Make a cut at a major-features list for 9.2.

This is open to debate of course, but it's past time we had *something*
here.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
index 360b1155605523de7e9dbfcdb8987a4eeed8228d..f097a274c5114cdabfda4a2c31df89122a2d8d22 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
@@ -14,13 +14,95 @@
    Overview
 
    
-    NARRATIVE HERE. Major enhancements include:
+    This release has been largely focused on performance improvements, though
+    new SQL features are not lacking.  Work also continues in the area of
+    replication support.  Major enhancements include:
    
 
    
-    MAJOR LIST HERE
+
     
 
+      
+       
+        Allow queries to retrieve data only from indexes, avoiding heap
+        access (index-only scans)
+       
+      
+
+      
+       
+        Allow the planner to generate custom plans for specific parameter
+        values even when using prepared statements
+       
+      
+
+      
+       
+        Improve the planner's ability to use nested loops with inner
+        index scans
+       
+      
+
+      
+       
+        Allow streaming replication slaves to forward data to other slaves
+        (cascading
+        replication)
+       
+      
+
+      
+       
+        Add a 
+        linkend="app-pgreceivexlog">pg_receivexlog
+        tool to archive WAL file changes as they are written
+       
+      
+
+      
+       
+        Add the SP-GiST (Space-Partitioned
+        GiST) index access method
+       
+      
+
+      
+       
+        Add support for range data types
+       
+      
+
+      
+       
+        Add a JSON
+        data type
+       
+      
+
+      
+       
+        Add a 
+        linkend="SQL-CREATEVIEW">security_barrier
+        option for views
+       
+      
+
+      
+       
+        Allow libpq connection strings to have the format of a
+        URI
+       
+      
+
+      
+       
+        Add a single-row processing
+        mode to libpq for better handling of large
+        result sets
+       
+      
+
    
 
    
@@ -2318,9 +2400,9 @@
 
       
        
-        Allow connection strings to have the format of a 
-        linkend="libpq-connstring">URI (Alexander
-        Shulgin)
+        Allow libpq connection strings to have the format of a
+        URI
+        (Alexander Shulgin)