A bit of copy-editing on back-branch release notes.

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@ -177,18 +177,6 @@ links to the main documentation.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Disallow aggregate functions in <command>UPDATE</> commands
(unless within a subquery) (Tom)
</para>
<para>
The standard disallows this, and it leads to unpredictable
results.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Change the <link linkend="sql-syntax-row-constructors">row
@ -2372,7 +2360,7 @@ links to the main documentation.
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2006-10-??</simpara>
<simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
</note>
<para>
@ -2394,37 +2382,46 @@ links to the main documentation.
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix for <systemitem class="osname">OS/X</>
<application>Bonjour</> on x86 systems (Ashley Clark)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <acronym>MSVC</>/<productname>Borland C++</>
compiles (Hiroshi Saito)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Minor fixes related to ecpg, /contrib/dblink,
/contrib/ltree, /contrib/tsearch2, and <application>psql</></para> </listitem>
<listitem><para>Add ability to log protocol-level prepared
statements (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Disallow non-subselect aggregates in <command>UPDATE</>
statements (Tom)</para>
<para>The behavior of such an aggregate was unpredictable,
so it has been disabled. The SQL standard does not support
it either.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Disallow aggregate functions in <command>UPDATE</>
commands, except within sub-SELECTs (Tom)</para>
<para>The behavior of such an aggregate was unpredictable, and in 8.1.X
could cause a crash, so it has been disabled. The SQL standard does not allow
this either.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix core dump when an untyped literal is taken as
ANYARRAY</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix core dump in duration logging for extended query protocol
when a <command>COMMIT</> or <command>ROLLBACK</> is
executed</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <command>ALTER TABLE ... TYPE</> to recheck
<literal>NOT NULL</> for <literal>USING</> clause (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix rare termination of the statistics collector
process on Win32 (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improvements to hash and bitmap joins (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <function>string_to_array()</> to handle overlapping
matches for the separator string</para>
<para>For example, <literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <function>to_timestamp()</> for
<literal>AM</>/<literal>PM</> formats (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix autovacuum's calculation that decides whether
<command>ANALYZE</> is needed (Alvaro)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix corner cases in pattern matching for
<application>psql</>'s <literal>\d</> commands</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix index-corrupting bugs in /contrib/ltree
(Teodor)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Numerous robustness fixes in <application>ecpg</> (Joachim
Wieland)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix backslash escaping in /contrib/dbmirror</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Minor fixes in /contrib/dblink and /contrib/tsearch2</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>Efficiency improvements in hash tables and bitmap index scans
(Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix instability of statistics collection on Win32 (Tom, Andrew)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <varname>statement_timeout</> to use the proper
units of microseconds on Win32 (Bruce)</para>
<para>In previous Win32 8.1.X versions, 100-microseconds units were
incorrectly used internally.</para></listitem>
units on Win32 (Bruce)</para>
<para>In previous Win32 8.1.X versions, the delay was off by a factor of
100.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fixes for <acronym>MSVC</> and <productname>Borland C++</>
compilers (Hiroshi Saito)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fixes for <systemitem class="osname">AIX</> and
<productname>Intel</> compilers (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <function>to_timestamp()</> for
<literal>PM</>/<literal>AM</> (Bruce)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <function>string_to_array()</> to handle overlapping
matches for the separator string</para> <para>For example,
<literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
@ -5020,7 +5017,7 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2006-10-??</simpara>
<simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
</note>
<para>
@ -5042,23 +5039,26 @@ psql -t -f fixseq.sql db1 | psql -e db1
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix crash when referencing <literal>NEW</> row
values in rules (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Add ability to log protocol-level prepared
statements (Tom)</para></listitem>
values in rule WHERE expressions (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix core dump when an untyped literal is taken as
ANYARRAY</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <command>ALTER TABLE ... TYPE</> to recheck
<literal>NOT NULL</> for <literal>USING</> clause (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix rare termination of the statistics collector
process on Win32 (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <function>string_to_array()</> to handle overlapping
matches for the separator string</para>
<para>For example, <literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix corner cases in pattern matching for
<application>psql</>'s <literal>\d</> commands</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix index-corrupting bugs in /contrib/ltree
(Teodor)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Numerous robustness fixes in <application>ecpg</> (Joachim
Wieland)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix backslash escaping in /contrib/dbmirror</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix instability of statistics collection on Win32 (Tom, Andrew)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fixes for <systemitem class="osname">AIX</> and
<productname>Intel</> compilers (Tom)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <function>string_to_array()</> to handle overlapping
matches for the separator string</para> <para>For example,
<literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Minor fixes related to ecpg, /contrib/ltree,
and <application>psql</></para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
@ -8222,7 +8222,7 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2006-10-??</simpara>
<simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
</note>
<para>
@ -8244,14 +8244,19 @@ typedefs (Michael)</para></listitem>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Minor fixes related to timezones, ecpg, /contrib/ltree,
and <application>psql</></para> </listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix core dump when an untyped literal is taken as
ANYARRAY</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <function>string_to_array()</> to handle overlapping
matches for the separator string</para> <para>For example,
<literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.</para></listitem>
matches for the separator string</para>
<para>For example, <literal>string_to_array('123xx456xxx789', 'xx')</>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix corner cases in pattern matching for
<application>psql</>'s <literal>\d</> commands</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix index-corrupting bugs in /contrib/ltree
(Teodor)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix backslash escaping in /contrib/dbmirror</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Adjust regression tests for recent changes in US DST laws
</para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
@ -11176,7 +11181,7 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2006-10-??</simpara>
<simpara>2006-10-16</simpara>
</note>
<para>
@ -11198,10 +11203,16 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Minor fixes related to timezones, spinlocks, SSL,
GiST, /contrib/ltree, and <application>psql</></para> </listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix corner cases in pattern matching for
<application>psql</>'s <literal>\d</> commands</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix index-corrupting bugs in /contrib/ltree
(Teodor)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Back-port 7.4 spinlock code to improve performance and support
64-bit architectures better</para> </listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix SSL-related memory leak in libpq</para> </listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix backslash escaping in /contrib/dbmirror</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Adjust regression tests for recent changes in US DST laws
</para> </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>