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diff --git a/src/docs/upgrading.dox b/src/docs/upgrading.dox index 1e0e2eaf99a..4a356f7da61 100644 --- a/src/docs/upgrading.dox +++ b/src/docs/upgrading.dox @@ -1,19 +1,33 @@ /*! @page upgrading Upgrading WiredTiger applications -@section version_291 Upgrading to Version 2.9.1 + +@section version_292 Upgrading to Version 2.9.2 <dl> -<dt>WiredTiger now requires Python 2.7 at minimum</dt> +<dt>WiredTiger Utility now supports truncate</dt> <dd> -The minimum version of Python supported by WiredTiger is now 2.7 up from the -previous version of 2.6. This is due to extra unit tests added in this release -that depend on 2.7. This is not due to a change in the Python API. +The WiredTiger Utility can now \c truncate an object. Removing all contents +from the specified object. </dd> +</dl> +@section version_291 Upgrading to Version 2.9.1 + +<dl> <dt>Changes to hazard pointer configuration</dt> <dd> The \c hazard_max parameter to ::wiredtiger_open is now ignored. Memory is allocated for hazard pointers as required by each session. </dd> -</dl><hr> + +<dt>Change to the default fadvise behavior for data files</dt> +<dd> +The old default behavior was to advise the file system that access would be +random for data files, and there was no way to alter that. We no longer +call advise the file system of expected access patterns by default, and +have added a new \c access_pattern_hint configuration option available for +WT_SESSION::create that can be used to restore the old default by setting +the value to "random". +</dd> +</dl> @section version_290 Upgrading to Version 2.9.0 <dl> @@ -314,7 +328,7 @@ be updated. The WT_SESSION::create \c internal_item_max and \c leaf_item_max configuration strings are now deprecated in favor of the \c internal_key_max, \c leaf_key_max, and \c leaf_value_max -configuration strings. See @ref tune_page_sizes for more information. +configuration strings. See @ref tune_page_size_and_comp for more information. </dd> </dl><hr> |