Improve 9.6 release notes.

Incorporate some suggestions from David Johnston, and update through today.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml
index 5592812d1242b55472a768dabf9ffc7b7c5ddcff..fed119982807ec2cccd5222b7070c8436f380d8b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.6.sgml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   
    Release Date
    2016-??-??
-   Current as of 2016-05-05 (commit 7a622b273)
+   Current as of 2016-05-08 (commit 6f69b9639)
   
 
   
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@
       
 
        
         Allow old MVCC snapshots to be invalidated after a configurable
@@ -430,15 +432,14 @@
 2016-03-31 [f9aefcb91] Support using index-only scans with partial indexes in m
 -->
        
-        Allow using an index-only scan with a partial index when the index's
-        predicate involves column(s) not stored in the index
-        (Tomas Vondra, Kyotaro Horiguchi)
+        Allow using an index-only
+        scan with a partial index when the index's predicate involves
+        column(s) not stored in the index (Tomas Vondra, Kyotaro Horiguchi)
        
 
        
         An index-only scan is now allowed if the query mentions such columns
-        only in WHERE clauses that match the index predicate (and
-        hence need not be rechecked at runtime).
+        only in WHERE clauses that match the index predicate.
        
       
 
@@ -762,6 +763,8 @@
         waiting for a heavyweight lock.  Now waits for lightweight locks
         and buffer pins are also shown in pg_stat_activity.
         Also, the type of lock being waited for is now visible.
+        These changes replace the waiting column
+        with wait_event_type and wait_event.
        
       
 
@@ -782,8 +785,13 @@
 -->
        
         Add pg_config
-        system view to expose the same information available from
-        the pg_config utility (Joe Conway)
+        system view (Joe Conway)
+       
+
+       
+        This view exposes the same information available from
+        the pg_config utility, namely assorted compile-time
+        configuration information for PostgreSQL.
        
       
 
@@ -1192,7 +1200,8 @@ XXX this is pending backpatch, may need to remove
 
        
         The number of standby servers that must acknowledge a commit before
-        it's considered done is now configurable.
+        it's considered done is now configurable as part of the
+         parameter.
        
       
 
@@ -1545,6 +1554,8 @@ XXX this is pending backpatch, may need to remove
       
 
        
         Treat role names beginning with pg_ as reserved
@@ -1844,6 +1855,7 @@ XXX this is pending backpatch, may need to remove
       
 
        
         Add new functions for tsvector data (Stas Kelvich)
@@ -2208,6 +2220,8 @@ This commit is also listed under psql and PL/pgSQL
 2016-04-06 [a9f0e8e5a] In pg_dump, use a bitmap to represent what to include
 2016-04-06 [d217b2c36] In pg_dump, split "dump" into "dump" and "dump_contains"
 2016-04-06 [23f34fa4b] In pg_dump, include pg_catalog and extension ACLs, if ch
+2016-05-06 [5d589993c] pg_dump performance and other fixes
+2016-05-06 [e1b120a8c] Only issue LOCK TABLE commands when necessary
 -->
        
         In pg_dump,
@@ -2305,6 +2319,7 @@ This commit is also listed under psql and PL/pgSQL
       
 
        
         Add \ev and \sv commands
@@ -2463,6 +2478,7 @@ This commit is also listed under libpq and PL/pgSQL
 2016-03-01 [7e137f846] Extend pgbench's expression syntax to support a few buil
 2016-03-28 [86c43f4e2] pgbench: Support double constants and functions.
 2016-05-05 [7a622b273] Rename pgbench min/max to least/greatest, and fix handli
+2016-05-06 [951529948] Improve handling of numeric-valued variables in pgbench.
 -->
        
         Support floating-point arithmetic, as well as
@@ -2668,10 +2684,11 @@ This commit is also listed under libpq and PL/pgSQL
 2016-03-03 [2c83f435a] Rework PostgresNode's psql method
 2016-02-26 [49148645f] Add a test framework for recovery
 2016-02-26 [74d58425c] Apply last revision of recovery patch
+2016-05-06 [6bd356c33] Add TAP tests for pg_dump
 -->
        
         Improve TAP testing infrastructure
-        (Michael Paquier, Craig Ringer, Álvaro Herrera)
+        (Michael Paquier, Craig Ringer, Álvaro Herrera, Stephen Frost)