Re: Time to start the PR machine - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

You should set it up as a wiki where everyone can tweak it :D

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Well, folks,  it's that time of year again!  That time when we spend a few
> weeks arguing over phrasing in the PostgreSQL Release.
>
> So, here's starting it off (get your word-axes ready):
> (oh, and this is the same exact layout as previous releases.  innovative
> ideas for re-arranging the text are very welcome)
>
> =================
> ## November 2005:  The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announced today
> the release of PostgreSQL 8.1.   The new version, containing many advanced
> database features as well as performance enhancements, makes PostgreSQL
> the reference platform for high-volume, high-peformance open source data
> centers.
>
> "This is our second major release in 2005," said _____, PostgreSQL major
> contributor, "It's very exciting.  Thanks to all of the new programmers
> and companies contributing to the project, as well as automated testing,
> development is faster than every before."
>
> Among the many enhancements to PostgreSQL 8.1 are:
>
> Improved Multiprocessor (SMP) Performance:  the buffer manager for 8.1 has
> been enhanced to scale almost linearly with the number of processors,
> leading to significant performance gains on 8-way, 16-way and multicore
> servers.
>
> Two-Phase Commit (2PC): long in demand for WAN applications and
> heterogenous data centers using PostgreSQL, this feature allows
> ACID-compliant transactions across widely separated servers.
>
> Bitmapscan:  Some indexes will be automatically converted to bitmaps in
> memory, giving up to 20x faster index performance on complex queries
> against very large tables.  Bitmapscan also greatly reduces the need for
> multi-column indexes.
>
> Roles:  PostgreSQL now supports database roles, which simplify the
> management of large user bases with complex overlapping database rights.
>
> Shared Row Locking:  we have continued to improve on the "better than
> row-level locking" which Multi-version Concurrency Control (MVCC) provides
> by supporting shared locks for relational references.
>
> Table Partitioning: in version 8.1, the query planner's ability to select
> the correct table partitions for each query (called Constraint Exclusion)
> is expanded, making PostgreSQL's table partitioning useful to a broader
> range of applications.
>
> "Blah new features blah blah," remarked some high-profile postgresql
> contributor. "Blah coolest yet blah blah blah."
>
> There are numerous other enhancements, which are detailed on our 8.1
> release page <link here>.
>
> Thanks to automated testing by a variety of sources, the PostgreSQL
> community has been able to have a shorter-than-ever beta period while
> increasing the reliability of the code.   This included Andrew Dunstan's
> pgbuildfarm, OSDL's Scalable Test Platform, SpikeSource's SpikeWatch, and
> Coverity Prevent.   As any developer knows, bugs caught early take far
> less time to resolve, and these tools have made that adage a reality for
> PostgreSQL.
>
> <contact info>
>
> <about postgresql>
>
>