Preliminary release notes for 7.4.4, 7.3.7, 7.2.5. Will add to the

back branches later.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index ac8e73f874126cbb7ec9822a982b8042abcaa2de..dd767ae0f2d1e6b15cda13d12f151a2ec005bf94 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
 
@@ -1892,6 +1892,55 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.281 2004/08/13 03:00:07 momjian
    
   
 
+  
+ 
+
+  
+   Release 7.4.4
+
+   
+   Release date
+   2004-08-16
+   
+
+   
+    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.3.
+   
+
+
+   
+    Migration to version 7.4.4
+
+    
+     A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X.
+    
+   
+
+   
+    Changes
+
+
+Prevent possible loss of committed transactions during crash
+
+Due to insufficient interlocking between transaction commit and checkpointing,
+it was possible for transactions committed just before the most recent
+checkpoint to be lost, in whole or in part, following a database crash and
+restart.  This is a serious bug that has existed
+since PostgreSQL 7.1.
+
+Avoid crash when session's current userID is deleted
+Fix hashed crosstab for zero-rows case (Joe)
+pg_dump handled ACLs with grant options incorrectly
+Force cache update after renaming a column in a foreign key
+Check HAVING restriction before evaluating result list of an
+aggregate plan
+Fix thread support for OS X and Solaris
+Pretty-print UNION queries correctly
+Updated JDBC driver (build 215) with various fixes
+ECPG fixes
+Translation updates (various contributors)
+
+
   
  
 
@@ -1919,8 +1968,6 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.281 2004/08/13 03:00:07 momjian
    
     Changes
 
-
-
 
 Fix temporary memory leak when using non-hashed aggregates (Tom)
 ECPG fixes, including some for Informix compatibility (Michael)
@@ -4064,6 +4111,46 @@ DROP SCHEMA information_schema CASCADE;
   
  
 
+  
+   Release 7.3.7
+
+   
+   Release date
+   2004-08-16
+   
+
+   
+    This release contains one critical fix over 7.3.6, and some minor items.
+   
+
+
+   
+    Migration to version 7.3.7
+
+    
+     A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X.
+    
+   
+
+   
+    Changes
+
+
+Prevent possible loss of committed transactions during crash
+
+Due to insufficient interlocking between transaction commit and checkpointing,
+it was possible for transactions committed just before the most recent
+checkpoint to be lost, in whole or in part, following a database crash and
+restart.  This is a serious bug that has existed
+since PostgreSQL 7.1.
+
+Remove asymmetrical word processing in tsearch (Teodor)
+Properly schema-qualify function names when pg_dump'ing a CAST
+
+
+  
+ 
+
   
    Release 7.3.6
 
@@ -5080,6 +5167,49 @@ operations on bytea columns (Joe)
  
 
 
+  
+   Release 7.2.5
+
+   
+   Release date
+   2004-08-16
+   
+
+   
+    This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.2.4.
+   
+
+
+   
+    Migration to version 7.2.5
+
+    
+     A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.2.X.
+    
+   
+
+   
+    Changes
+
+
+Prevent possible loss of committed transactions during crash
+
+Due to insufficient interlocking between transaction commit and checkpointing,
+it was possible for transactions committed just before the most recent
+checkpoint to be lost, in whole or in part, following a database crash and
+restart.  This is a serious bug that has existed
+since PostgreSQL 7.1.
+
+Fix corner case for btree search in parallel with first root page split
+Repair memory leaks in pg_dump
+Avoid conflict with system definition of isblank() function or macro
+Fix buffer overrun in to_ascii (Guido Notari)
+Fix core dump in deadlock detection on machines where char is unsigned
+Fix failure to respond to pg_ctl stop -m fast after Async_NotifyHandler runs
+
+  
+ 
+
  
   Release 7.2.4