Open 6.4 items

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org (PostgreSQL-development)
Subject: Open 6.4 items
Date: 1998-10-28 05:17:54
Message-ID: 199810280517.AAA09187@candle.pha.pa.us
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Additions
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CREATE TABLE test (x text, s serial) fails if no database creation permission
regression test all platforms

Serious Items
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change pg args for platforms that don't support argv changes
(setproctitle()?, sendmail hack?)

Docs
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generate html/postscript documentation
(User's Guide, Administrator's Guide, Programmer's Guide) (Thomas)
make sure all changes are documented properly
markup and merge JDBC docs from Peter (Thomas, others??)
merge the release notes into doc/src/sgml/release.sgml (Bruce, Thomas)
generate new text-format INSTALL and README from sgml sources (Thomas)
markup of Jan's PL docs

Minor items
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cnf-ify still can exhaust memory, make SET KSQO more generic
permissions on indexes: what do they do? should it be prevented?
allow multiple generic operators in expressions without the use of parentheses
document/trigger/rule so changes to pg_shadow create pg_pwd
large objects orphanage
improve group handling
improve PRIMARY KEY handling
generate postmaster pid file and remove flock/fcntl lock code
add ability to specifiy location of lock/socket files

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