> Here is the updated list of changes in 6.5. I will roll them into the
> sgml and HISTORY files, and put it up on the web site soon. Note the
> marker in the list that shows the new items since I last posted this
> list in March. Please review and suggest changes. Thanks.
I'm pretty sure that I can generate HISTORY from the sgml, just before
release. Also, it looks like we could freeze the release notes pretty
soon, since we know what *features* are going into this release. OK?
We should mention the NetBSD/arm32 port in the introduction.
Also, let's move bug fix notes to below feature notes...
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> EXPLAIN all indices used(Thomas)
Not me, must be someone else...
> Implement CASE expression(Thomas)
Implement CASE, COALESCE, NULLIF expressions
> Add CASE statement support(Thomas)
This is a duplicate mention of CASE...
> Upgrade to Pygress(D'Arcy)
PyGres
> Update odbc version
Update ODBC driver(Byron)
> Better date/year handling(Thomas)
Improve date/time handling(Thomas)
> Addition of Stefan Simkovics' Master's Thesis to docs(Stefan)
New intro to SQL from S. Simkovics' Master's Thesis (Stefan, Thomas)
New intro to backend processing from " " " " ...
> Improved int8 support(Thomas, Marc)
Improved int8 support(Ryan, Thomas, Tom)
Marc, did you do something with int8s?? Ryan is Ryan Bradetich, if he
doesn't show up yet in the contributor's list...
> Allow btree/hash index on the int8 type(Ryan)
Consolidate this with above? Ryan's contribution was probably the
biggest feature for int8 support in this release.
> --new since 1999/03/15-----------------------------------------------
> Date/time fixes(Thomas)
Duplicate of earlier entries.
> Update to PyGreSQL 2.4(D'Arcy)
Duplicate (though you may want to keep this one instead)
> Update to JDBC(Peter)
Duplicate.
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Thomas Lockhart lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California