Re: PG 16 draft release notes ready
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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Revert MAINTAIN privilege and pg_maintain predefined role.
- 151c22deee66 17.0 cited
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, remove "Have initdb use ICU by default"
- c729642bd760 16.0 cited
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initdb: change default --locale-provider back to libc.
- 2535c74b1a61 16.0 cited
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, add author
- b9e3f8005c99 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, move memory item and reword OUTER item
- e6a254c0d4af 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, add memory overhead reduction item
- 409d24485cbe 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, adjust subscription origin mention
- f7c16a120cfa 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, adjust auto_explain logging item
- 0bcb3ca3b95b 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes: adjust outer/full hash join parallelization
- 5a6464096622 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, fix duplicate author and commit
- 9e28b83ae6fa 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, fix "locale" typo and windows locale text
- 503b0556d96f 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, add author from previous merge
- 46ba86cd32dc 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, wording adjustments
- 5c2c59ba0b5f 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, merge and move vector items
- ad5406246bff 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, update xid/subxid searches item
- a817edbf6f30 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, SIMD improvements
- 5cb54fc310fb 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, add major features list
- 60751aa50313 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, misc merged items and bootstrap detail
- de7c3fd34e0f 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, misc. updates
- c822358a256c 16.0 landed
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doc: PG 16 relnotes, add commits
- 30579d23b226 16.0 landed
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Allow logical decoding on standbys
- 0fdab27ad68a 16.0 cited
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Fix ts_headline() edge cases for empty query and empty search text.
- 029dea882a7a 16.0 cited
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Add a hook for modifying the ldapbind password
- 419a8dd8142a 16.0 cited
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Rework design of functions in pg_walinspect
- 5c1b6628075a 16.0 cited
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initdb: derive encoding from locale for ICU; similar to libc.
- c45dc7ffbba2 16.0 cited
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Doc: add XML ID attributes to <sectN> and <varlistentry> tags.
- 78ee60ed84bb 16.0 cited
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Simplify the implementations of the to_reg* functions.
- 3ea7329c9a79 16.0 cited
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Rename pg_dissect_walfile_name() to pg_split_walfile_name()
- 13e0d7a60385 16.0 cited
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Make materialized views participate in predicate locking
- 43351557d0d2 16.0 cited
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Improve performance of and reduce overheads of memory management
- c6e0fe1f2a08 16.0 cited
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Allow grant-level control of role inheritance behavior.
- e3ce2de09d81 16.0 cited
Attachments
- relnotes-16.diff (text/x-diff) patch
On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 10:02:16AM +0300, Pavel Luzanov wrote: > On 22.08.2023 00:58, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Attached is an applied patch that moves the inherit item into > > incompatibilities. clarifies it, and splits out the ADMIN syntax item. > > > The role's default inheritance behavior can be overridden with the new > <command>GRANT ... WITH INHERIT</command> clause. > > The only question about "can be". Why not "will be"? The inheritance > behavior will be changed anyway. I used "can be" to highlight you "can" override it, but don't need to. > > Please let me know if I need any other changes. Thanks. > > * Allow psql's access privilege commands to show system objects (Nathan > Bossart, Pavel Luzanov) > The options are \dpS, \zS, and \drg. > > I think that this description correct only for the \dpS and \zS commands. > (By the way, unfortunately after reverting MAINTAIN privilege this commands > are not much useful in v16.) > > But the \drg command is a different thing. This is a full featured > replacement for "Member of" column of the \du, \dg commands. > It shows not only members, but granted options (admin, inherit, set) and > grantor. > This is important information for membership usage and administration. > IMO, removing the "Member of" column from the \du & \dg commands also > requires attention in release notes. > > So, I suggest new item in the psql section for \drg. Something like this: > > * Add psql \drg command to display role grants and remove the "Member of" > column from \du & \dg altogether. I see your point. Attached is an applied patch which fixes this by splitting \drg into a separate item and adding text. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.