Re: 7.4 Press Release -- Draft #3 - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy
From | Darcy Buskermolen |
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Subject | Re: 7.4 Press Release -- Draft #3 |
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Msg-id | 200307211503.27416.darcy@wavefire.com Whole thread Raw |
In response to | 7.4 Press Release -- Draft #3 (Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>) |
List | pgsql-advocacy |
On Monday 21 July 2003 14:48, Robert Treat wrote: > 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> > ************************************************ A complete list of changes in PostgreSQL version 7.4 ............................ ************************************************ > 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 -- Darcy Buskermolen Wavefire Technologies Corp. ph: 250.717.0200 fx: 250.763.1759 http://www.wavefire.com
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