From: Craig Ringer Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 10:50:19 +0000 (+0800) Subject: doc: Sort relnotes newest to oldest (desc) X-Git-Tag: bdr-plugin/0.9.0~3 X-Git-Url: http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/static/gitweb.js?a=commitdiff_plain;h=47d174cf6861e3473121b66075060f5c674239fc;p=2ndquadrant_bdr.git doc: Sort relnotes newest to oldest (desc) --- diff --git a/doc/appendix-releasenotes.sgml b/doc/appendix-releasenotes.sgml index e0e42bee95..84c9eda1db 100644 --- a/doc/appendix-releasenotes.sgml +++ b/doc/appendix-releasenotes.sgml @@ -15,34 +15,107 @@ See also: . - - Release 0.7.0 + + Release 0.9.0 - BDR 0.7.0 was tagged on Tue Aug 19 2014 as git tag - bdr/0.7.0. 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 + bdr-plugin/0.9.0. This release requires + bdr-Pg bdr-pg/REL9_4_1-1 to support full + BDR functionality. - 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: + + Dynamic SQL-level configuration of connections between nodes + Joining new nodes no longer requires restarting all nodes + Easy node removal + performs its own pg_basebackup + Many helper and information functions + Documentation expanded and moved into the source tree + FreeBSD compatibility + - - There was no separate bdr-pg for this release. - + + Dynamic configuration - - Detailed release information for 0.7.0 and prior releases may be found in - the git tree. - + + The biggest change with 0.9.0 is that connections between nodes are now + configured using the and + 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 + ). + - - 0.7.0 was followed by a bugfix release, 0.7.1 on Tue Sep 2 2014 as git tag - bdr/0.7.1. See the tag comments for details. - + + bdr.connections is now unused and ignored. If it + remains in postgresql.conf a warning will be issued + in the PostgreSQL log on startup. + + + + For details, see the chapter. + + + + + + Easy node removal + + + The new 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. + + + + + + <application>bdr_init_copy</application> makes its own base backup + + + bdr_init_copy 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. + + + + + + Documentation in the source tree + + + 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. + + + + + + FreeBSD compatibility + + + &bdr; is now tested and built automatically on FreeBSD. + + + + + + New helper functions + + + Many new helper functions have been added, see . + + + @@ -198,108 +271,37 @@ - - Release 0.9.0 + + + Release 0.7.0 - The 0.9.0 release was tagged on Tue Mar 24 2015 as git tag - bdr-plugin/0.9.0. This release requires - bdr-Pg bdr-pg/REL9_4_1-1 to support full - BDR functionality. + BDR 0.7.0 was tagged on Tue Aug 19 2014 as git tag + bdr/0.7.0. The 0.7.0 release was the first &bdr; release + for which RPM packages were available, and the first significant release to + the public. - Significant features and improvements to &bdr; in this release include: - - Dynamic SQL-level configuration of connections between nodes - Joining new nodes no longer requires restarting all nodes - Easy node removal - performs its own pg_basebackup - Many helper and information functions - Documentation expanded and moved into the source tree - FreeBSD compatibility - + 0.7.0 was based on PostgreSQL 9.4 beta2. It is not on-disk compatible with + final PostgreSQL releases. - - Dynamic configuration - - - The biggest change with 0.9.0 is that connections between nodes are now - configured using the and - 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 - ). - - - - bdr.connections is now unused and ignored. If it - remains in postgresql.conf a warning will be issued - in the PostgreSQL log on startup. - - - - For details, see the chapter. - - - - - - Easy node removal - - - The new 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. - - - - - - <application>bdr_init_copy</application> makes its own base backup - - - bdr_init_copy 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. - - - - - - Documentation in the source tree - - - 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. - - - - - - FreeBSD compatibility - - - &bdr; is now tested and built automatically on FreeBSD. - - - - - - New helper functions + + There was no separate bdr-pg for this release. + - - Many new helper functions have been added, see . - + + Detailed release information for 0.7.0 and prior releases may be found in + the git tree. + - + + 0.7.0 was followed by a bugfix release, 0.7.1 on Tue Sep 2 2014 as git tag + bdr/0.7.1. See the tag comments for details. + +