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Update release notes for pending back-branch releases.

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<appendix id="release">
<title>Release Notes</title>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-11">
<title>Release 7.3.11</title>
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2005-10-04</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.10.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to version 7.3.11</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However,
if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.10, see the release
notes for 7.3.10.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Fix error that allowed <command>VACUUM</> to remove
<literal>ctid</> chains too soon, and add more checking in code that follows
<literal>ctid</> links</para>
<para>This fixes a long-standing problem that could cause crashes in very rare
circumstances.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix <type>CHAR()</> to properly pad spaces to the specified
length when using a multiple-byte character set (Yoshiyuki Asaba)</para>
<para>In prior releases, the padding of <type>CHAR()</> was incorrect
because it only padded to the specified number of bytes without
considering how many characters were stored.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix missing rows in queries like <literal>UPDATE a=... WHERE
a...</> with GiST index on column <literal>a</></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve checking for partially-written WAL
pages</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Improve robustness of signal handling when SSL is
enabled</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Various memory leakage fixes</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Various portability improvements</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Fix PL/PgSQL to handle <literal>var := var</> correctly when
the variable is of pass-by-reference type</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-3-10">
<title>Release 7.3.10</title>
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<para>
Major changes in this release:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
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</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
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application examines the system catalogs, additional changes will
be required due to the introduction of schemas in 7.3; for more
information, see: <ulink
url="http://developer.postgresql.org/~momjian/upgrade_tips_7.3">
http://developer.postgresql.org/~momjian/upgrade_tips_7.3</>.
url="http://developer.postgresql.org/~momjian/upgrade_tips_7.3"></>.
</para>
<para>
Observe the following incompatibilities:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
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</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
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<para>
Major changes in this release:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
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</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
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<para>
Observe the following incompatibilities:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
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<literal>timestamp 'string'</literal> or <literal>CAST</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
The <literal>SELECT ... LIMIT #,#</literal> syntax will be removed
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<para>
Major changes in this release:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
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</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to version 7.1</title>
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<para>
Major changes in this release:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
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column correlation names.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to version 7.0</title>
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<para>
Interface and compatibility issues to consider for the new
release include:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
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</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
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sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
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