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Do a final round of copy-editing on the 9.5 release notes.

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<note>
<title>Release Date</title>
<simpara>2016-??-??</simpara>
<simpara>Current as of 2015-12-15</simpara>
<simpara>2016-01-07</simpara>
</note>
<sect2>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add row-level security control
Add <link linkend="ddl-rowsecurity">row-level security control</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <link linkend="pg-replication-origin-create">labeling</> of
the origin of logical replication changes, and provide mechanisms
for tracking the progress of replication
Create mechanisms for tracking
the <link linkend="replication-origins">progress of replication</>,
including methods for identifying the origin of individual changes
during logical replication
</para>
</listitem>
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2015-03-31 [0badb06] Bruce ..: pg_ctl: change default shutdown mode from 'sma..
-->
<para>
Change <application>pg_ctl</>'s default shutdown mode from
Change <xref linkend="app-pg-ctl">'s default shutdown mode from
<literal>smart</> to <literal>fast</> (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
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<listitem>
<!--
2015-01-22 [59367fd] Bruce ..: adjust ACL owners for REASSIGN and ALTER OWNER..
-->
<para>
Fix <link linkend="SQL-REASSIGN-OWNED"><command>REASSIGN OWNED</></>
and <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTYPE"><command>ALTER OWNER TO</></>
to properly update permissions lists (ACLs) when changing ownership of
types, foreign data wrappers, and foreign servers (Bruce Momjian)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-02-23 [88e9823] Heikki..: Replace checkpoint_segments with min_wal_size a..
2015-03-15 [a0f5954] Andres..: Increase max_wal_size's default from 128MB to 1..
2015-06-29 [d661532] Heikki..: Also trigger restartpoints based on max_wal_siz..
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</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-18 [df8b7bc] Tom Lane: Improve our mechanism for controlling the Linux..
-->
<para>
Control the Linux <acronym>OOM</> killer via new environment
variables <link
linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_FILE</></>
and <link
linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_VALUE</></>,
instead of compile-time options <literal>LINUX_OOM_SCORE_ADJ</> and
<literal>LINUX_OOM_ADJ</>
(Gurjeet Singh)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-10-20 [b06f1f2] Robert..: Put back ssl_renegotiation_limit parameter, bu..
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-->
<para>
Allow pushdown of query restrictions into subqueries with <link
linkend="functions-window">window functions</>, where appropriate
linkend="tutorial-window">window functions</>, where appropriate
(David Rowley)
</para>
</listitem>
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2015-04-27 [dcbf594] Stephe..: Improve qual pushdown for RLS and SB views
-->
<para>
Allow non-leakproof functions to be passed into security barrier
views if the function does not reference any table columns
(Dean Rasheed)
Allow a non-leakproof function to be pushed down into a security
barrier view if the function does not receive any view output
columns (Dean Rasheed)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-18 [df8b7bc] Tom Lane: Improve our mechanism for controlling the Linux..
-->
<para>
Control the Linux <acronym>OOM</> killer via new environment
variables <link
linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_FILE</></>
and <link
linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_VALUE</></>
(Gurjeet Singh)
</para>
<para>
The previous <acronym>OOM</> control infrastructure involved
compile-time options <literal>LINUX_OOM_SCORE_ADJ</> and
<literal>LINUX_OOM_ADJ</>, which are no longer supported.
The new behavior is available in all builds.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2014-12-03 [73c986a] Alvaro..: Keep track of transaction commit timestamps
-->
<para>
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<listitem>
<!--
2014-06-18 [df8b7bc] Tom Lane: Improve our mechanism for controlling the Linux..
-->
<para>
Add environment variables <link
linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_FILE</></>
and <link
linkend="linux-memory-overcommit"><envar>PG_OOM_ADJUST_VALUE</></>
to help control the Linux <acronym>OOM</> killer (Gurjeet Singh)
</para>
<para>
The previous <acronym>OOM</> control infrastructure involved a
compile-time option.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-05-08 [a97e0c3] Stephe..: Add pg_file_settings view and function
2015-06-28 [62d16c7] Tom Lane: Improve design and implementation of pg_file_se..
-->
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<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-29 [5aa2350] Andres..: Introduce replication progress tracking infrast..
-->
<para>
Create mechanisms for tracking
the <link linkend="replication-origins">progress of replication</>,
including methods for identifying the origin of individual changes
during logical replication (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
This is helpful when implementing replication solutions.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-09-26 [bd7c348] Andres..: Rework the way multixact truncations work.
2015-09-26 [6e8af37] Andres..: Remove legacy multixact truncation support.
-->
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<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-29 [5aa2350] Andres..: Introduce replication progress tracking infrast..
-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="pg-replication-origin-create">labeling</> of
the origin of logical replication changes, and provide mechanisms
for tracking the progress of replication (Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
This is helpful when implementing replication solutions.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2015-04-21 [d811c03] Andres..: Add 'active_in' column to pg_replication_slots.
-->
<para>
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<literal>TABLESAMPLE</> to return a subset of a table (Petr
Jel&iacute;nek)
</para>
<para>
This feature supports the SQL-standard table sampling methods.
In addition, there are provisions
for <link linkend="tablesample-method">user-defined
table sampling methods</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
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2014-12-18 [35192f0] Alvaro..: Have VACUUM log number of skipped pages due to ..
-->
<para>
Have <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></> log the
Make <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM</></> log the
number of pages skipped due to pins (Jim Nasby)
</para>
</listitem>
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2015-02-20 [d42358e] Alvaro..: Have TRUNCATE update pgstat tuple counters
-->
<para>
Have <link linkend="SQL-TRUNCATE"><command>TRUNCATE</></> properly
Make <link linkend="SQL-TRUNCATE"><command>TRUNCATE</></> properly
update the <literal>pg_stat</>* tuple counters (Alexander Shulgin)
</para>
</listitem>
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2014-09-19 [491c029] Stephe..: Row-Level Security Policies (RLS)
-->
<para>
Add row-level security control (Craig Ringer, KaiGai Kohei,
Adam Brightwell, Dean Rasheed, Stephen Frost)
Add <link linkend="ddl-rowsecurity">row-level security control</>
(Craig Ringer, KaiGai Kohei, Adam Brightwell, Dean Rasheed,
Stephen Frost)
</para>
<para>
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2015-03-09 [31eae60] Alvaro..: Allow CURRENT/SESSION_USER to be used in certai..
-->
<para>
Allow <literal>CURRENT</><literal>/SESSION_USER</> to specify the
current user in some commands (Kyotaro Horiguchi, &Aacute;lvaro
Herrera)
Allow some DDL commands to accept <literal>CURRENT_USER</>
or <literal>SESSION_USER</>, meaning the current user or session
user, in place of a specific user name (Kyotaro Horiguchi,
&Aacute;lvaro Herrera)
</para>
<para>
This includes <link linkend="SQL-ALTERUSER"><command>ALTER
USER</></>, <link linkend="SQL-ALTERGROUP"><command>ALTER
GROUP</></>, <link linkend="SQL-ALTERROLE"><command>ALTER
ROLE</></>, <link linkend="SQL-GRANT"><command>GRANT</></>,
and various <command>ALTER <replaceable>object</> OWNER TO</> commands.
This feature is now supported in
<xref linkend="SQL-ALTERUSER">, <xref linkend="SQL-ALTERGROUP">,
<xref linkend="SQL-ALTERROLE">, <xref linkend="SQL-GRANT">,
and <command>ALTER <replaceable>object</> OWNER TO</> commands.
</para>
</listitem>
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-->
<para>
Allow <link linkend="SQL-LOCK"><command>LOCK TABLE ... ROW EXCLUSIVE
MODE</></> for those with <command>INSERT</> privileges (Stephen
Frost)
MODE</></> for those with <command>INSERT</> privileges on the
target table (Stephen Frost)
</para>
<para>
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2015-03-23 [e5f455f] Tom Lane: Apply table and domain CHECK constraints in nam.
-->
<para>
Apply table and domain <literal>CHECK</> constraints in name order
Apply table and domain <literal>CHECK</> constraints in order by name
(Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
The previous order was indeterminate.
The previous ordering was indeterminate.
</para>
</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
<title><xref linkend="SQL-CREATEFOREIGNDATAWRAPPER"></title>
<title><link linkend="ddl-foreign-data">Foreign Tables</link></title>
<itemizedlist>
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2014-07-10 [59efda3] Tom Lane: Implement IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA.
-->
<para>
Add support for <link
linkend="SQL-IMPORTFOREIGNSCHEMA"><command>IMPORT FOREIGN
SCHEMA</></> (Ronan Dunklau, Michael Paquier, Tom Lane)
Add support for <xref linkend="SQL-IMPORTFOREIGNSCHEMA">
(Ronan Dunklau, Michael Paquier, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
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</sect4>
<sect4>
<title><xref linkend="SQL-CREATEEVENTTRIGGER"></title>
<title><link linkend="event-triggers">Event Triggers</link></title>
<itemizedlist>
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Add data
types <link linkend="datatype-oid-table"><type>regrole</></link>
and <link linkend="datatype-oid-table"><type>regnamespace</></link>
that simplify entering and pretty-printing the <type>OID</> of a role
to simplify entering and pretty-printing the <type>OID</> of a role
or namespace (Kyotaro Horiguchi)
</para>
</listitem>
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2014-12-15 [4520ba6] Heikki..: Add point <-> polygon distance operator.
-->
<para>
Add a <link
linkend="gist-builtin-opclasses-table"><type>point</>-to-<type>polygon</></>
distance operator (&lt;-&gt;) (Alexander Korotkov)
Add a <type>point</>-to-<type>polygon</> distance operator
<link linkend="functions-geometry-op-table">&lt;-&gt;</>
(Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
</listitem>
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2015-03-28 [7655f4c] Andrew..: Add a pager_min_lines setting to psql
-->
<para>
Add <application>psql</> setting <link
Add <literal>\pset</> option <link
linkend="APP-PSQL-meta-commands"><varname>pager_min_lines</></>
to control pager invocation (Andrew Dunstan)
</para>