Re: PG 14 release notes, first draft

On 5/10/21 9:56 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 07:50:14AM -0400, Joe Conway wrote:
>> On 5/10/21 2:03 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > I have committed the first draft of the PG 14 release notes. You can
>> > see the most current build of them here:
>> >
>> > https://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-14.html
>> >
>> > I need clarification on many items, and the document still needs its
>> > items properly ordered, and markup added. I also expect a lot of
>> > feedback.
>> >
>> > I plan to work on completing this document this coming week in
>> > preparation for beta next week.
>>
>> While only a small change, this commit does affect user visible behavior and
>> so should probably be noted:
>>
>> https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=b12bd4869b5e
>
> I see your point. Here is the release entry I added:

Not quite -- maybe something like the below:

> <para>
> Return false for has_column_privilege() checks on non-existent or dropped columns (Joe Conway)

Always return NULL for has_column_privilege() checks on non-existent or
dropped column by attnum (Joe Conway)

> <para>
> Previously such columns returned an invalid column error.

Previously existence of such columns were ignored when caller had table
level privileges.

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