From 765f677f364100072160e7af37288eb1df2ff355 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 11:36:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: final(?) updates for 14.0 release notes. Add the customary short list of major features. Set release date. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1489855.1631986639@sss.pgh.pa.us --- doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml index 647ac47c5c4..0f5dcbd62b9 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-14.sgml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Release date: - 2021-??-?? (AS OF 2021-09-18) + 2021-09-30 @@ -20,7 +20,70 @@ - TO BE ADDED + Stored procedures can now return data via OUT + parameters. + + + + + + The SQL-standard SEARCH + and CYCLE options for common table expressions + have been implemented. + + + + + + Subscripting can now be applied to any data type for which + it is a useful notation, not only arrays. In this release, + the jsonb and hstore types have gained + subscripting operators. + + + + + + Range types have been extended by adding multiranges, allowing + representation of noncontiguous data ranges. + + + + + + Numerous performance improvements have been made for parallel + queries, heavily-concurrent workloads, partitioned tables, logical + replication, and vacuuming. + + + + + + B-tree index updates are managed more efficiently, reducing index + bloat. + + + + + + VACUUM automatically becomes more aggressive, and + skips inessential cleanup, if the database starts to approach a + transaction ID wraparound condition. + + + + + + Extended statistics can now be collected on expressions, allowing + better planning results for complex queries. + + + + + + libpq now has the ability to pipeline + multiple queries, which can boost throughput over high-latency + connections.