Re: 9.4 release notes

On 14 May 2014 15:07, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> 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.
>

Thanks. There's a typo in the new text though --- "cals" should be "calls".

Regards,
Dean