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docs: more PG 11 markup and email suggestions

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-->
<para>
Have <application>pg_dump</application> dump all aspects of a
database (Haribabu Kommi)
Have <link
linkend="app-pgdump"><application>pg_dump</application></link>
dump all aspects of a database (Haribabu Kommi)
</para>
<para>
Previously database attributes like
<command>GRANT</command>/<command>REVOKE</command> permissions
and <command>ALTER DATABASE SET</command> and <command>ALTER
ROLE IN DATABASE SET</command> variable settings were only dumped
by <application>pg_dumpall</application>. Now <command>pg_dump
--create</command> and <command>pg_restore --create</command> will
restore all database aspects. <command>pg_dumpall -g</command>
will now only output role and tablespace-related attributes.
<command>GRANT</command>/<command>REVOKE</command> permissions and
<command>ALTER DATABASE SET</command> and <command>ALTER ROLE IN
DATABASE SET</command> variable settings were only dumped by <link
linkend="app-pg-dumpall"><application>pg_dumpall</application></link>.
Now <command>pg_dump --create</command> and
<command>pg_restore --create</command> will restore all
database aspects. <command>pg_dumpall -g</command> will
now only output role and tablespace-related attributes.
<application>pg_dumpall</application>'s output (without
<option>-g</option>) is unchanged.
</para>
@ -103,8 +105,8 @@
-->
<para>
Correct information schema column
<structname>tables</structname>.<structfield>table_type</structfield>
Correct information schema column <link
linkend="infoschema-tables"><structname>tables</structname>.<structfield>table_type</structfield></link>
to return <literal>FOREIGN</literal> instead of <literal>FOREIGN
TABLE</literal> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
@ -120,8 +122,8 @@
-->
<para>
Change the ps process display labels to match the
<structname>pg_stat_activity</structname>.<structfield>backend_type</structfield>
Change the ps process display labels to match the <link
linkend="pg-stat-activity-view"><structname>pg_stat_activity</structname>.<structfield>backend_type</structfield></link>
labels (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -132,8 +134,10 @@
-->
<para>
Prevent <function>to_number()</function> from consuming characters
when the template separator does not match (Oliver Ford)
Prevent <link
linkend="functions-formatting-numeric-table"><function>to_number()</function></link>
from consuming characters when the template separator does not
match (Oliver Ford)
</para>
<para>
@ -151,7 +155,8 @@
-->
<para>
Fix <function>to_date()</function>,
Fix <link
linkend="functions-formatting"><function>to_date()</function></link>,
<function>to_number()</function>, and
<function>to_timestamp()</function> to skip a character for each
template character (Tom Lane)
@ -186,8 +191,9 @@
-->
<para>
Have libpq's <function>PQhost()</function> always return the
actual connected host (Hari Babu)
Have libpq's <link
linkend="libpq-pqhost"><function>PQhost()</function></link>
always return the actual connected host (Hari Babu)
</para>
<para>
@ -205,8 +211,8 @@
-->
<para>
Remove relhaspkey column from system table
<structname>pg_class</structname> (Peter Eisentraut)
Remove <structfield>relhaspkey</structfield> column from system
table <structname>pg_class</structname> (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
@ -240,8 +246,10 @@
-->
<para>
Cause large object permission checks to happen on large object
open, <function>lo_open()</function>, not read/write (Tom Lane)
Cause large object permission checks
to happen on large object open, <link
linkend="lo-open"><function>lo_open()</function></link>, not
read/write (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -258,9 +266,10 @@
</para>
<para>
These function are now present by default. Old adminpack installs
will continue to have access to these functions until they are
updated via <command>ALTER EXTENSION ... UPDATE</command>.
These function are now present by default. Old <link
linkend="adminpack"><application>adminpack</application></link>
installs will continue to have access to these functions until
they are updated via <command>ALTER EXTENSION ... UPDATE</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -283,12 +292,29 @@
<listitem>
<!--
2017-09-29 [8b304b8b7] Remove replacement selection sort.
-->
<para>
Remove server variable <varname>replacement_sort_tuples</varname>
(Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
<para>
Replacement sorts were determined to be no longer useful.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2018-01-26 [4971d2a32] Remove the obsolete WITH clause of CREATE FUNCTION.
-->
<para>
Remove <literal>WITH</literal> clause in <command>CREATE
FUNCTION</command> (Michael Paquier)
Remove <literal>WITH</literal> clause in <link
linkend="sql-createfunction"><command>CREATE
FUNCTION</command></link> (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
@ -416,10 +442,11 @@
</para>
<para>
The new command <command>ALTER INDEX ATTACH PARTITION</command>
allows indexes to be attached to partitions. This does not behave
as a global index since the contents are private to each index.
WARN WHEN USING AN EXISTING INDEX?
The new command <link linkend="sql-alterindex"><command>ALTER
INDEX ATTACH PARTITION</command></link> allows indexes to be
attached to partitions. This does not behave as a global index
since the contents are private to each index. WARN WHEN USING
AN EXISTING INDEX?
</para>
</listitem>
@ -481,8 +508,9 @@
</para>
<para>
This features is disabled by default but can be enabled by changing
<varname>enable_partitionwise_join</varname>.
This features is disabled by default
but can be enabled by changing <link
linkend="guc-enable-partitionwise-join"><varname>enable_partitionwise_join</varname></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -498,8 +526,9 @@
</para>
<para>
This features is disabled by default but can be enabled by changing
<varname>enable_partitionwise_aggregate</varname>.
This features is disabled by default
but can be enabled by changing <link
linkend="guc-enable-partitionwise-aggregate"><varname>enable_partitionwise_aggregate</varname></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -509,8 +538,10 @@
-->
<para>
Allow <application>postgres_fdw</application> to push down
aggregates to foreign tables that are partitions (Jeevan Chalke)
Allow <link
linkend="postgres-fdw"><application>postgres_fdw</application></link>
to push down aggregates to foreign tables that are partitions
(Jeevan Chalke)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -530,8 +561,8 @@
-->
<para>
Allow indexes to be built in parallel (Peter Geoghegan, Rushabh
Lathia, Heikki Linnakangas)
Allow btree indexes to be built in parallel (Peter Geoghegan,
Rushabh Lathia, Heikki Linnakangas)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -595,7 +626,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add server option <varname>parallel_leader_participation</varname>
Add server option <link
linkend="guc-parallel-leader-participation"><varname>parallel_leader_participation</varname></link>
to control if the leader executes subplans (Thomas Munro)
</para>
@ -643,9 +675,11 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow indexes to <literal>INCLUDE</literal> columns that are not
part of the unique constraint but are available for index-only
scans (Anastasia Lubennikova, Alexander Korotkov, Teodor Sigaev)
Allow indexes to <link
linkend="sql-createindex"><literal>INCLUDE</literal></link> columns
that are not part of the unique constraint but are available
for index-only scans (Anastasia Lubennikova, Alexander Korotkov,
Teodor Sigaev)
</para>
<para>
@ -690,7 +724,7 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add predicate locking for Hash, GiST and GIN indexes (Shubham
Add predicate locking for hash, GiST and GIN indexes (Shubham
Barai)
</para>
@ -715,7 +749,7 @@ same commits as above
</itemizedlist>
<sect5>
<title>SP-Gist</title>
<title><link linkend="spgist">SP-Gist</link></title>
<itemizedlist>
@ -864,9 +898,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add Just-In-Time (<acronym>JIT</acronym>) compilation of plans
run the by the executor
(Andres Freund)
Add <link linkend="jit">Just-In-Time</link>
(<acronym>JIT</acronym>) compilation of some parts of query plans
to improve execution speed (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -898,6 +932,17 @@ same commits as above
<listitem>
<!--
2018-04-04 [857f9c36c] Skip full index scan during cleanup of B-tree indexes wh
-->
<para>
Allow vacuum to avoid unnecesary index scans (Masahiko Sawada,
Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2017-09-01 [baaf272ac] Use group updates when setting transaction status in clo
-->
@ -924,9 +969,10 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow <application>postgres_fdw</application> to push
<command>UPDATE</command>s and <command>DELETE</command>s using
joins to foreign servers (Etsuro Fujita)
Allow <link
linkend="postgres-fdw"><application>postgres_fdw</application></link>
to push <command>UPDATE</command>s and <command>DELETE</command>s
using joins to foreign servers (Etsuro Fujita)
</para>
<para>
@ -951,7 +997,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Show memory usage in <varname>log_statement_stats</varname>,
Show memory usage in <link
linkend="runtime-config-statistics-monitor"><varname>log_statement_stats</varname></link>,
<varname>log_parser_stats</varname>,
<varname>log_planner_stats</varname>,
<varname>log_executor_stats</varname> (Justin Pryzby, Peter
@ -965,8 +1012,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add
<structname>pg_stat_activity</structname>.<structfield>backend_type</structfield>
Add <link
linkend="pg-stat-activity-view"><structname>pg_stat_activity</structname>.<structfield>backend_type</structfield></link>
now shows the type of background worker (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
@ -988,8 +1035,10 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Have <varname>log_autovacuum_min_duration</varname> log skipped
tables that are concurrently being dropped (Nathan Bossart)
Have <link
linkend="guc-log-autovacuum-min-duration"><varname>log_autovacuum_min_duration</varname></link>
log skipped tables that are concurrently being dropped (Nathan
Bossart)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -997,7 +1046,7 @@ same commits as above
</itemizedlist>
<sect5>
<title>Information Schema</title>
<title><link linkend="infoschema-tables">Information Schema</link></title>
<itemizedlist>
@ -1040,16 +1089,17 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add libpq option to support channel binding when using
<acronym>SCRAM</acronym> authentication (Michael Paquier)
Add libpq option to support channel binding when using <link
linkend="auth-password"><acronym>SCRAM</acronym></link>
authentication (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
Channel binding requires the server end of
the <acronym>TLS</acronym> connection to prove
that it knows the password. The options are
<option>scram_channel_binding=tls-unique</option> and
<option>scram_channel_binding=tls-server-end-point</option>.
Channel binding requires the server end
of the <acronym>TLS</acronym> connection to
prove that it knows the password. The options are <link
linkend="libpq-scram-channel-binding"><option>scram_channel_binding=tls-unique</option></link>
and <option>scram_channel_binding=tls-server-end-point</option>.
</para>
<para>
@ -1065,8 +1115,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow the server to specify more complex <acronym>LDAP</acronym>
specifications in search+bind mode (Thomas Munro)
Allow the server to specify more complex <link
linkend="auth-ldap"><acronym>LDAP</acronym></link> specifications
in search+bind mode (Thomas Munro)
</para>
<para>
@ -1126,13 +1177,14 @@ same commits as above
</para>
<para>
Specifically, the new roles are:
<literal>pg_read_server_files</literal>,
Specifically, the new roles are: <link
linkend="default-roles-table"><literal>pg_read_server_files</literal></link>,
<literal>pg_write_server_files</literal>,
<literal>pg_execute_server_program</literal>. These roles now
also control who can use <command>COPY</command> and extension
<application>file_fdw</application>. Previously only super-users
could use these functions, and that is still the default behavior.
<literal>pg_execute_server_program</literal>. These roles now also
control who can use <command>COPY</command> and extension <link
linkend="file-fdw"><application>file_fdw</application></link>.
Previously only super-users could use these functions, and that
is still the default behavior.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1148,8 +1200,8 @@ same commits as above
</para>
<para>
Specifically, these functions were
modified: <function>pg_ls_dir()</function>,
Specifically, these functions were modified: <link
linkend="functions-admin-genfile-table"><function>pg_ls_dir()</function></link>,
<function>pg_read_file()</function>,
<function>pg_read_binary_file()</function>,
<function>pg_stat_file()</function>.
@ -1164,8 +1216,9 @@ same commits as above
<para>
Use <command>GRANT</command>/<command>REVOKE</command>
to control access to <function>lo_import()</function> and
<function>lo_export()</function> (Michael Paquier)
to control access to <link
linkend="lo-import"><function>lo_import()</function></link>
and <function>lo_export()</function> (Michael Paquier)
</para>
<para>
@ -1174,7 +1227,8 @@ same commits as above
</para>
<para>
Compile-time option ALLOW_DANGEROUS_LO_FUNCTIONS has been removed.
Compile-time option <literal>ALLOW_DANGEROUS_LO_FUNCTIONS</literal>
has been removed.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1184,17 +1238,18 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Use view owner not session owner when preventing non-password
access to <application>postgres_fdw</application> tables
(Robert Haas)
Use view owner not session owner when
preventing non-password access to <link
linkend="postgres-fdw"><application>postgres_fdw</application></link>
tables (Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> only allows super-users to
access <application>postgres_fdw</application> tables without
passwords, e.g. via peer. Previously the session owner had to
be a super-user to allow such access; now the view owner is
checked instead.
passwords, e.g. via <literal>peer</literal>. Previously the
session owner had to be a super-user to allow such access; now
the view owner is checked instead.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1225,13 +1280,15 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add server setting <varname>ssl_passphrase_command</varname> to
allow supplying of the the passphrase for <acronym>SSL</acronym>
Add server setting <link
linkend="guc-ssl-passphrase-command"><varname>ssl_passphrase_command</varname></link>
to allow supplying of the the passphrase for <acronym>SSL</acronym>
key files (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
Also add <varname>ssl_passphrase_command_supports_reload</varname>
Also add <link
linkend="guc-ssl-passphrase-command-supports-reload"><varname>ssl_passphrase_command_supports_reload</varname></link>
to specify whether the the <acronym>SSL</acronym> configuration
should be reloaded and <varname>ssl_passphrase_command</varname>
called during a server configuration reload.
@ -1244,7 +1301,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add server variable <varname>toast_tuple_target</varname>
Add storage parameter <link
linkend="sql-createtable-storage-parameters"><varname>toast_tuple_target</varname></link>
to control the minimum length before <acronym>TOAST</acronym>
storage will be considered for new rows (Simon Riggs)
</para>
@ -1408,7 +1466,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add timeline information to the <filename>backup_label</filename>
Add timeline information to the <link
linkend="backup-lowlevel-base-backup"><filename>backup_label</filename></link>
file (Simon Riggs)
</para>
@ -1447,7 +1506,7 @@ same commits as above
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Window Functions</title>
<title><link linkend="sql-window">Window Functions</link></title>
<itemizedlist>
@ -1623,7 +1682,7 @@ same commits as above
<para>
Add casts from jsonb scalars to numeric and boolean data types
(Anastasia Lubennikova)
(Anastasia Lubennikova)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1643,12 +1702,13 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add <acronym>SHA</acronym>-2 family of hash functions (Peter
Add <acronym>SHA-2</acronym> family of hash functions (Peter
Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
Specifically, <function>sha224()</function>,
Specifically, <link
linkend="functions-binarystring-other"><function>sha224()</function></link>,
<function>sha256()</function>, <function>sha384()</function>,
<function>sha512()</function> were added.
</para>
@ -1678,7 +1738,8 @@ same commits as above
</para>
<para>
This is done with format specifications <literal>TZH</literal>
This is done with format specifications <link
linkend="functions-formatting-datetime-table"><literal>TZH</literal></link>
and <literal>TZM</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1699,10 +1760,10 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add text search function
<function>websearch_to_tsquery()</function> that supports a queries
syntax similar to that used by web search engines (Victor Drobny,
Dmitry Ivanov)
Add text search function <link
linkend="textsearch-functions-table"><function>websearch_to_tsquery()</function></link>
that supports a queries syntax similar to that used by web search
engines (Victor Drobny, Dmitry Ivanov)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1712,9 +1773,10 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add function <function>json(b)_to_tsvector()</function> to create
text search query for matching <type>JSON</type>/<type>JSONB
</type>values (Dmitry Dolgov)
Add function <link
linkend="textsearch-functions-table"><function>json(b)_to_tsvector()</function></link>
to create text search query for matching
<type>JSON</type>/<type>JSONB </type>values (Dmitry Dolgov)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1738,13 +1800,14 @@ same commits as above
<para>
Add SQL procedures, which can start and commit their own
transactions
(Peter Eisentraut)
transactions (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
<para>
They are created with the new <command>CREATE PROCEDURE</command>
command and invoked via <command>CALL</command>. The new
They are created with the new <link
linkend="sql-createprocedure"><command>CREATE
PROCEDURE</command></link> command and invoked via <link
linkend="sql-call"><command>CALL</command></link>. The new
<command>ALTER</command>/<command>DROP ROUTINE</command> commands
allows altering/dropping of procedures, functions, and aggregates.
</para>
@ -1801,8 +1864,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add extension <application>jsonb_plperl</application> to
transform <type>JSONB </type>to/from PL/Perl types (Anthony Bykov)
Add extension <application>jsonb_plperl</application> to transform
<type>JSONB </type>to/from PL/Perl types (Anthony Bykov)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1827,7 +1890,8 @@ same commits as above
</para>
<para>
The libpq connection parameter is called replication.
The libpq connection parameter is called <link
linkend="libpq-connect-replication"><option>replication</option></link>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1993,13 +2057,15 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow 'quit' and 'exit' to exit <application>psql</application>
when used in an empty buffer (Bruce Momjian)
Allow <command>quit</command> and <command>exit</command> to
exit <application>psql</application> when used in an empty buffer
(Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
Also add hints of how to exit when 'quit' and 'exit' are used alone
on a line in a non-empty buffer. Add a similar hint for 'help'.
Also add hints of how to exit when <command>quit</command> and
<command>exit</command> are used alone on a line in a non-empty
buffer. Add a similar hint for <command>help</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2009,12 +2075,14 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Have <application>psql</application> hint at using control-D when
\q is entered alone on a line but ignored (Bruce Momjian)
Have <application>psql</application> hint at using control-D
when <command>\q</command> is entered alone on a line but ignored
(Bruce Momjian)
</para>
<para>
For example, \q does not exit when supplied in character strings.
For example, <command>\q</command> does not exit when supplied
in character strings.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2051,7 +2119,7 @@ same commits as above
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title><xref linkend="pgbench"/></title>
<title><link linkend="pgbench"><xref linkend="pgbench"/></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
@ -2061,8 +2129,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add pgbench expressions support for NULLs, booleans, and some
functions and operators (Fabien Coelho)
Add <application>pgbench</application> expressions support for
NULLs, booleans, and some functions and operators (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2072,7 +2140,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add \if conditional support to pgbench (Fabien Coelho)
Add <literal>\if</literal> conditional support to
<application>pgbench</application> (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2083,7 +2152,7 @@ same commits as above
<para>
Allow the use of non-<acronym>ASCII</acronym> characters in
pgbench variable names (Fabien Coelho)
<application>pgbench</application> variable names (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2093,8 +2162,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add pgbench option <option>--init-steps</option> to control the
initialization steps performed (Masahiko Sawada)
Add <application>pgbench</application> option
<option>--init-steps</option> to control the initialization steps
performed (Masahiko Sawada)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2104,8 +2174,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add approximated Zipfian-distributed random generator to pgbench
(Alik Khilazhev)
Add approximated Zipfian-distributed random generator to
<application>pgbench</application> (Alik Khilazhev)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2115,7 +2185,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow the random seed to be set in pgbench (Fabien Coelho)
Allow the random seed to be set in
<application>pgbench</application> (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2125,9 +2196,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow pgbench to do exponentiation with <function>pow()</function>
and <function>power()</function> (Ra&uacute;l Mar&iacute;n
Rodr&iacute;guez)
Allow <application>pgbench</application> to do exponentiation
with <function>pow()</function> and <function>power()</function>
(Ra&uacute;l Mar&iacute;n Rodr&iacute;guez)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2137,7 +2208,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add hashing functions to pgbench (Ildar Musin)
Add hashing functions to <application>pgbench</application>
(Ildar Musin)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2148,9 +2220,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Make pgbench statistics more accurate when using
<option>--latency-limit</option> and <option>--rate</option>
(Fabien Coelho)
Make <application>pgbench</application> statistics more
accurate when using <option>--latency-limit</option> and
<option>--rate</option> (Fabien Coelho)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2172,8 +2244,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add <application>pg_basebackup</application> option to create a
named replication slot (Michael Banck)
Add <link
linkend="app-pgbasebackup"><application>pg_basebackup</application></link>
option to create a named replication slot (Michael Banck)
</para>
<para>
@ -2195,17 +2268,18 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow initdb to set group read access to the data directory
(David Steele)
Allow <link
linkend="app-initdb"><application>initdb</application></link>
to set group read access to the data directory (David Steele)
</para>
<para>
This is accomplished with the initdb
<option>--allow-group-access</option> flag. Administrators
can also set group permissions on the empty data
directory before running initdb. Server variable
<varname>data_directory_mode</varname> allows reading of data
directory group permissions.
directory before running initdb. Server variable <link
linkend="guc-data-directory"><varname>data_directory_mode</varname></link>
allows reading of data directory group permissions.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2216,8 +2290,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add <application>pg_verify_checksums</application> tool to verify
database checksums while offline (Magnus Hagander)
Add <link
linkend="pgverifychecksums"><application>pg_verify_checksums</application></link>
tool to verify database checksums while offline (Magnus Hagander)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2227,8 +2302,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow <application>pg_resetwal</application> to
change the <acronym>WAL</acronym> segment size via
Allow <link
linkend="app-pgresetwal"><application>pg_resetwal</application></link>
to change the <acronym>WAL</acronym> segment size via
<option>--wal-segsize</option> (Nathan Bossart)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2251,8 +2327,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add <application>pg_receivewal</application> option
<option>--no-sync</option> to prevent synchronous
Add <link
linkend="app-pgreceivewal"><application>pg_receivewal</application></link>
option <option>--no-sync</option> to prevent synchronous
<acronym>WAL</acronym> writes (Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2275,8 +2352,10 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow <application>pg_ctl</application> to send the
<literal>SIGKILL</literal> signal to processes (Andres Freund)
Allow <link
linkend="app-pg-ctl"><application>pg_ctl</application></link>
to send the <literal>SIGKILL</literal> signal to processes
(Andres Freund)
</para>
<para>
@ -2290,8 +2369,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Reduce the number of files copied by
<application>pg_rewind</application> (Michael Paquier)
Reduce the number of files copied by <link
linkend="app-pgrewind"><application>pg_rewind</application></link>
(Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2405,28 +2485,6 @@ same commits as above
<listitem>
<!--
2018-03-20 [5b2526c83] Add configure infrastructure (- -with-llvm) to enable LLV
-->
<para>
Add configure flag <option>--with-llvm</option> to test for
<acronym>LLVM</acronym> support (Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2018-03-20 [6869b4f25] Add C++ support to configure.
-->
<para>
Have configure check for the availability of a C++ compiler
(Andres Freund)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2017-09-06 [1c53f612b] Escape &lt; and &amp; in SGML
2017-10-17 [c29c57890] Don't use SGML empty tags
2017-10-20 [1ff01b390] Convert SGML IDs to lower case
@ -2439,8 +2497,8 @@ same commits as above
</para>
<para>
The file names still use an 'sgml' extension for compatibility
with back branches.
The file names still use an <filename>sgml</filename> extension
for compatibility with back branches.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2526,8 +2584,7 @@ same commits as above
<para>
Make the computation of system column
<structname>pg_class</structname>.<structfield>reltuples</structfield>
consistent
(Tomas Vondra)
consistent (Tomas Vondra)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2537,26 +2594,11 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Update to use perltidy version 20170521 (Tom Lane)
Update to use <application>perltidy</application> version
<literal>20170521</literal> (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<!--
2017-09-29 [8b304b8b7] Remove replacement selection sort.
-->
<para>
Remove the ability to perform replacement sorts (Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
<para>
Replacement sorts were determined to be no longer useful.
Also remove server variable replacement sorts.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
@ -2572,9 +2614,10 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow extension <application>pg_prewarm</application> to restore
the previous shared buffer contents on startup (Mithun Cy,
Robert Haas)
Allow extension <link
linkend="pgprewarm"><application>pg_prewarm</application></link>
to restore the previous shared buffer contents on startup (Mithun
Cy, Robert Haas)
</para>
<para>
@ -2591,8 +2634,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add pgtrgm function <function>strict_word_similarity()</function>
to compute the similarity of whole words (Alexander Korotkov)
Add <link linkend="pgtrgm"><application>pgtrgm</application></link>
function <function>strict_word_similarity()</function> to compute
the similarity of whole words (Alexander Korotkov)
</para>
<para>
@ -2609,8 +2653,10 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow creation of indexes on citext-extension columns that can
be used by <literal>LIKE</literal> comparisons (Alexey Chernyshov)
Allow creation of indexes on <link
linkend="citext"><application>citext</application></link> extension
columns that can be used by <literal>LIKE</literal> comparisons
(Alexey Chernyshov)
</para>
<para>
@ -2625,9 +2671,10 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow <application>btree_gin</application> to index
<type>bool</type>, <type>bpchar</type>, <type>name</type> and
<type>uuid</type> data types (Matheus Oliveira)
Allow <link
linkend="btree-gin"><application>btree_gin</application></link>
to index <type>bool</type>, <type>bpchar</type>, <type>name</type>
and <type>uuid</type> data types (Matheus Oliveira)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2637,8 +2684,10 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Allow cube and seg extensions using GiST indexes to perform
index-only scans (Andrey Borodin)
Allow <link linkend="cube"><application>cube</application></link>
and <link linkend="seg"><application>seg</application></link>
extensions using GiST indexes to perform index-only scans
(Andrey Borodin)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2653,7 +2702,7 @@ same commits as above
</para>
<para>
This is useful for knn-gist searches. HOW?
This is useful for KNN-GiST searches. HOW?
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2663,8 +2712,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Add Vietnamese letter detection to the unaccent extension (Dang
Minh Huong, Michael Paquier)
Add Vietnamese letter detection to the <link
linkend="unaccent"><application>unaccent</application></link>
extension (Dang Minh Huong, Michael Paquier)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2674,9 +2724,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Enhance contrib/amcheck to check that each heap tuple has an
index entry
(Peter Geoghegan)
Enhance <link
linkend="amcheck"><application>amcheck</application></link>
to check that each heap tuple has an index entry (Peter Geoghegan)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2686,8 +2736,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Have contrib/adminpack use the new default file system access roles
(Stephen Frost)
Have <link
linkend="adminpack"><application>adminpack</application></link>
use the new default file system access roles (Stephen Frost)
</para>
<para>
@ -2718,8 +2769,9 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Install errcodes.txt to provide access to the error codes reported
by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> (Thomas Munro)
Install <filename>errcodes.txt</filename> to provide access to
the error codes reported by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
(Thomas Munro)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2744,8 +2796,8 @@ same commits as above
-->
<para>
Remove contrib/start-scripts/osx since they are no longer
recommended (Tom Lane)
Remove <filename>contrib/start-scripts/osx</filename> since they
are no longer recommended (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>