Mention change of width of values generated by SERIAL sequences

This changed during pg10 development, but had not been documented.

Co-authored-by: Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20180828163408.vl44nwetdybwffyk@alvherre.pgsql
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more compatible with existing code.
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Also, sequences created for <literal>SERIAL</literal> columns now generate
positive 32-bit wide values, whereas previous versions generated 64-bit
wide values. This has no visible effect if the values are only stored in
a column.
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The output of <application>psql</application>'s <command>\d</command> command for a
sequence has been redesigned, too.