Re: PG 14 release notes, first draft

On 5/10/21 9:56 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 07:50:14AM -0400, Joe Conway wrote:
>> On 5/10/21 2:03 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > I have committed the first draft of the PG 14 release notes.  You can
>> > see the most current  build of them here:
>> > 
>> >     https://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-14.html
>> > 
>> > I need clarification on many items, and the document still needs its
>> > items properly ordered, and markup added.  I also expect a lot of
>> > feedback.
>> > 
>> > I plan to work on completing this document this coming week in
>> > preparation for beta next week.
>> 
>> While only a small change, this commit does affect user visible behavior and
>> so should probably be noted:
>> 
>> https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=b12bd4869b5e
> 
> I see your point.  Here is the release entry I added:

Not quite -- maybe something like the below:

>     <para>
>     Return false for has_column_privilege() checks on non-existent or dropped columns (Joe Conway)

Always return NULL for has_column_privilege() checks on non-existent or 
dropped column by attnum (Joe Conway)

>     <para>
>     Previously such columns returned an invalid column error.

Previously existence of such columns were ignored when caller had table 
level privileges.


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