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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:34:28 -0400
From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
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To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Release notes introductory text
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"Fortunately, most of these enhancements are automatic and require user 
changes or tuning:"

ITYM "... do not require ..."

cheers

andrew

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> [ BCC to docs and hackers.  Sorry this seems like the only logical way
> to do this.]
>
> I have added the following introductory paragraph to the release notes:
>
> 	This release represents a major leap forward by adding significant new
> 	functionality and performance enhancements to
> 	<productname>PostgreSQL</>. Many complex ideas that normally take years
> 	to implement were added rapidly to this release by our development team.
> 	This release starts <productname>PostgreSQL</> on a trajectory moving
> 	beyond feature-parity with other database systems to a time when
> 	<productname>PostgreSQL</> will be a technology leader in the database
> 	field. Major new capabilities in this release include:
>
> The full release text with my edits to "major" and "migration" sections
> is included:
>
> 	http://momjian.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/release-8-3.html
>
> Comments?
>
>