Re: [HACKERS] open 6.4 items - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] open 6.4 items
Date
Msg-id 199809101425.KAA00887@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] open 6.4 items  ("Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>)
List pgsql-hackers
> Yeah. Let's turn this list into the v6.4 FixIt list; you've done one for
> every release I can remember and it has been very helpful.

The new one.

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cidr/IP address type(Tom Helbekkmo)
rewrite system(Jan)
foreign key?(Vadim)

change pg args for platforms that don't support argv changes
    (setproctitle()?, sendmail hack?)
pg_user dumps core on some platforms
have psql dump out rules text with new function
man pages/sgml synchronization
generate html/postscript documentation
generate postmaster pid file and remove flock/fcntl lock code

cnf-ify still can exhaust memory, make SET KSQO more generic
permissions on indexes:  what do they do?  should it be prevented?
remove PARSEDEBUG defines if not longer needed
low level locking - work-in-progress for 6.5
improve reporting of syntax errors by showing location of error in query
use index with constants on functions
allow chaining of pages to allow >8k tuples
allow multiple generic operators in expressions without the use of parentheses
document/trigger/rule so changes to pg_shadow create pg_pwd
large objects orphanage
improve group handling
no min/max for oid type


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