Re: 7.4 Press Release - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

You are mentioning polymorphic functions
under "Other improvements Include".
I think you should also mention the enhanced
array processing. IMHO.  People who have given
up on the difficulty of array processing will
be jazzed.

elein

On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 11:45:26PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 July 2003 06:46 pm, Joe Conway wrote:
> > > 6) Where to put the complete changelog? On the developers site? We need
> > > a place going forward that makes sense for both major and minor
> > > releases...
> >
> > There should be a link to the changelog on the download page and the
> > News item announcing the release, at a minimum.
> >
>
> Oh, for sure we are going to put the links up, I'm trying to figure out where
> those links should point to..
>
> >
> >
> > I sent this to Bruce about a week ago:
> > Array and polymorphic functions: 7.4 Release Notes
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> <snip>
>
> uh, a little too technical for this release ;-)
>
>
> -- updated version --
>
> 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 to data warehousing functionality.
>     - Enhanced implementation of functional indexes
>     - Addition of polymorphic function arguments and return types
>     - SQL99 complient INFORMATION SCHEMA
>     - Significant enhancements to array data types
>     - Completly overhauled and simplified documentation
>
> 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:
>     ???
>
> 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
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>
> To find out more about PostgreSQL or to download it, please visit:
>     http://www.postgresql.org/
>
> --
> Questions/Comments:
>
> 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 untill the discussion finishes on -hackers.
>
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