Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Stefan Kaltenbrunner wrote: > >>> Let me give you the criteria I use for the release notes. The release > >>> notes try to document all changes visible to the average user in a way > >>> that is understandable to the average user. > >> hmm I'm not so sure about that - there are a number of changes to psql > >> that are not mentioned for example - like the addition of various new > >> backslashcommands (\dF, \dFp, \dFt ,...) as part of the main tsearch2 > >> commit or a number of tab-complete improvements/additions (for tsearch > >> as well as some other stuff). > > > > Yea, but when you say you are adding tsearch there is the assumption > > that psql and pg_dump and tab completion will be updated to reflect > > that. > > hmm well - tab.complete support was not done for a number of new > SQL-level stuff with the main commits in the last few releases and was > mostly added by different developers (like me) either in the same > release cycle or even later. > Anyway this "implicitly included in the main commit" adds a few > interesting gotchas like having a "Build Options" section that has stuff > like "--enable-profiling" and "--with-system-tzdata" but > "--with-ossp-uuid" is in the contrib section and "--with-libxml" is > missing (mostly because implicitly assumed as part of SQL/XML) as is > "--with-gssapi"(part of the GSSAPI feature?) and "--with-libxslt (no idea ?)
These are new user-visible flags, not something like tab support which you just kind of expect to work for every SQL command, and if it doesn't, it is a bug. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq