doc: update PG 11 release notes

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1f5b2e66-7ba8-98ec-c06a-aee9ff33f050@postgresql.org

Author: Jonathan S. Katz

Backpatch-through: 11

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-11.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-11.sgml
index ae65431bbe0b9f0f9317db290ec54d6ceab4162f..ca42f28cc9f71b69fe27fdde490fb851adbd569c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-11.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-11.sgml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   
    Release date:
-   2018-??-?? (CURRENT AS OF 2018-07-30)
+   2018-10-?? (CURRENT AS OF 2018-09-20)
   
 
   
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
     
      
-      Major improvements to partitioning:
+      Improvements to partitioning functionality, including:
       
        
         
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@
        
        
         
-         Improved SELECT query performance due to
-         enhanced partition elimination during query processing and
-         execution
+         Improved SELECT performance from enhanced partition
+         elimination strategies during query processing and execution
         
        
        
@@ -48,29 +47,37 @@
          KEY, indexes, and triggers on partitioned tables
         
        
+       
+        
+         Having a "default" partition for storing data that does not match any
+         of the remaining partitions
+        
+       
       
      
     
 
     
      
-      Improvements to parallelism:
+      Improvements to parallelism, including:
       
        
         
-         Parallelized hash joins
+         B-tree indexes can now be built in parallel with
+         CREATE INDEX
         
        
        
         
-         Parallelized CREATE INDEX for B-tree indexes
+         Parallelized CREATE TABLE .. AS,
+         CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW, and certain
+         queries using UNION
         
        
        
         
-         Parallelized CREATE TABLE .. AS,
-         CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW, and certain
-         queries using UNION
+         Performance improvements for parallelized hash joins and parallelized
+         sequential scans
         
        
       
@@ -79,7 +86,10 @@
 
     
      
-      SQL stored procedures, with support for embedded transactions
+      SQL stored procedures that support embedded transactions. Stored
+      procedures can be created with 
+      CREATE PROCEDURE and executed with
+      CALL
      
     
 
@@ -99,6 +109,13 @@
      
     
 
+    
+     
+      Covering indexes, which can be utilized using the
+      INCLUDE clause of CREATE INDEX
+     
+    
+
     
      
       Many other useful performance improvements, including making
@@ -179,10 +196,6 @@
         would be dumped without such specifications if the database locale
         and encoding matched the old cluster's defaults.
        
-
-       
-        DID I GET EVERYTHING?
-       
       
 
       
@@ -597,8 +610,7 @@
         The new command ALTER
         INDEX ATTACH PARTITION 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?
+        since the contents are private to each index.
        
       
 
@@ -907,7 +919,7 @@ same commits as above
        
 
        
-        This reduces the likelihood of serialization conflicts.  ACCURATE?
+        This reduces the likelihood of serialization conflicts.
        
       
 
@@ -1980,7 +1992,6 @@ same commits as above
         CALLs or in nested PL/pgSQL DO and
         CALL blocks that only contain other PL/pgSQL
         DO and CALL blocks.
-        ACCURATE?
        
       
 
@@ -2405,11 +2416,6 @@ same commits as above
         when the WAL streaming method
         (--wal-method=stream) is used.
        
-
-       
-        IS IT CLEAR FROM THE DOCS THAT THE REPLICATION SLOT IS NOT
-        TEMPORARY?
-       
       
 
       
@@ -2904,7 +2910,8 @@ same commits as above
        
 
        
-        This is useful for KNN-GiST searches.  HOW?
+        This is useful for KNN-GiST searches when looking for coordinates in
+        descending order.