: Allow pushdown of WHERE quals into subqueries w..
-->
<para>
Allow pushdown of query restrictions into <link
linkend="functions-window">window functions</>, where appropriate
......@@ -279,12 +381,37 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-04 [5028f22] Heikki..: Switch to CRC-32C in WAL and other places.
2015-02-10 [025c024] Heikki..: Speed up CRC calculation using slicing-by-8 alg..
2015-04-14 [3dc2d62] Heikki..: Use Intel SSE 4.2 CRC instructions where availa..
-->
<para>
Speed up <acronym>CRC</> (cyclic redundancy check) computations
(Abhijit Menon-Sen, Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-01-16 [f5ae3ba] Andres..: Make tbm_add_tuples more efficient by caching t..
2015-01-16 [779fdcd] Tom Lane: Improve new caching logic in tbm_add_tuples().
-->
<para>
Improve bitmap index scan performance (Teodor Sigaev, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<!--
2014-07-01 [9f03ca9] Robert..: Avoid copying index tuples when building an ind..
-->
Speed up CREATE INDEX by avoiding unneccessary memory copies (Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect4>
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-03 [4ff695b1] Alvaro..: Add log_min_autovacuum_duration per-table option
-->
<para>
Add per-table autovacuum logging control via
<varname>log_min_autovacuum_duration</> (Michael Paquier)
......@@ -306,6 +436,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-29 [51adcaa] Andres..: Add cluster_name GUC which is included in proce..
-->
<para>
Add new configuration parameter <xref linkend="guc-cluster-name">
(Thomas Munro)
......@@ -321,6 +454,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-13 [fe550b2] Tom Lane: Invent PGC_SU_BACKEND and mark log_connections..
-->
<para>
Prevent non-superusers from changing <xref
linkend="guc-log-disconnections"> on connection startup (Fujii Masao)
......@@ -337,6 +473,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-12 [acd08d7] Heikki..: Support Subject Alternative Names in SSL server..
-->
<para>
Check <link linkend="libpq-ssl"><quote>Subject Alternative
Names</></> in <acronym>SSL</> server certificates, if present
......@@ -350,6 +489,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-12 [9029f4b] Magnus..: Add system view pg_stat_ssl
-->
<para>
Add system view <link
linkend="pg-stat-ssl-view"><structname>pg_stat_ssl</></> to report
......@@ -358,6 +500,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-02-03 [91fa7b4] Heikki..: Add API functions to libpq to interrogate SSL ..
-->
<para>
Add <application>libpq</> function <link
linkend="libpq-pqsslAttribute"><function>PQsslAttribute()</></>
......@@ -375,6 +520,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-09 [8a0d34e4] Peter ..: libpq: Don't overwrite existing OpenSSL thread..
-->
<para>
Make <application>libpq</> honor any <productname>OpenSSL</>
thread callbacks (Jan Urbanski)
......@@ -395,6 +543,12 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-02-23 [88e9823] Heikki..: Replace checkpoint_segments with min_wal_size a..
2015-03-15 [a0f5954] Andres..: Increase max_wal_size's default from 128MB to 1..
2015-06-29 [d661532] Heikki..: Also trigger restartpoints based on max_wal_siz..
FIXME: Add docs about restartpoint behaviour change
-->
<para>
Replace configuration parameter <varname>checkpoint_segments</>
with <xref linkend="guc-min-wal-size">
......@@ -402,12 +556,17 @@
</para>
<para>
This allows the allocation of a large number of <acronym>WAL</>
files without keeping them if they are not needed.
This allows the allocation of a large number of <acronym>WAL</> files
without keeping them if they are not needed. Thus the default
for <xref linkend="guc-max-wal-size"> has been increased
to <literal>1GB</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-11 [57aa5b2] Fujii ..: Add GUC to enable compression of full page imag..
-->
<para>
Add configuration parameter <xref linkend="guc-wal-compression"> to
control compression of full page images stored in <acronym>WAL</>
......@@ -416,6 +575,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-03 [73c986a] Alvaro..: Keep track of transaction commit timestamps
-->
<para>
Allow recording of transaction
commit timestamps when configuration parameter <xref
......@@ -431,6 +593,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-22 [584e35d] Peter ..: Change local_preload_libraries to PGC_USERSET
-->
<para>
Allow <xref linkend="guc-local-preload-libraries"> to be set
by <command>ALTER ROLE SET</> (Peter Eisentraut, Kyotaro Horiguchi)
......@@ -438,6 +603,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-03 [a75fb9b] Alvaro..: Have autovacuum workers listen to SIGHUP, too
-->
<para>
Allow running <link linkend="autovacuum">autovacuum workers</>
to respond to configuration parameter changes (Michael Paquier)
......@@ -445,6 +613,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-20 [3bdcf6a] Andres..: Don't allow to disable backend assertions via t..
-->
<para>
Make configuration parameter <xref linkend="guc-debug-assertions">
read-only (Andres Freund)
......@@ -459,6 +630,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-10-18 [7feaccc] Peter ..: Allow setting effective_io_concurrency even on..
-->
<para>
Allow setting <xref linkend="guc-effective-io-concurrency"> on
systems where it has no effect (Peter Eisentraut)
......@@ -466,6 +640,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-18 [df8b7bc] Tom Lane: Improve our mechanism for controlling the Linux..
-->
<para>
Add environment variables <link
linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_FILE</></>
......@@ -481,6 +658,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-08 [a97e0c3] Stephe..: Add pg_file_settings view and function
2015-06-28 [62d16c7] Tom Lane: Improve design and implementation of pg_file_se..
-->
<para>
Add system view <link
linkend="view-pg-file-settings"><structname>pg_file_settings</></>
......@@ -490,6 +671,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-14 [a486e35] Peter ..: Add pg_settings.pending_restart column
-->
<para>
Add <structname>pending_restart</> to the system view <link
linkend="view-pg-settings"><structname>pg_settings</></> to
......@@ -498,6 +682,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-02 [bd3b7a9] Fujii ..: Support ALTER SYSTEM RESET command.
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="SQL-ALTERSYSTEM"><command>ALTER SYSTEM</></>
values to be reset with <command>ALTER SYSTEM RESET</> (Vik
......@@ -521,6 +708,11 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-25 [aedccb1] Simon ..: action_at_recovery_target recovery config option
2014-12-07 [b8e33a8] Simon ..: Tweaks for recovery_target_action
2015-03-15 [51c11a7] Andres..: Remove pause_at_recovery_target recovery.conf s..
-->
<para>
Add <link linkend="recovery-config"><filename>recovery.conf</></>
parameter <link
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</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-15 [ffd3774] Heikki..: Add archive_mode='always' option.
-->
<para>
Add new <xref linkend="guc-archive-mode"> value
<literal>always</> to allow standbys to always archive received
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</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-02-23 [5d2b45e] Fujii ..: Add GUC to control the time to wait before retr..
-->
<para>
Add configuration
parameter <xref linkend="guc-wal-retrieve-retry-interval"> to
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</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-08 [de76884] Heikki..: At promotion, archive last segment from old tim..
-->
<para>
Archive <acronym>WAL</> files with suffix <literal>.partial</>
during standby promotion (Heikki Linnakangas)
......@@ -562,6 +763,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-13 [4ad2a54] Fujii ..: Add GUC to enable logging of replication comman..
-->
<para>
Add configuration parameter <xref
linkend="guc-log-replication-commands">
......@@ -577,6 +781,11 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-29 [5aa2350] Andres..: Introduce replication progress tracking infrast..
2015-03-15 [4f1b890] Andres..: Merge the various forms of transaction commit &..
FIXME: Correct description
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="pg-replication-origin-create">labeling</>
of the origin of logical replication changes (Andres Freund)
......@@ -588,6 +797,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-21 [d811c03] Andres..: Add 'active_in' column to pg_replication_slots.
2015-04-21 [d811c03] Andres..: Add 'active_in' column to pg_replication_slots.
-->
<para>
Report the processes holding replication slots in <link
linkend="catalog-pg-replication-slots"><structname>pg_replication_slots</></>
......@@ -600,6 +813,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-25 [b3fc672] Heikki..: Allow using connection URI in primary_conninfo.
-->
<para>
Allow <filename>recovery.conf</>'s <link
linkend="primary-conninfo"><varname>primary_conninfo</></> to
......@@ -618,6 +834,10 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-08 [168d580] Andres..: Add support for INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO NOTHI..
2015-05-08 [2c8f483] Andres..: Represent columns requiring insert and update p..
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="sql-on-conflict"><command>INSERTS</></>
that would generate constraint conflicts to be turned into
......@@ -633,6 +853,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-16 [f3d3118] Andres..: Support GROUPING SETS, CUBE and ROLLUP.
-->
<para>
Add <literal>GROUP BY</> analysis functions <link
linkend="queries-grouping-sets"><literal>GROUPING SETS</></>,
......@@ -643,10 +866,13 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-18 [8f889b1] Tom Lane: Implement UPDATE tab SET (col1,col2,...) = (SEL..
-->
<para>
Allow multi-column <link
linkend="SQL-UPDATE"><command>UPDATE</></>s with a single subselect
(Tom Lane)
Allow to set multiple columns in
an <link linkend="SQL-UPDATE"><command>UPDATE</></> to the result of a
single subselect (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
......@@ -656,6 +882,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-10-07 [df630b0] Alvaro..: Implement SKIP LOCKED for row-level locks
-->
<para>
Add new <link linkend="SQL-SELECT"><command>SELECT</></> option
<literal>SKIP LOCKED</> to skip locked rows (Thomas Munro)
......@@ -668,6 +897,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-15 [f6d208d] Simon ..: TABLESAMPLE, SQL Standard and extensible
-->
<para>
Add <link linkend="SQL-SELECT"><command>SELECT</></> option
<literal>TABLESAMPLE</> to return a subset of a table (Petr
......@@ -676,6 +908,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-11 [e529cd4] Robert..: Suggest to the user the column they may have m..
-->
<para>
Suggest possible matches for mistyped column names (Peter
Geoghegan, Robert Haas)
......@@ -692,6 +927,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-01-16 [20af53d] Tom Lane: Show sort ordering options in EXPLAIN output.
-->
<para>
Add more details about sort ordering in <link
linkend="SQL-EXPLAIN"><command>EXPLAIN</></> output (Marius Timmer,
......@@ -705,6 +943,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-18 [35192f0] Alvaro..: Have VACUUM log number of skipped pages due to ..
-->
<para>
Have <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></> log the
number of pages skipped due to pins (Jim Nasby)
......@@ -712,6 +953,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-02-20 [d42358e] Alvaro..: Have TRUNCATE update pgstat tuple counters
-->
<para>
Have <link linkend="SQL-TRUNCATE"><command>TRUNCATE</></> properly
update the <literal>pg_stat</>* tuple counters (Alexander Shulgin)
......@@ -726,6 +970,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-09 [fe263d1] Simon ..: REINDEX SCHEMA
-->
<para>
Allow <command>REINDEX</> to reindex an entire schema using the
<literal>SCHEMA</> option (Sawada Masahiko)
......@@ -733,6 +980,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-15 [ecd222e] Fujii ..: Support VERBOSE option in REINDEX command.
-->
<para>
Add <literal>VERBOSE</> option to <command>REINDEX</> (Sawada
Masahiko)
......@@ -740,6 +990,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-09 [ae4e688] Simon ..: Silence REINDEX
-->
<para>
Prevent <command>REINDEX DATABASE</> and <command>SCHEMA</>
from outputting object names, unless <literal>VERBOSE</> is used
......@@ -748,6 +1001,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-09 [17d436d] Fujii ..: Remove obsolete FORCE option from REINDEX.
-->
<para>
Remove obsolete <literal>FORCE</> option from <command>REINDEX</>
(Fujii Masao)
......@@ -765,6 +1021,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-19 [491c029] Stephe..: Row-Level Security Policies (RLS)
-->
<para>
Add row-level security control (Craig Ringer, KaiGai Kohei,
Adam Brightwell, Dean Rasheed, Stephen Frost)
......@@ -781,14 +1040,23 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-22 [f41872d] Alvaro..: Implement ALTER TABLE .. SET LOGGED / UNLOGGED
-->
<para>
Allow control of table <acronym>WAL</> logging after table creation
with <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE .. SET
LOGGED / UNLOGGED</></> (Fabr&iacute;zio de Royes Mello)
Allow to convert a <acronym>WAL</acronym> logged table to an UNLOGGED
one, and the other way round with
<link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE .. SET LOGGED /
UNLOGGED</></> (Fabr&iacute;zio de Royes Mello)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-26 [0076f26] Heikki..: Implement IF NOT EXISTS for CREATE SEQUENCE.
2014-11-06 [08309aa] Fujii ..: Implement IF NOT EXIST for CREATE INDEX.
2014-12-13 [e39b6f9] Andrew..: Add CINE option for CREATE TABLE AS and CREATE ..
-->
<para>
Add <literal>IF NOT EXISTS</> clause to <link
linkend="SQL-CREATETABLEAS"><command>CREATE TABLE AS</></>,
......@@ -800,6 +1068,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-24 [1d8198b] Bruce ..: Add support for ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS ... RENAM..
-->
<para>
Add support for <literal>IF EXISTS</> to <link
linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE ... RENAME
......@@ -808,6 +1079,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-09 [31eae60] Alvaro..: Allow CURRENT/SESSION_USER to be used in certai..
-->
<para>
Allow <literal>CURRENT</><literal>/SESSION_USER</> to specify the
current user in some commands (Kyotaro Horiguchi, &Aacute;lvaro
......@@ -825,6 +1099,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-06-21 [ad89a5d] Alvaro..: Add transforms to pg_get_object_address and fr..
-->
<para>
Allow comments on <link linkend="SQL-CREATEDOMAIN">domain
constraints</> (&Aacute;lvaro Herrera)
......@@ -832,6 +1109,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-05 [0ef0396] Simon ..: Reduce lock levels of some trigger DDL and add ..
-->
<para>
Reduce lock levels of some create and alter trigger and foreign
key commands (Simon Riggs, Andreas Karlsson)
......@@ -839,6 +1119,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-11 [fa26424] Stephe..: Allow LOCK TABLE .. ROW EXCLUSIVE MODE with IN..
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="SQL-LOCK"><command>LOCK TABLE .. ROW EXCLUSIVE
MODE</></> for those with <command>INSERT</> privileges (Stephen
......@@ -852,6 +1135,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-23 [e5f455f] Tom Lane: Apply table and domain CHECK constraints in nam.
-->
<para>
Apply table and domain <literal>CHECK</> constraints in name order
(Tom Lane)
......@@ -863,6 +1149,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-01 [15c82ef] Tom Lane: Refactor CREATE/ALTER DATABASE syntax so option..
2014-07-01 [fbb1d7d] Tom Lane: Allow CREATE/ALTER DATABASE to manipulate datis..
-->
<para>
Allow <link
linkend="SQL-CREATEDATABASE"><command>CREATE</></>/<link
......@@ -887,6 +1177,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-10 [59efda3] Tom Lane: Implement IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA.
-->
<para>
Add support for <link
linkend="SQL-IMPORTFOREIGNSCHEMA"><command>IMPORT FOREIGN
......@@ -900,6 +1193,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-22 [cb1ca4d] Tom Lane: Allow foreign tables to participate in inherita..
-->
<para>
Allow foreign tables to participate in inheritance (Shigeru Hanada,
Etsuro Fujita)
......@@ -912,6 +1208,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-17 [fc2ac1f] Tom Lane: Allow CHECK constraints to be placed on foreign..
-->
<para>
Allow <literal>CHECK</> constraints to be placed on foreign tables
(Shigeru Hanada, Etsuro Fujita)
......@@ -927,6 +1226,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-01 [e7cb7ee] Robert..: Allow FDWs and custom scan providers to replace..
2015-05-10 [1a8a4e5] Tom Lane: Code review for foreign/custom join pushdown pa..
-->
<para>
Allow foreign data wrappers and custom scans to implement join
pushdown (KaiGai Kohei)
......@@ -943,6 +1246,10 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-11 [b488c58] Alvaro..: Allow on-the-fly capture of DDL event details
FIXME: Better description?
-->
<para>
Add a set-returning function <link
linkend="pg-event-trigger-ddl-command-end-functions"><function>pg_event_trigger_ddl_commands()</></>, which returns <acronym>DDL</> activity
......@@ -951,6 +1258,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-08 [618c943] Simon ..: Event Trigger for table_rewrite
-->
<para>
Allow event triggers on table rewrites caused by <link
linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TABLE</></> (Dimitri
......@@ -959,6 +1269,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-02-23 [296f3a6] Alvaro..: Support more commands in event triggers
-->
<para>
Add event trigger support for database-level <link
linkend="SQL-COMMENT"><command>COMMENT</></>, <link
......@@ -969,6 +1282,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-30 [72dd233] Alvaro..: pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects: Add name/args..
2015-04-06 [e9a077c] Alvaro..: pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects: add is_temp c..
-->
<para>
Add columns to the output of <link
linkend="pg-event-trigger-sql-drop-functions"><function>pg_event_trigger_dropped_objects</></>
......@@ -992,6 +1309,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-09 [57b1085] Peter ..: Allow empty content in xml type
-->
<para>
Allow the <link linkend="datatype-xml"><type>XML</></> data type
to accept empty or all-whitespace values (Peter Eisentraut)
......@@ -1004,6 +1324,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-01-06 [79af9a1] Peter ..: Fix namespace handling in xpath function
-->
<para>
Fix <type>XML</> <link
linkend="functions-xml-processing"><function>xpath()</></> handling
......@@ -1018,6 +1341,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-10-21 [6f04368] Peter ..: Allow input format xxxx-xxxx-xxxx for macaddr ..
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="datatype-macaddr"><type>MACADDR</></> input
using the format <literal>xxxx-xxxx-xxxx</> (Herwin Weststrate)
......@@ -1025,6 +1351,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-10-18 [417f924] Bruce ..: interval: tighten precision specification
FIXME: Add more specifics?
-->
<para>
Tighten syntax of <link
linkend="datatype-interval-input"><type>INTERVAL</></> precision
......@@ -1038,6 +1368,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-01 [89840d7] Tom Lane: Provide real selectivity estimators for inet/ci..
-->
<para>
Add selectivity estimators for <link
linkend="datatype-inet"><type>INET</></>/<link
......@@ -1054,6 +1387,10 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-12 [c694701] Andrew..: Additional functions and operators for jsonb
2015-05-31 [37def42] Andrew..: Rename jsonb_replace to jsonb_set and allow it ..
-->
<para>
Add <type>JSONB</> functions <link
linkend="functions-json-processing-table"><function>jsonb_set()</></>
......@@ -1064,6 +1401,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-12 [7e354ab] Andrew..: Add several generator functions for jsonb that ..
-->
<para>
Add several generator functions for <type>JSONB</> that already
existed for <type>JSON</> (Andrew Dunstan)
......@@ -1086,6 +1426,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-03 [b67f1ce] Tom Lane: Reduce json <=> jsonb casts from explicit-only..
-->
<para>
Reduce casting requirements to/from <link
linkend="datatype-json"><type>JSON</></> and <link
......@@ -1094,6 +1437,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-06-11 [908e234] Andrew..: Rename jsonb - text[] operator to #- to avoid a..
-->
<para>
Allow <type>TEXT</>, <type>TEXT</> array, and <type>INTEGER</>
values to be <link linkend="functions-jsonb-op-table">subtracted</>
......@@ -1102,6 +1448,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-12 [c694701] Andrew..: Additional functions and operators for jsonb
-->
<para>
Add <type>JSONB</> <link
linkend="functions-jsonb-op-table">operator</> <literal>||</>
......@@ -1110,6 +1459,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-12 [237a882] Andrew..: Add json_strip_nulls and jsonb_strip_nulls fun..
-->
<para>
Add <link
linkend="functions-json-processing-table"><function>json_strip_nulls()</></>
......@@ -1132,6 +1484,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-11 [1871c89] Fujii ..: Add generate_series(numeric, numeric).
-->
<para>
Add <link linkend="functions-srf"><function>generate_series()</></>
for <type>NUMERIC</> values (Plato Malugin)
......@@ -1139,6 +1494,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-25 [bac2739] Tom Lane: Support arrays as input to array_agg() and ARRA..
-->
<para>
Allow <link
linkend="functions-aggregate-table"><function>array_agg()</></> and
......@@ -1147,6 +1505,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-18 [13dbc7a] Alvaro..: array_offset() and array_offsets()
2015-03-30 [97690ea] Alvaro..: Change array_offset to return subscripts, not o..
-->
<para>
Add functions <link
linkend="array-functions-table"><function>array_position()</></>
......@@ -1157,6 +1519,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-15 [4520ba6] Heikki..: Add point <-> polygon distance operator.
-->
<para>
Add <link
linkend="gist-builtin-opclasses-table"><type>point</>-to-<type>polygon</></>
......@@ -1165,6 +1530,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-27 [8167a38] Jeff D..: Allow multibyte characters as escape in SIMILA..
-->
<para>
Allow multi-byte characters as escape in <link
linkend="functions-similarto-regexp"><literal>SIMILAR TO</></>
......@@ -1178,6 +1546,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-09 [e80252d] Tom Lane: Add width_bucket(anyelement, anyarray).
-->
<para>
Add a <link
linkend="functions-math-func-table"><function>width_bucket()</></>
......@@ -1187,6 +1558,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-10 [865f14a] Robert..: Allow named parameters to be specified using =>..
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="sql-syntax-calling-funcs"><literal>=&gt;</></>
to specify named parameters in function calls (Pavel Stehule)
......@@ -1201,6 +1575,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-25 [06bf0dd] Tom Lane: Upgrade src/port/rint.c to be POSIX-compliant.
-->
<para>
Add <acronym>POSIX</>-compliant rounding for platforms that use
Postgres-supplied rounding functions (Pedro Gimeno Fortea)
......@@ -1215,6 +1592,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-23 [d7ee82e] Alvaro..: Add SQL-callable pg_get_object_address
-->
<para>
Add function <link
linkend="functions-info-object-table"><function>pg_get_object_address()</></>
......@@ -1224,6 +1604,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-30 [a676201] Alvaro..: Add pg_identify_object_as_address
-->
<para>
Add function <link
linkend="functions-info-object-table"><function>pg_identify_object_as_address()</></>
......@@ -1233,6 +1616,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-19 [bf03889] Stephe..: GetUserId() changes to has_privs_of_role()
-->
<para>
Loosen security checks for viewing queries in <link
linkend="pg-stat-activity-view"><structname>pg_stat_activity</></>,
......@@ -1250,6 +1636,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-02-19 [2fb7a75] Tom Lane: Add pg_stat_get_snapshot_timestamp() to show s..
-->
<para>
Add <link
linkend="monitoring-stats-funcs-table"><function>pg_stat_get_snapshot_timestamp()</></>
......@@ -1263,6 +1652,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-10 [36ad1a8] Bruce ..: Implement mxid_age() to compute multi-xid age
-->
<para>
Add <link
linkend="vacuum-for-multixact-wraparound"><function>mxid_age()</></>
......@@ -1271,21 +1663,16 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-09 [0c90f67] Andrew..: Add new OID alias type regrole
2015-05-09 [cb9fa80] Andrew..: Add new OID alias type regnamespace
-->
<para>
Add data type <link
linkend="datatype-oid-table"><type>regrole</></> that returns
Add data types <link
linkend="datatype-oid-table"><type>regrole</> <type>regnamespace</></> that returns
the <type>OID</> of a role (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add data type <link
linkend="datatype-oid-table"><type>regnamespace</></> that returns
the <type>OID</> of a schema (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect4>
......@@ -1296,6 +1683,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-28 [6c40f83] Tom Lane: Add min and max aggregates for inet/cidr data t..
-->
<para>
Add <function>MIN()</>/<function>MAX()</> aggregates
for <link linkend="datatype-inet"><type>INET</></>/<link
......@@ -1305,6 +1695,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-20 [8122e14] Andres..: Add, optional, support for 128bit integers.
2015-03-20 [959277a] Andres..: Use 128-bit math to accelerate some aggregation..
-->
<para>
Use 128-bit integers, where supported, as aggregate accumulators
(Andreas Karlsson)
......@@ -1323,6 +1717,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-03 [8b6010b] Tom Lane: Improve support for composite types in PL/Python.
-->
<para>
Improve support for composite types in <link
linkend="plpython"><application>PL/Python</></> (Ed Behn, Ronan
......@@ -1336,6 +1733,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-11 [1ce7a57] Peter ..: PL/Python: Avoid lossiness in float conversion
-->
<para>
Reduce lossiness of <link
linkend="plpython"><application>PL/Python</></> floating value
......@@ -1344,6 +1744,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-26 [cac7658] Peter ..: Add transforms feature
-->
<para>
Allow specification of conversion routines between <acronym>SQL</>
data types and data types of procedural languages (Peter Eisentraut)
......@@ -1369,6 +1772,12 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-14 [1dc5ebc] Tom Lane: Support "expanded" objects, particularly arrays..
2015-02-16 [e983c4d] Tom Lane: Rationalize the APIs of array element/slice acc..
2015-02-18 [56a79a8] Tom Lane: Split array_push into separate array_append and..
2015-02-16 [9e3ad1a] Tom Lane: Use fast path in plpgsql's RETURN/RETURN NEXT i..
-->
<para>
Improve <link linkend="plpgsql"><application>PL/pgSQL</></> array
performance (Tom Lane)
......@@ -1376,6 +1785,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-25 [a4847fc] Tom Lane: Add an ASSERT statement in plpgsql.
-->
<para>
Add <link linkend="plpgsql-statements-assert"><command>ASSERT</></>
statement in <application>PL/pgSQL</> (Pavel Stehule)
......@@ -1383,6 +1795,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-25 [bb1b8f6] Tom Lane: De-reserve most statement-introducing keywords ..
-->
<para>
Allow more <link linkend="plpgsql"><application>PL/pgSQL</></>
keywords to be used as identifiers (Tom Lane)
......@@ -1401,6 +1816,12 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-11 [83aca89] Peter ..: Move pg_archivecleanup from contrib/ to src/bin/
2015-04-19 [00882d9] Peter ..: Move pg_test_fsync from contrib/ to src/bin/
2015-04-20 [528c2e4] Peter ..: Move pg_test_timing from contrib/ to src/bin/
2015-04-21 [b0a738f] Peter ..: Move pg_xlogdump from contrib/ to src/bin/
-->
<para>
Move <link
linkend="pgarchivecleanup"><application>pg_archivecleanup</></>,
......@@ -1412,6 +1833,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-23 [61081e7] Heikki..: Add pg_rewind, for re-synchronizing a master se..
-->
<para>
Add <link linkend="app-pgrewind"><application>pg_rewind</></>,
which allows re-synchronizing a master server after failback
......@@ -1420,6 +1844,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-10-06 [d9f38c7] Andres..: Add support for managing physical replication s..
-->
<para>
Allow <link
linkend="app-pgreceivexlog"><application>pg_receivexlog</></>
......@@ -1433,6 +1860,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-18 [c4f99d2] Fujii ..: Add &#8211;&#8211;synchronous option to pg_receivexlog, for..
-->
<para>
Allow the <link
linkend="app-pgreceivexlog"><application>pg_receivexlog</></>
......@@ -1446,6 +1876,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-01-23 [a179232] Alvaro..: vacuumdb: enable parallel mode
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="APP-VACUUMDB"><command>vacuumdb</></> to
vacuum in parallel using <option>--jobs</> (Dilip Kumar)
......@@ -1453,6 +1886,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-15 [458a077] Fujii ..: Support &#8211;&#8211;verbose option in reindexdb.
-->
<para>
Add <option>--verbose</> option to <link
linkend="APP-REINDEXDB"><application>reindexdb</></> (Sawada
......@@ -1461,6 +1897,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-12 [72d422a] Andrew..: Map basebackup tablespaces using a tablespace_..
-->
<para>
Make <link linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</></>
use a tablespace mapping file when using <application>tar</> format,
......@@ -1470,6 +1909,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-19 [728f152] Andres..: Add rmgr callback to name xlog record types for..
2014-09-19 [bdd5726] Andres..: Add the capability to display summary statistic..
-->
<para>
Add <link linkend="pgxlogdump"><application>pg_xlogdump</></> option
<option>--stats</> to display summary statistics (Abhijit Menon-Sen)
......@@ -1484,12 +1927,18 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-31 [9d9991c] Bruce ..: psql: add asciidoc output format
-->
<para>
Allow <application>psql</> to produce AsciiDoc output (Szymon Guz)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-10 [5b214c5] Fujii ..: Add new ECHO mode 'errors' that displays only ..
-->
<para>
Add <literal>errors</> mode to <application>psql</>'s
<varname>ECHO</> variable to display only failed commands
......@@ -1503,6 +1952,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-12 [a2dabf0] Stephe..: Add unicode_{column|header|border}_style to psql
-->
<para>
Allow column, header, and border control to <application>psql</>'s
Unicode style (Pavel Stehule)
......@@ -1515,6 +1967,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-02 [51bb795] Andres..: Add psql PROMPT variable showing which line of ..
-->
<para>
Add <application>psql</> <link
linkend="APP-PSQL-variables"><envar>PROMPT</></> variables option
......@@ -1524,6 +1979,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-28 [7655f4c] Andrew..: Add a pager_min_lines setting to psql
-->
<para>
Add <application>psql</> setting <link
linkend="APP-PSQL-meta-commands"><varname>pager_min_lines</></>
......@@ -1532,6 +1990,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-21 [4077fb4] Andrew..: Fix an error in psql that overcounted output l..
-->
<para>
Improve <application>psql</> line counting used when deciding
to invoke the pager (Andrew Dunstan)
......@@ -1539,6 +2000,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-12 [bd40951] Andres..: Minimal psql tab completion support for SET se..
-->
<para>
Add <application>psql</> tab completion when setting the
<xref linkend="guc-search-path"> variable (Jeff Janes)
......@@ -1550,6 +2014,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-23 [631e7f6] Heikki..: Improve tab-completion of DROP and ALTER ENABLE..
-->
<para>
Improve <application>psql</>'s tab completion for triggers and rules
(Andreas Karlsson)
......@@ -1564,6 +2031,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-10 [07c8651] Andres..: Add new psql help topics, accessible to both..
-->
<para>
Add <application>psql</> <command>\?</> help sections
<literal>variables</> and <literal>options</> (Pavel Stehule)
......@@ -1578,6 +2048,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-14 [ee80f04] Alvaro..: psql: Show tablespace size in \db+
-->
<para>
Show tablespace size in <application>psql</>'s <literal>\db+</>
(Fabr&iacute;zio de Royes Mello)
......@@ -1585,6 +2058,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-09 [a6f3c1f] Magnus..: Show owner of types in psql \dT+
-->
<para>
Show data type owners in <application>psql</>'s <literal>\dT+</>
(Magnus Hagander)
......@@ -1592,6 +2068,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-04 [f6f654f] Fujii ..: Allow \watch to display query execution time if..
-->
<para>
Allow <application>psql</>'s <command>\watch</> to output
<command>\timing</> information (Fujii Masao)
......@@ -1604,6 +2083,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-22 [eca2b9b] Andrew..: Rework echo_hidden for \sf and \ef from commit ..
-->
<para>
Allow <application>psql</>'s <literal>\sf</> and <literal>\ef</>
to honor <envar>ECHO_HIDDEN</> (Andrew Dunstan)
......@@ -1611,6 +2093,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-12 [e15c4ab] Fujii ..: Add tab-completion for \unset and valid setting..
-->
<para>
Improve <application>psql</> tab completion for <command>\set</>,
<command>\unset</>, and <literal>:variable</> names (Pavel
......@@ -1619,6 +2104,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-10 [095d401] Robert..: Tab complete second argument to \c with role n..
-->
<para>
Allow tab completion of role names
in <application>psql</> <literal>\c</> commands (Ian Barwick)
......@@ -1637,6 +2125,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-17 [be1cc8f] Simon ..: Add pg_dump &#8211;&#8211;snapshot option
-->
<para>
Allow <application>pg_dump</> to share a snapshot taken by another
session using <option>--snapshot</> (Simon Riggs, Michael Paquier)
......@@ -1652,6 +2143,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-07 [7700597] Tom Lane: In pg_dump, show server and pg_dump versions w..
-->
<para>
Always have <application>pg_dump</> print server and
<application>pg_dump</> versions (Jing Wang)
......@@ -1673,6 +2167,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-31 [0badb06] Bruce ..: pg_ctl: change default shutdown mode from 'sma..
-->
<para>
Change <application>pg_ctl</>'s default shutdown mode from
<literal>smart</> to <literal>fast</> (Bruce Momjian)
......@@ -1680,6 +2177,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-25 [ebe30ad] Bruce ..: pg_ctl, pg_upgrade: allow multiple -o/-O opti..
-->
<para>
Allow multiple <application>pg_ctl</> <option>-o</> options to
be appended (Bruce Momjian)
......@@ -1687,6 +2187,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-17 [c0e4520] Magnus..: Add option to pg_ctl to choose event source for..
-->
<para>
Allow control of <application>pg_ctl</>'s event source logging
on <systemitem class="osname">MS Windows</> (MauMau)
......@@ -1708,6 +2211,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-14 [9fa8b0e] Peter ..: Move pg_upgrade from contrib/ to src/bin/
-->
<para>
Move <application>pg_upgrade</> from <filename>contrib</> to
<filename>src/bin</> (Peter Eisentraut)
......@@ -1721,6 +2227,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-25 [ebe30ad] Bruce ..: pg_ctl, pg_upgrade: allow multiple -o/-O optio..
-->
<para>
Allow multiple <application>pg_upgrade</>
<option>-o</>/<option>-O</> options to be appended (Bruce Momjian)
......@@ -1728,6 +2237,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-10-10 [33755e8] Heikki..: Change the way encoding and locale checks are d..
-->
<para>
Improve database collation comparisons in
<application>pg_upgrade</> (Heikki Linnakangas)
......@@ -1735,6 +2247,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-18 [417f78a] Bruce ..: pg_upgrade: document use of rsync for slave up..
-->
<para>
Document the use of <application>rsync</> for standby server
upgrades using <application>pg_upgrade</> (Stephen Frost,
......@@ -1743,6 +2258,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-25 [2209b39] Bruce ..: pg_upgrade: remove support for 8.3 old clusters
-->
<para>
Remove support for upgrading from 8.3 clusters (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
......@@ -1758,6 +2276,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-13 [81134af] Peter ..: Move pgbench from contrib/ to src/bin/
-->
<para>
Move pgbench from <filename>contrib</> to <filename>src/bin</>
(Peter Eisentraut)
......@@ -1765,6 +2286,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-10-13 [98aed6c] Heikki..: Add &#8211;&#8211;latency-limit option to pgbench.
-->
<para>
Allow counting of pgbench transactions that take over a specified
amount of time (Fabien Coelho)
......@@ -1776,6 +2300,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-30 [ed802e7] Robert..: pgbench: Allow \setrandom to generate Gaussian..
-->
<para>
Allow pgbench to generate Gaussian/exponential distributions
using <command>\setrandom</> (Kondo Mitsumasa, Fabien Coelho)
......@@ -1783,6 +2310,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-02 [878fdcb] Robert..: pgbench: Add a real expression syntax to \set
FIXME: Improve description, link
-->
<para>
Allow <application>pgbench</>'s <command>\set</> command to handle
multi-operator expressions (Robert Haas, Fabien Coelho)
......@@ -1801,6 +2332,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-20 [2c03216] Heikki..: Revamp the WAL record format.
-->
<para>
Simplify <link linkend="wal"><acronym>WAL</></> record format
(Heikki Linnakangas)
......@@ -1813,24 +2347,21 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-25 [b64d92f] Andres..: Add a basic atomic ops API abstracting away pla..
-->
<para>
Add basic atomics <acronym>API</> support (Andres Freund, Oskari
Saarenmaa)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add native compiler and memory barriers for <productname>Solaris
Studio</> (Oskari Saarenmaa)
</para>
<para>
IS THIS PART OF ATOMICS?
Add atomic memory operations <acronym>API</> (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-07 [0b03e59] Robert..: Introduce custom path and scan providers.
2014-11-20 [a34fa8e] Tom Lane: Initial code review for CustomScan patch.
2014-11-21 [c2ea228] Tom Lane: Simplify API for initially hooking custom-path ..
2014-11-21 [4477704] Tom Lane: Rearrange CustomScan API.
-->
<para>
Allow custom path and scan methods (KaiGai Kohei, Tom Lane)
</para>
......@@ -1842,6 +2373,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-12 [afb9249] Tom Lane: Add support for doing late row locking in FDWs.
-->
<para>
Allow foreign data wrappers to do post-filter locking (Etsuro
Fujita)
......@@ -1849,6 +2383,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-18 [4a14f13] Tom Lane: Improve hash_create's API for selecting simple-..
-->
<para>
Improve <function>hash_create()</>'s API for selecting
simple-binary-key hash functions (Teodor Sigaev, Tom Lane)
......@@ -1856,6 +2393,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-30 [924bcf4] Robert..: Create an infrastructure for parallel computati..
2014-10-31 [2bd9e41] Robert..: Support frontend-backend protocol communication..
-->
<para>
Improve parallel execution infrastructure (Robert Haas, Amit
Kapila, Noah Misch, Rushabh Lathia, Jeevan Chalke)
......@@ -1863,6 +2404,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-28 [a6d488c] Andres..: Remove Alpha and Tru64 support.
-->
<para>
Remove <productname>Alpha</> (<acronym>CPU</>) and <systemitem
class="osname">Tru64</> (OS) ports (Andres Freund)
......@@ -1870,6 +2414,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-06 [4893ccd] Robert..: Remove swpb-based spinlock implementation for A..
-->
<para>
Remove swap-byte-based spinlock implementation for
<acronym>ARM</>v5 and earlier <acronym>CPU</>s (Robert Haas)
......@@ -1883,6 +2430,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-02-24 [23a7835] Peter ..: Error when creating names too long for tar for..
-->
<para>
Generate an error when excessively long (100+ character) file
paths are written to tar files (Peter Eisentraut)
......@@ -1894,6 +2444,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-19 [0b28ea7] Tom Lane: Avoid collation dependence in indexes of syste..
-->
<para>
Change index opclass for columns <link
linkend="catalog-pg-seclabel"><structname>pg_seclabel</></>.<structname>provider</>
......@@ -1908,6 +2461,16 @@
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-09 [0709b7e] Robert..: Change the spinlock primitives to function as c..
-->
<para>
Change the spinlock primitives to function as compiler barriers
(Robert Haas)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
......@@ -1916,6 +2479,10 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-08 [519b075] Simon ..: Use GetSystemTimeAsFileTime directly in win32
2014-12-08 [8001fe6] Simon ..: Windows: use GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime if ..
-->
<para>
Allow higher-precision timestamp resolution on <systemitem
class="osname">Windows 8</> or <systemitem class="osname">Windows
......@@ -1924,6 +2491,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-18 [f9dead5] Alvaro..: Install shared libraries to bin/ in Windows un..
-->
<para>
Install shared libraries to <filename>bin</> in <systemitem
class="osname">MS Windows</> (Peter Eisentraut, Michael Paquier)
......@@ -1931,6 +2501,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-16 [22d0053] Alvaro..: MSVC: install src/test/modules together with c..
-->
<para>
Install <filename>src/test/modules</> together with
<filename>contrib</> on <productname>MSVC</> builds (Michael
......@@ -1939,6 +2512,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-12 [8d9a0e8] Magnus..: Support &#8211;&#8211;with-extra-version equivalent functi..
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="install-procedure">configure's
<option>--with-extra-version</></> to be honored by the
......@@ -1947,6 +2523,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-14 [91f03ba] Noah M..: MSVC: Recognize PGFILEDESC in contrib and conv..
-->
<para>
Pass <envar>PGFILEDESC</> into <productname>MSVC</> contrib builds
(Michael Paquier)
......@@ -1954,6 +2533,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-07-14 [c4a448e] Noah M..: MSVC: Apply icons to all binaries having them ..
-->
<para>
Add icons to all <productname>MSVC</>-built binaries and version
information to all <systemitem class="osname">MS Windows</>
......@@ -1966,6 +2548,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-09-10 [311da16] Andres..: Add support for optional_argument to our own ge..
-->
<para>
Add optional-argument support to the internal
<function>getopt_long()</> implementation (Michael Paquier,
......@@ -1989,6 +2574,9 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-03-27 [717f709] Andrew..: Add stats for min, max, mean, stddev times to p..
-->
<para>
Add statistics for minimum, maximum,
mean, and standard deviation times to <link
......@@ -1998,6 +2586,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-10-01 [32984d8] Heikki..: Add functions for dealing with PGP armor heade..
-->
<para>
Add <link linkend="pgcrypto"><application>pgcrypto</></> function
<function>pgp_armor_headers()</> to extract <productname>PGP</>
......@@ -2006,6 +2597,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-30 [97c40ce] Tom Lane: Allow empty replacement strings in contrib/unac..
-->
<para>
Allow empty replacement strings in <link
linkend="unaccent"><application>unaccent</></> (Mohammad Alhashash)
......@@ -2018,6 +2612,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-30 [1b24887] Tom Lane: Allow multi-character source strings in contrib..
-->
<para>
Allow multi-character source strings in <link
linkend="unaccent"><application>unaccent</></> (Tom Lane)
......@@ -2031,6 +2628,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-15 [9689290] Simon ..: TABLESAMPLE system_rows(limit)
2015-05-15 [149f6f1] Simon ..: TABLESAMPLE system_time(limit)
-->
<para>
Add <filename>contrib</> modules <link
linkend="tsm-system-rows"><application>tsm_system_rows</></> and
......@@ -2040,6 +2641,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-21 [3a82bc6] Heikki..: Add pageinspect functions for inspecting GIN in..
-->
<para>
Add <link linkend="GIN"><acronym>GIN</></>
index inspection functions to <link
......@@ -2049,6 +2653,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-08-22 [f577919] Andres..: Add pinning_backends column to the pg_buffercac..
-->
<para>
Add information about buffer pins to <link
linkend="pgbuffercache"><application>pg_buffercache</></> display
......@@ -2057,6 +2664,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-13 [5850b20] Andres..: Add pgstattuple_approx() to the pgstattuple ext..
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="pgstattuple"><application>pgstattuple</></>
to report approximate answers with less overhead using
......@@ -2065,6 +2675,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-11-29 [22dfd11] Alvaro..: Move test modules from contrib to src/test/modu..
2014-12-01 [df761e3] Alvaro..: Move security_label test
-->
<para>
Move <application>dummy_seclabel</>, <application>test_shm_mq</>,
<application>test_parser</>, and <application>worker_spi</>
......
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