7.4 Press Release -- Draft #3 - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy
From | Robert Treat |
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Subject | 7.4 Press Release -- Draft #3 |
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The PostgreSQL Global Development Group is pleased to announce the availability of version 7.4 of the PostgreSQL relational database management system (RDBMS). This significant release represents the work of our world wide network of over 100 developers and contributors over the last 9 months, building on the unparalleled success of our 7.3 release in November 2002. Significant advances in the new version include: - A complete redesign of error logging and reporting, providing developers with an SQL99 compliant mechanism for debugging and troubleshooting, while at the same time providing users real time suggestions on how to avoid error conditions in their applications. - A redesign of subquery handling with the IN() clause resulting in considerable speed improvements. - The implementation of SQL99 compliant Information Schema, providing developers with database, type, object, and configuration information in a standards compliant way. - Statement level triggers, enabling developers and users to define and customized behavior of the database when data is stored and manipulated. - Read only transactions, which bring a greater level of security to web and enterprise applications by protecting data from modification. Other improvements include: - Performance improvements for data warehousing - Enhanced implementation of functional indexes - Addition of polymorphic function arguments and return types - Significant enhancements to array data types - Completely overhauled and simplified documentation - An auto-vacuum feature to help simplify database maintenance As well as many other features and improvements. A Timely Release In making the release, the PostgreSQL Global Development Group had to balance the large number of features planned for release with a consistent release cycle, which provides loyal users with enhancements as quickly as possible. <Insert quote from core developer reinforcing this> <Insert quote from user(s) about business critical nature of features released in this version> Source for this release is available at: http://www.postgresql.org/mirrors-ftp.html More information on PostgreSQL is available in ten languages on the PostgreSQL Advocacy website: http://advocacy.postgresql.org/ A complete list of changes in PostgreSQL version 7.3 can be found in the HISTORY file included with the release, or available on the web at: <insert url for changelog> About PostgreSQL: With more than 16 years of development by hundreds of the world's most generous and brilliant minds from the open source community, PostgreSQL is the world's most advanced open source database. With its long time support of an enterprise level feature set including transactions, stored procedures, triggers, and subqueries, PostgreSQL is being used by many of today's most demanding businesses and government agencies. Corporations such as BASF, Red Hat, Afilias Limited (supporting the technical back end of the .org and .info domains), Cisco, Chrysler, and 3Com rely on PostgreSQL's rock solid performance record and open development process. PostgreSQL is available under a BSD License for both commercial and non-commercial use. To find out more about PostgreSQL or to download it, please visit: http://www.postgresql.org/ --- outstanding issues -- 1. Should we drop the "A timely release" paragraph? 2. Need end - user quotes 3. Need a URL for the changelog 4. Still looking for new companies 5. no mention of replication until the discussion finishes on -hackers. Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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