Make one last copy-editing pass over the 9.2 release notes.

Also, set the release date to 2012-09-10, since we're pretty well
committed to that now.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
index dedb5caef22b705722f915f75b9796a3a669099b..1f0d54a8daa6feffd1eb83f4ad01e49373daca34 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 
   
    Release Date
-   2012-??-??
-   CURRENT AS OF 2012-08-21
+   2012-09-10
   
 
   
@@ -54,8 +53,9 @@
 
       
        
-        Allow pg_basebackup to make base backups from
-        standby servers
+        Allow 
+        linkend="app-pgbasebackup">pg_basebackup
+        to make base backups from standby servers
        
       
 
@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@
 
       
        
-        No longer forcibly lowercase procedural language names (Robert Haas)
+        No longer forcibly lowercase procedural language names in 
+        linkend="SQL-CREATEFUNCTION">CREATE FUNCTION
+        (Robert Haas)
        
 
        
@@ -566,7 +568,7 @@
 
       
        
-        Reduce overhead of creating virtual transaction id locks (Robert
+        Reduce overhead of creating virtual transaction ID locks (Robert
         Haas)
        
       
@@ -672,7 +674,8 @@
        
 
        
-        This allows Windows sessions to use more open file descriptors.
+        This allows Windows sessions to use more open file descriptors than
+        before.
        
       
 
@@ -790,7 +793,7 @@
        
 
        
-        This is only enabled when 
+        This check is only performed when 
         linkend="guc-constraint-exclusion">constraint_exclusion
         is on.
        
@@ -837,7 +840,7 @@
        
         This change improves selectivity estimation for the array
         <@, &&, and
-        @> (containment and overlaps) array operators.
+        @> operators (array containment and overlaps).
        
       
 
@@ -988,6 +991,11 @@
         Change unexpected EOF messages to DEBUG1 level,
         except when there is an open transaction (Magnus Hagander)
        
+
+       
+        This change reduces log chatter caused by applications that close
+        database connections ungracefully.
+       
       
 
      
@@ -1044,6 +1052,11 @@
         Silently ignore nonexistent schemas specified in 
         linkend="guc-search-path">search_path (Tom Lane)
        
+
+       
+        This makes it more convenient to use generic path settings, which
+        might include some schemas that don't exist in all databases.
+       
       
 
       
@@ -1079,7 +1092,8 @@
 
        
         The system now remembers whether a SET was
-        performed by a superuser.
+        performed by a superuser, so that proper privilege checking can be
+        done when the extension is loaded.
        
       
 
@@ -1225,20 +1239,26 @@
 
       
        
-        Allow streaming of WAL files while pg_basebackup
-        is performing a backup (Magnus Hagander)
+        Allow 
+        linkend="app-pgbasebackup">pg_basebackup
+        to make base backups from standby servers (Jun Ishizuka, Fujii Masao)
        
 
        
-        This allows passing of WAL files to the standby before they are
-        discarded on the primary.
+        This feature lets the work of making new base backups be off-loaded
+        from the primary server.
        
       
 
       
        
-        Allow pg_basebackup to make base backups from
-        standby servers (Jun Ishizuka, Fujii Masao)
+        Allow streaming of WAL files while pg_basebackup
+        is performing a backup (Magnus Hagander)
+       
+
+       
+        This allows passing of WAL files to the standby before they are
+        discarded on the primary.
        
       
 
@@ -1253,7 +1273,13 @@
 
       
        
-        Cancel queries if clients get disconnected (Florian Pflug)
+        Cancel the running query if the client gets disconnected
+        (Florian Pflug)
+       
+
+       
+        If the backend detects loss of client connection during a query, it
+        will now cancel the query rather than attempting to finish it.
        
       
 
@@ -1297,7 +1323,7 @@
 
       
        
-        Warn about casts to and from domain types (Robert Haas)
+        Warn about creating casts to or from domain types (Robert Haas)
        
 
        
@@ -1361,7 +1387,7 @@
 
       
        
-        Improve pretty printing of view definitions (Andrew Dunstan)
+        Improve pretty-printing of view definitions (Andrew Dunstan)
        
       
 
@@ -1426,12 +1452,12 @@
        
         Reduce need to rebuild tables and indexes for certain 
         linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE">ALTER TABLE
-        operations (Noah Misch)
+        ... ALTER COLUMN TYPE operations (Noah Misch)
        
 
        
         Increasing the length limit for a varchar or varbit
-        column, or removing it altogether, no longer requires a table
+        column, or removing the limit altogether, no longer requires a table
         rewrite.  Similarly, increasing the allowable precision of a
         numeric column, or changing a column from constrained
         numeric to unconstrained numeric, no longer
@@ -1451,7 +1477,7 @@
 
       
        
-        Add IF EXISTS clause to some ALTER
+        Add IF EXISTS options to some ALTER
         commands (Pavel Stehule)
        
 
@@ -1605,13 +1631,13 @@
 
       
        
-        Allow vacuum to more easily skip pages that cannot be locked
-        (Simon Riggs, Robert Haas)
+        Allow VACUUM to more
+        easily skip pages that cannot be locked (Simon Riggs, Robert Haas)
        
 
        
-        This change should greatly reduce the incidence of vacuum getting
-        stuck.
+        This change should greatly reduce the incidence of VACUUM
+        getting stuck waiting for other sessions.
        
       
 
@@ -1772,7 +1798,7 @@
        
 
        
-        Previously only superusers could use these functions.
+        Previously only superusers were allowed to use these functions.
        
       
 
@@ -2101,8 +2127,8 @@
 
       
        
-        Allow inclusion of a script file relative to the directory of the
-        file from which it was invoked (Gurjeet Singh)
+        Allow inclusion of a script file that is named relative to the
+        directory of the file from which it was invoked (Gurjeet Singh)
        
 
        
@@ -2136,8 +2162,8 @@
        
 
        
-        Specifically, PSQL_HISTORY and
-        PSQLRC determine these file names if set.
+        PSQL_HISTORY and PSQLRC now
+        determine these file names if set.
        
       
 
@@ -2150,7 +2176,7 @@
 
       
        
-        Make psql's temporary editor files use a
+        Name psql's temporary editor files with a
         .sql extension (Peter Eisentraut)
        
 
@@ -2166,7 +2192,8 @@
        
 
        
-        Various shell tools use zero-byte (NUL) separators, e.g. find.
+        Various shell tools use zero-byte (NUL) separators,
+        e.g. find.
        
       
 




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