Re: Its Beta Time Again ... 8.1 Beta 1 Now Available

From: Tony Caduto <tony_caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Its Beta Time Again ... 8.1 Beta 1 Now Available
Date: 2005-08-26 03:08:45
Message-ID: 430E87BD.4040706@amsoftwaredesign.com
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Hi Marc,
Could you post the location of the beta documentation? I seem to have
lost the link :-(
Is there info on the new role system and in/out params in the beta docs?

Thanks,

Tony

> PostgreSQL 8.1 will bring in alot of fairly large features, including:
>
> - Improve concurrent access to the shared buffer cache
> - Add in-memory bitmaps which allows multiple indexes to be
> merged in
> a single query
> - Add two-phase commit
> - Create a new role system that replaces users and groups
> - Move /contrib/pgautovacuum into the main server
> - Add shared row level locks using SELECT ... FOR SHARE
> - many many others listed in the HISTORY file

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