Re: 9.4 release notes

On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 08:33:15AM +0100, Dean Rasheed wrote:
> On 4 May 2014 13:46, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > I have completed the initial version of the 9.4 release notes.  You can
> > view them here:
> >
> >         http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/release-9-4.html
> >
> > I will be adding additional markup in the next few days.
> >
> > Feedback expected and welcomed.  I expect to be modifying this until we
> > release 9.4 final.  I have marked items where I need help with question
> > marks.
> >
>
> In a few places, I think "updateable" should be spelled "updatable"
> for consistency with the rest of the documentation (although I think
> both spellings are actually correct).
>
>
> ===
> Allow the updating of views where only some columns are
> auto-updateable (Dean Rasheed)
>
> Previously the presence of a non-auto-updateable column prevented all
> columns from being auto-updated. Deletes are now supported on suitable
> views even if no auto-updateable columns are present.
> ===
>
> I think that puts too much emphasis on deletes, and could be
> misinterpreted. How about something like this:
>
>     Allow views to be automatically updatable even if they contain some
>     non-updatable columns (Dean Rasheed)
>
>     Previously the presence of non-updatable columns such as expressions,
>     literals and functions prevented automatic updates.  Now INSERTs,
>     UPDATEs and DELETEs are supported, provided that they do not attempt
>     to assign new values to any of the non-updatable columns.

Agreed.  Adjusted attached patch applied.  I was never happy with the
previous awkward auto-update wording.

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