Re: Release notes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers
From | Bruce Momjian |
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Subject | Re: Release notes |
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Msg-id | 200609210313.k8L3DoQ13125@momjian.us Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Release notes (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>) |
List | pgsql-hackers |
Simon Riggs wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 15:37 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I have completed my first pass over the release notes and Tom has made > > some additions: > > > > http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgrelease > > > > I will probably go over them again in a few hours, update them to > > current CVS, then move them into our SGML documentation by Monday. > > We talk about "standby point-in-time-recovery (PITR) servers" in the > release notes, but in the docs PITR has now been replaced by Continuous > Archiving and we talk about Warm Standby servers. > > Can we call them Warm Standby servers? That makes more sense for the > general reader and matches the docs. Agreed. Updated. > Also, not sure what the thoughts are regarding surnames. I'm referred to > as both Simon and Simon Riggs in the release notes. Should we have a > policy of first mention uses full name, subsequent mentions just use > first name if there is no confusion by doing so? OK, changed to "Simon", but am open to making more wholesale changes. -- Bruce Momjian bruce@momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + Index: doc/src/sgml/release.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.446 diff -c -c -r1.446 release.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/release.sgml 20 Sep 2006 22:48:47 -0000 1.446 --- doc/src/sgml/release.sgml 21 Sep 2006 03:09:54 -0000 *************** *** 37,52 **** <para> This release adds many improvements to commands and database ! facilities that were requested by users. Rather than adding a ! few new features, this release makes many features from previous ! releases easier to use. For example, it is now much easier to ! create standby point-in-time-recovery (PITR) servers. Many performance bottlenecks have been eliminated, allowing more ! functionality to be enabled by default. Various additions will ! make porting from other databases easier. The changes in this ! release continue the <productname>PostgreSQL</> tradition of ! being not only the most advanced open source database, but also ! the easiest to use. </para> </sect2> --- 37,52 ---- <para> This release adds many improvements to commands and database ! facilities that were requested by users. Rather than adding ! a few new features, this release makes many features from ! previous releases easier to use. For example, there are now ! additional controls for continuous archiving. Many performance bottlenecks have been eliminated, allowing more ! functionality to be enabled by default. Various additions ! will make porting from other databases easier. The changes ! in this release continue the <productname>PostgreSQL</> ! tradition of being not only the most advanced open source ! database, but also the easiest to use. </para> </sect2> *************** *** 489,509 **** <listitem> <para> ! Allow a forced switch to a new xlog file (Simon Riggs, Tom) </para> <para> ! This is valuable for keeping <acronym>PITR</> standby ! servers in sync with the master. xlog file switching also ! happens automatically during <function>pg_stop_backup()</>. ! This ensures that <acronym>PITR</> servers have all xlog files needed for recovery. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> ! Add <acronym>WAL</> informational functions (Simon Riggs) </para> <para> --- 489,509 ---- <listitem> <para> ! Allow a forced switch to a new xlog file (Simon, Tom) </para> <para> ! This is valuable for keeping continuous archiving servers ! in sync with the master. xlog file switching also happens ! automatically during <function>pg_stop_backup()</>. This ! ensures that continuous archiving servers have all xlog files needed for recovery. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> ! Add <acronym>WAL</> informational functions (Simon) </para> <para> *************** *** 517,543 **** <listitem> <para> Allow <acronym>WAL</> replay to be restored quicker in case ! of a crash (Simon Riggs) </para> <para> The server now does periodic checkpoints during <acronym>WAL</> recovery, so if there is a crash, future <acronym>WAL</> recovery is shortened. This also eliminates the need for ! <acronym>PITR</> standby servers to replay the entire log ! since the base backup if they crash. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Add <varname>archive_timeout</> to force xlog file switches ! at a given interval (Simon Riggs) </para> <para> ! This enforces a maximum delay for <acronym>PITR</> standby ! servers. </para> </listitem> --- 517,542 ---- <listitem> <para> Allow <acronym>WAL</> replay to be restored quicker in case ! of a crash (Simon) </para> <para> The server now does periodic checkpoints during <acronym>WAL</> recovery, so if there is a crash, future <acronym>WAL</> recovery is shortened. This also eliminates the need for ! continuous archive servers to replay the entire log since the ! base backup if they crash. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> Add <varname>archive_timeout</> to force xlog file switches ! at a given interval (Simon) </para> <para> ! This enforces a maximum delay for continuous archive servers. </para> </listitem>
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