The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces today that the
second alpha release of PostgreSQL 9.5 is available for download.
This release contains previews of all of the features which will be
available in the final release of version 9.5, although some details
will change before then. Please download, test, and report what you
find.
Changes Since Alpha1
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Many bugs and issues reported by our users and contributors have been
fixed since the release of Alpha1. These include:
* Make pg_rewind work with symlinks
* Fix several issue with locking
* Numerous changes and improvements to Row Level Security
* Make pg_dump back up RLS policies
* Correct some oversights in BRIN indexes
* Fix behavior of JSON negative array subscripts
* Correct strxfrm() behavior on buggy platforms
* Multiple documentation changes and additions
If you reported an issue while testing PostgreSQL 9.5, please download
Alpha2 and test whether that issue has been fixed. If you have not
yet tested version 9.5, now is the time for you to help out PostgreSQL
development.
Alpha and Beta Schedule
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This is the alpha release of version 9.5, indicating that some changes
to features are still possible before release. The PostgreSQL Project
will release 9.5 another alpha or beta in September, and then
periodically release alphas or betas as required for testing until the
final release in late 2015. For more information, and suggestions on
how to test the alpha and betas, see the Beta Testing page.
Full documentation and release notes of the new version is available
online and also installs with PostgreSQL. Also see the What's New
page for details on some features.
Links
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* Downloads Page:
http://www.postgresql.org/download/
* Alpha Testing Information:
http://www.postgresql.org/developer/alpha
* 9.5 Alpha Release Notes:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/release-9-5.html
* What's New in 9.5:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/What%27s_new_in_PostgreSQL_9.5
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Dave Page
PostgreSQL Core Team
http://www.postgresql.org/
