PostgreSQL 9.5 Beta 2 Released

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces today that the
second beta release of PostgreSQL 9.5 is available for download. This
release should contain all features and APIs which will be in the
final release with few, if any, changes. Users should begin testing
their applications against 9.5 Beta 2 in preparation for the final
release.

Changes Since Beta1
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Many bugs and issues reported by our users and contributors have been
fixed since the release of Beta1. These include:

* Many documentation fixes and improvements
* Rename PQsslAttributes() to PQsslAttributeNames()
* Pass extra data to pgworkers for context
* Fix other issues with parallel workers
* Fix multiple issues with BRIN indexes
* Fix problems with commit timestamps and replication
* Put back ssl_renegotiation_limit, set to 0

If you reported an issue while testing PostgreSQL 9.5, please download
Beta2 and test whether that issue has been fixed. If you have not yet
tested version 9.5, now is the time for you to help out PostgreSQL
development. Known issues which are still open are listed on the Open
Items page.

Beta Schedule
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This is second beta release of version 9.5, indicating that very few
user-visible feature changes are expected before final release. The
PostgreSQL Project will release additional betas as required for
testing, followed by one or more release candidates, until the final
release in late 2015. For more information, and suggestions on how to
test the betas, see the Beta Testing page.

Full documentation and release notes of the new version is available
online and also installs with PostgreSQL. Also see the What's New
page for details on some features.

Links
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* Downloads Page: http://www.postgresql.org/download/
* Beta Testing Information: http://www.postgresql.org/developer/beta
* 9.5 eta Release Notes:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/release-9-5.html
* What's New in 9.5:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/What%27s_new_in_PostgreSQL_9.5
* 9.5 Open Items: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_9.5_Open_Items

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Dave Page
PostgreSQL Core Team
http://www.postgresql.org/