Re: Updated 8.3 release, features

On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 02:19:05PM +0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> All,
>
> I've edited the release some, and I think pending quotes the main body
> of the release just about to go.
>
>
>
> One thing we could really use, though, is some solid statistics about
> how 8.3 improves performance.
>
> I'm working on the extended release now, which is the part which goes on
> the website.  I've added a separate features page because there are so
> many of them:
>
> http://developer.postgresql.org/index.php/83ReleaseFeatures
>
> This is based on the main 8.3 Features page.  However, I think we need a
> separate version of the page for the press, because:
>
> a) it needs to be worded differently for marketing reasons, and
> b) the list for the press should be shorter than the "geek" version.
>
> If anyone can help me fix up that page to make it shorter and better
> worded, then please help.  We need to have the English text together
> within the next 4-5 days, so it can be translated.

I've updated the text about sspi/gssapi to make it clearer (we do support
gssapi on both unix and windows, and I changed it so GSSAPI is the main
thing and SSPI is the also).

Plus, pg_standby is not pgStandby ;-)

//Magnus