See also: <xref linkend="upgrade">.
</para>
- <sect1 id="release-0.7" xreflabel="0.7.x Releases">
- <title>Release 0.7.0</title>
+ <sect1 id="release-0.9.0">
+ <title>Release 0.9.0</title>
<para>
- BDR 0.7.0 was tagged on Tue Aug 19 2014 as git tag
- <literal>bdr/0.7.0</literal>. The 0.7.0 release was the first &bdr; release
- for which RPM packages were available, and the first significant release to
- the public.
+ The 0.9.0 release was tagged on Tue Mar 24 2015 as git tag
+ <literal>bdr-plugin/0.9.0</literal>. This release requires
+ bdr-Pg <literal>bdr-pg/REL9_4_1-1</literal> to support full
+ BDR functionality.
</para>
<para>
- 0.7.0 was based on PostgreSQL 9.4 beta2. It is not on-disk compatible with
- final PostgreSQL releases.
+ Significant features and improvements to &bdr; in this release include:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Dynamic SQL-level configuration of connections between nodes</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Joining new nodes no longer requires restarting all nodes</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Easy node removal</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><xref linkend="command-bdr-init-copy"> performs its own <application>pg_basebackup</application></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Many helper and information functions</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Documentation expanded and moved into the source tree</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>FreeBSD compatibility</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
- <para>
- There was no separate <literal>bdr-pg</literal> for this release.
- </para>
+ <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-dynconf" xreflabel="Dynamic configuration">
+ <title>Dynamic configuration</title>
- <para>
- Detailed release information for 0.7.0 and prior releases may be found in
- the git tree.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ The biggest change with 0.9.0 is that connections between nodes are now
+ configured using the <xref linkend="function-bdr-group-create"> and
+ <xref linkend="function-bdr-group-join"> SQL function calls. It is no
+ longer necessary to restart any existing nodes when joining a node. Even
+ the newly joining node can join without a restart if it was initially
+ configured with the settings required for running &bdr; (see
+ <xref linkend="settings-prerequisite">).
+ </para>
- <para>
- 0.7.0 was followed by a bugfix release, 0.7.1 on Tue Sep 2 2014 as git tag
- <literal>bdr/0.7.1</literal>. See the tag comments for details.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ <literal>bdr.connections</literal> is now unused and ignored. If it
+ remains in <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> a warning will be issued
+ in the PostgreSQL log on startup.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For details, see the <xref linkend="node-management"> chapter.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-node-removal" xreflabel="Easy node removal">
+ <title>Easy node removal</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The new <xref linkend="function-bdr-part-by-node-names"> function allows easy
+ online node removal. There is no need to restart nodes or to manually
+ delete replication identifiers and slots. Multiple nodes may be
+ removed at once.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-init-copy" xreflabel="bdr_init_copy">
+ <title><application>bdr_init_copy</application> makes its own base backup</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <application>bdr_init_copy</application> can now make its own base backup
+ of the target node, and does so by default. Its user interface has also
+ been overhauled as part of the update to support dynamic configuration.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-docs" xreflabel="Documentation in the source tree">
+ <title>Documentation in the source tree</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Formal documentation has been written and added to the &bdr; source tree
+ to replace the prior ad-hoc wiki based documentation. This allows users
+ to more easily refer to documentation specific to their particular
+ version and permits the documentation to be updated at the same time
+ as the source code.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-freebsd" xreflabel="FreeBSD compatibility">
+ <title>FreeBSD compatibility</title>
+
+ <para>
+ &bdr; is now tested and built automatically on FreeBSD.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-functions" xreflabel="New helper functions">
+ <title>New helper functions</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Many new helper functions have been added, see <xref linkend="functions">.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
</sect1>
</sect1>
- <sect1 id="release-0.9.0">
- <title>Release 0.9.0</title>
+
+ <sect1 id="release-0.7" xreflabel="0.7.x Releases">
+ <title>Release 0.7.0</title>
<para>
- The 0.9.0 release was tagged on Tue Mar 24 2015 as git tag
- <literal>bdr-plugin/0.9.0</literal>. This release requires
- bdr-Pg <literal>bdr-pg/REL9_4_1-1</literal> to support full
- BDR functionality.
+ BDR 0.7.0 was tagged on Tue Aug 19 2014 as git tag
+ <literal>bdr/0.7.0</literal>. The 0.7.0 release was the first &bdr; release
+ for which RPM packages were available, and the first significant release to
+ the public.
</para>
<para>
- Significant features and improvements to &bdr; in this release include:
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>Dynamic SQL-level configuration of connections between nodes</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Joining new nodes no longer requires restarting all nodes</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Easy node removal</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><xref linkend="command-bdr-init-copy"> performs its own <application>pg_basebackup</application></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Many helper and information functions</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Documentation expanded and moved into the source tree</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>FreeBSD compatibility</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ 0.7.0 was based on PostgreSQL 9.4 beta2. It is not on-disk compatible with
+ final PostgreSQL releases.
</para>
- <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-dynconf" xreflabel="Dynamic configuration">
- <title>Dynamic configuration</title>
-
- <para>
- The biggest change with 0.9.0 is that connections between nodes are now
- configured using the <xref linkend="function-bdr-group-create"> and
- <xref linkend="function-bdr-group-join"> SQL function calls. It is no
- longer necessary to restart any existing nodes when joining a node. Even
- the newly joining node can join without a restart if it was initially
- configured with the settings required for running &bdr; (see
- <xref linkend="settings-prerequisite">).
- </para>
-
- <para>
- <literal>bdr.connections</literal> is now unused and ignored. If it
- remains in <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> a warning will be issued
- in the PostgreSQL log on startup.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- For details, see the <xref linkend="node-management"> chapter.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-node-removal" xreflabel="Easy node removal">
- <title>Easy node removal</title>
-
- <para>
- The new <xref linkend="function-bdr-part-by-node-names"> function allows easy
- online node removal. There is no need to restart nodes or to manually
- delete replication identifiers and slots. Multiple nodes may be
- removed at once.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-init-copy" xreflabel="bdr_init_copy">
- <title><application>bdr_init_copy</application> makes its own base backup</title>
-
- <para>
- <application>bdr_init_copy</application> can now make its own base backup
- of the target node, and does so by default. Its user interface has also
- been overhauled as part of the update to support dynamic configuration.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-docs" xreflabel="Documentation in the source tree">
- <title>Documentation in the source tree</title>
-
- <para>
- Formal documentation has been written and added to the &bdr; source tree
- to replace the prior ad-hoc wiki based documentation. This allows users
- to more easily refer to documentation specific to their particular
- version and permits the documentation to be updated at the same time
- as the source code.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-freebsd" xreflabel="FreeBSD compatibility">
- <title>FreeBSD compatibility</title>
-
- <para>
- &bdr; is now tested and built automatically on FreeBSD.
- </para>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="release-0.9.0-functions" xreflabel="New helper functions">
- <title>New helper functions</title>
+ <para>
+ There was no separate <literal>bdr-pg</literal> for this release.
+ </para>
- <para>
- Many new helper functions have been added, see <xref linkend="functions">.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ Detailed release information for 0.7.0 and prior releases may be found in
+ the git tree.
+ </para>
- </sect2>
+ <para>
+ 0.7.0 was followed by a bugfix release, 0.7.1 on Tue Sep 2 2014 as git tag
+ <literal>bdr/0.7.1</literal>. See the tag comments for details.
+ </para>
</sect1>
+
</appendix>
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