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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 09:30:01PM +0900, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote:
>> 2ceea5adb Accept "+infinity" in date and timestamp[tz] input.

> I have this but didn't add that commit, added.

That's really not related to the commit you added it to...

I don't have time today to read through all the relnotes, but I went
through those that have my name on them.  Suggested wording modifications
attached.

			regards, tom lane


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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml
index e156284b71..b31e31fccd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-16.sgml
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Change assignment rules for PL/pgSQL bound cursor variab=
les (Tom Lane)
 =

 <para>
 Previously, the string value of such variables was set to match the varia=
ble name during cursor assignment;  now it will be assigned during OPEN, a=
nd will not match the variable name.
+To restore the previous behavior, assign the desired portal name to the c=
ursor
+variable before OPEN.
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -257,7 +259,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Allow memoize atop of UNION ALL and partitions (Richard Guo)
+Allow memoize atop a UNION ALL (Richard Guo)
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -268,7 +270,8 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Allow anti-joins to be constructed on the right/outer side (Richard Guo)
+Allow anti-joins to be performed with the non-nullable input as the
+inner relation (Richard Guo)
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -924,7 +927,7 @@ Allow makeaclitem() to accept multiple privilege names=
 (Robins Tharakan)
 </para>
 =

 <para>
-Previously only a single privilege names, like SELECT, were supported.
+Previously only a single privilege name, like SELECT, was accepted.
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -972,11 +975,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Store server variables in a hash table (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This allows the faster addition of server variables.
+Improve performance of server variable management (Tom Lane)
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -1081,7 +1080,9 @@ Allow the postmaster to terminate children with an a=
bort signal (Tom Lane)
 </para>
 =

 <para>
-Abort normally creates a core dump.  This is controlled by send_abort_for=
_crash and send_abort_for_kill.  postmaster -T is now the same as setting =
send_abort_for_crash.
+This allows collection of a core dump for a stuck child process.
+This is controlled by send_abort_for_crash and send_abort_for_kill.
+The postmaster's -T switch is now the same as setting send_abort_for_cras=
h.
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -1092,7 +1093,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Remove the unnecessary postmaster -n option (Tom Lane)
+Remove the non-functional postmaster -n option (Tom Lane)
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -1462,7 +1463,8 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Add EXPLAIN option GENERIC_PLAN to display the query's generic plan (Laur=
enz Albe)
+Add EXPLAIN option GENERIC_PLAN to display the generic plan
+for a parameterized query (Laurenz Albe)
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -1542,7 +1544,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Add VACUUM option to skip or update all frozen statistics (Tom Lane, Nath=
an Bossart)
+Add VACUUM options to skip or update all frozen statistics (Tom Lane, Nat=
han Bossart)
 </para>
 =

 <para>
@@ -1635,13 +1637,23 @@ This can improve readability for long strings of d=
igits.
 <!--
 Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 2023-01-01 [2ceea5adb] Accept "+infinity" in date and timestamp[tz] input=
.
+-->
+
+<listitem>
+<para>
+Accept the spelling "+infinity" in datetime input (Vik Fearing)
+</para>
+</listitem>
+
+<!--
 Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 2023-03-09 [bcc704b52] Reject combining "epoch" and "infinity" with other=
 datet
 -->
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Prevent the specification of "epoch" and "infinity" with other units in d=
atetime strings (Joseph Koshakow)
+Prevent the specification of "epoch" and "infinity" together with other f=
ields
+in datetime strings (Joseph Koshakow)
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -1652,7 +1664,9 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Remove support for datetime input that prefixes year-month-day by Y/M/D (=
Joseph Koshakow)
+Remove undocumented support for date input in the form
+"<literal>Y<replaceable>year</replaceable>M<replaceable>month</replaceabl=
e>D<replaceable>day</replaceable></literal>"
+(Joseph Koshakow)
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -1909,7 +1923,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Allow to_reg* functions to accept OIDs parameters (Tom Lane)
+Allow to_reg* functions to accept numeric OIDs as input (Tom Lane)
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -2024,7 +2038,8 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Allow ECPG variable declarations to use type names which match SQL keywor=
ds (Tom Lane)
+Allow ECPG variable declarations to use typedef names that match unreserv=
ed
+SQL keywords (Tom Lane)
 </para>
 =

 <para>
@@ -2130,7 +2145,8 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Allow psql to detect the exit status of shell commands and queries (Corey=
 Huinker, Tom Lane)
+Allow psql scripts to obtain the exit status of shell commands and querie=
s
+(Corey Huinker, Tom Lane)
 </para>
 =

 <para>
@@ -2558,7 +2574,12 @@ Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Prevent extension libraries from export their symbols by default (Andres =
Freund, Tom Lane)
+Prevent extension libraries from exporting their symbols by default (Andr=
es Freund, Tom Lane)
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Functions that need to be called from the core backend or other extension=
s
+must now be explicitly marked PGDLLEXPORT.
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -2980,7 +3001,8 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Allow the schemas of dependent extensions to be referenced using the new =
syntax @extschema:dependent_extension_name@ (Regina Obe)
+Allow the schemas of required extensions to be referenced in extension sc=
ripts
+using the new syntax @extschema:referenced_extension_name@ (Regina Obe)
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =

@@ -2991,11 +3013,11 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
 =

 <listitem>
 <para>
-Allow dependent extensions to marked as non-relocatable using "no_relocat=
e" (Regina Obe)
+Allow required extensions to marked as non-relocatable using "no_relocate=
" (Regina Obe)
 </para>
 =

 <para>
-This allows @extschema:dependent_extension_name@ to be treated as a const=
ant for the lifetime of the extension.
+This allows @extschema:referenced_extension_name@ to be treated as a cons=
tant for the lifetime of the extension.
 </para>
 </listitem>
 =


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