Some copy editing of the release notes

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml
index 299cf9d721ac561586c66f47411d13e9aec94b7f..69f34d36cda94e2f73a432c8eb9958236d7c763e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
       
 
       
-       Previously this returned NULL.
+       Previously this returned a null value.
       
      
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
       
 
       
-       Previously this returned NULL.
+       Previously this returned a null value.
       
      
 
@@ -164,9 +164,10 @@
       
 
       
-       Triggers can now be fired in three cases: BEFORE, AFTER, or INSTEAD OF
-       some action.  Trigger function authors should verify that their logic
-       behaves sanely in all three cases.
+       Triggers can now be fired in three cases: BEFORE,
+       AFTER, or INSTEAD OF some action.
+       Trigger function authors should verify that their logic behaves
+       sanely in all three cases.
       
      
 
@@ -302,9 +303,9 @@
 
       
        
-        Allow unlogged tables using 
+        Allow unlogged tables using the 
         linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-description">UNLOGGED
-        during CREATE
+        clause in CREATE
         TABLE (Robert Haas)
        
 
@@ -345,7 +346,8 @@
        
 
        
-        This allows the use of commit_siblings with less overhead.
+        This allows the use of commit_siblings with
+        less overhead.
        
       
 
@@ -412,8 +414,9 @@
 
       
        
-        Support host names and host suffixes (e.g. .example.com) in
-        pg_hba.conf
+        Support host names and host suffixes
+        (e.g. .example.com) in 
+        linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf">pg_hba.conf
         (Peter Eisentraut)
        
 
@@ -425,7 +428,7 @@
 
       
        
-        Support the keyword all in the host column of 
+        Support the key word all in the host column of 
         linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf">pg_hba.conf
         (Peter Eisentraut)
        
@@ -476,7 +479,7 @@
          Add 
          linkend="guc-log-file-mode">log_file_mode
          which controls the permissions on log files created by the
-         logging_collector (Martin Pihlak)
+         logging collector (Martin Pihlak)
        
       
 
@@ -491,7 +494,7 @@
 
       
        
-        Add client_hostname field to 
+        Add client_hostname column to 
         linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table">pg_stat_activity
         (Peter Eisentraut)
        
@@ -532,13 +535,13 @@
 
       
        
-        Add buffers_backend_fsync field to 
+        Add buffers_backend_fsync column to 
         linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table">pg_stat_bgwriter
         (Greg Smith)
        
 
        
-        This new field counts the number of times a backend fsyncs a
+        This new column counts the number of times a backend fsyncs a
         buffer.
        
       
@@ -560,8 +563,8 @@
        
 
        
-        wal_buffers is now auto-tuned by default based on the size of
-        shared_buffers.
+        wal_buffers is now auto-tuned by default based on
+        the size of shared_buffers.
        
       
 
@@ -708,7 +711,7 @@
 
      
       
-       Add variable 
+       Add configuration parameter 
        linkend="guc-hot-standby-feedback">hot_standby_feedback
        to enable standbys to postpone cleanup of old row versions on the
        primary (Simon Riggs)
@@ -804,8 +807,8 @@
        
 
        
-        This allows a recovery server to be queried to check if the
-        recovery point is the one desired.
+        This allows a recovery server to be queried to check whether
+        the recovery point is the one desired.
        
       
 
@@ -876,7 +879,7 @@
       
        
         Add a true 
-        linkend="xact-serializable">serializable isolation
+        linkend="xact-serializable">serializable isolation
         level (Kevin Grittner, Dan Ports)
        
 
@@ -928,14 +931,14 @@
 
       
        
-        Allow use of the keyword DISTINCT in 
+        Allow use of the key word DISTINCT in 
         linkend="queries-union">UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT
         clauses (Tom Lane)
        
 
        
         DISTINCT is the default behavior so use of this
-        keyword is redundant, but the SQL standard allows it.
+        key word is redundant, but the SQL standard allows it.
        
       
 
@@ -1082,7 +1085,7 @@
        
         The new option is called NOT VALID, which can
         later be modified to VALIDATED and validation
-        checks performed. Together these allow you to add a Foreign Key
+        checks performed. Together these allow you to add a foreign key
         with minimal impact on read and write operations.
        
       
@@ -1095,9 +1098,10 @@
        
 
        
-        For example, converting a varchar column to text no longer
-        requires a rewrite of the table.  However, increasing the length
-        constraint on a varchar column still requires a table rewrite.
+        For example, converting a varchar column to
+        text no longer requires a rewrite of the table.
+        However, increasing the length constraint on a
+        varchar column still requires a table rewrite.
        
       
 
@@ -1115,9 +1119,9 @@
 
       
        
-        Fix possible "tuple concurrently updated" error when two server
-        backends attempted to add an inheritance parent to the same
-        table at the same time (Robert Haas)
+        Fix possible tuple concurrently updated error
+        when two server backends attempted to add an inheritance
+        parent to the same table at the same time (Robert Haas)
        
 
        
@@ -1515,7 +1519,7 @@
          linkend="array-functions-table">array_to_string()
          and 
          linkend="array-functions-table">string_to_array()
-         for NULL processing control (Pavel Stehule)
+         for null value processing control (Pavel Stehule)
        
       
 
@@ -1565,14 +1569,14 @@
 
       
        
-        Add fields to the 
+        Add columns to the 
         linkend="infoschema-sequences">information_schema.sequences
         system view (Peter Eisentraut)
        
 
        
-        Previously, though the view existed, all of these view fields
-        were unimplemented.
+        Previously, though the view existed, the columns about the
+        sequence parameters were unimplemented.
        
       
 
@@ -1777,22 +1781,12 @@
 
       
        
-        plpy.Fatal now raises FATAL, rather
-        than ERROR (Jan Urbanski)
-       
-
-       
-        The old behavior was incorrect.
-       
-      
-
-      
-       
-        Overhaul of PL/Python (Jan Urbanski)
+        Fix exception handling with Python 3 (Jan Urbanski)
        
 
        
-        This includes exception support for Python 3.  **More detail?
+        Exception classes were previously not available in
+        plpy under Python 3.
        
       
 
@@ -1885,7 +1879,7 @@
       
        
         Make psql distinguish between unique
-        indices and unique constraints (Josh Kupershmidt)
+        indexes and unique constraints (Josh Kupershmidt)
        
       
 
@@ -1951,11 +1945,10 @@
 
       
        
-        Improve pg_ctl
-        start's "wait" (-w) mode to handle non-standard
-        port numbers, non-standard Unix-domain socket locations,
-        permission problems, and stale postmaster lock files (Bruce
-        Momjian)
+        Improve pg_ctl start's wait
+        (-w) mode to handle non-standard port numbers,
+        non-standard Unix-domain socket locations, permission
+        problems, and stale postmaster lock files (Bruce Momjian)
        
       
 
@@ -2091,8 +2084,8 @@
        
 
        
-        This allows for faster compiles.  Also, make -k
-        and make -q now work properly in a parallel build.
+        This allows for faster compiles.  Also, make -k
+        now works properly.
        
       
 
@@ -2183,8 +2176,8 @@
       
        
          Improve ability to use C++ compilers for 
-         linkend="xfunc-c">backend compiles by removing
-         conflicting keywords (Tom Lane)
+         linkend="xfunc-c">compiling add-on modules by removing
+         conflicting key words (Tom Lane)
        
       
 
@@ -2346,7 +2339,7 @@
      
       
        Allow contrib/intarray
-       to work properly on multi-dimensional arrays (Tom Lane)
+       to work properly on multidimensional arrays (Tom Lane)
       
      
 
@@ -2582,9 +2575,10 @@
 
      
       
-       Document that it is possible to access all composite fields
-       using (compositeval).*
-       syntax (Peter Eisentraut)
+       Document that it is possible to access all composite type
+       fields using 
+       linkend="field-selection">(compositeval).*
+       syntax (Peter Eisentraut)
       
      
 




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