Re: Its Beta Time Again ... 8.1 Beta 1 Now Available - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hi Marc,
Could you post the location of the beta documentation?  I seem to have
lost the link :-(
Is there info on the new role system and in/out params in the beta docs?


Thanks,

Tony

> PostgreSQL 8.1 will bring in alot of fairly large features, including:
>
>      - Improve concurrent access to the shared buffer cache
>      - Add in-memory bitmaps which allows multiple indexes to be
> merged in
>        a single query
>      - Add two-phase commit
>      - Create a new role system that replaces users and groups
>      - Move /contrib/pgautovacuum into the main server
>      - Add shared row level locks using SELECT ... FOR SHARE
>      - many many others listed in the HISTORY file