delta/postgresql.git, branch REL8_3_0

configure tag'd 8.3.0 and built witih autoconf 2.59

2008-02-01T04:16:29+00:00

Stamp 8.3 in CVS. _No_ update of configure/configure.in.

2008-02-01T02:59:02+00:00

Update FAQ for most recent release as 8.3.

2008-02-01T02:55:41+00:00

Update item:

2008-02-01T02:41:10+00:00

< * Improve deadlock detection when deleting items from shared buffers
> * Improve deadlock detection when a page cleaning lock conflicts
>   with a shared buffer that is pinned

Fix spelling typo in comment.

2008-01-31T23:31:33+00:00

Add comment about possible URL changes for www7.hp.com:

2008-01-31T23:30:31+00:00

Update spoofing /tmp symlink instructions to be more specific about the

2008-01-31T23:03:16+00:00

name of the needed symlink file.

Mention synchronize_seqscans GUC variable in release notes.

2008-01-31T21:31:33+00:00

Update expected release date.

Remove the old table of "supported platforms" in favor of a link to the

2008-01-31T20:29:30+00:00

buildfarm plus a narrative description of the CPU types and operating systems
on which Postgres is likely to work.  Now that we've almost completely
decoupled CPU and OS considerations, the former tabular style isn't all that
enlightening anyway.  Perhaps more importantly, no one seems particularly
interested in maintaining the table by hand when we have the buildfarm.

Fix pg_GSS_error to use conn->errorMessage more sanely, ie, actually

2008-01-31T18:58:30+00:00

work with the PQExpBuffer code instead of fighting it.  This avoids an
unnecessary limit on message length and fixes the latent bug that
errorMessage.len wasn't getting set.