[Pgpool-general] pgpool-II 2.1 beta1 released

[Yoshiyuki Asaba]

pgpool Global Development Group are pleased to announce the release of
pgpool-II 2.1 beta1, a new version of open source middle ware to
enhance the reliability and performance of PostgreSQL.

* pgpool-II 2.1 beta1
http://pgfoundry.org/frs/download.php/1715/pgpool-II-2.1-beta1.tar.gz

* pgpoolAdmin 2.1 beta1
http://pgfoundry.org/frs/download.php/1716/pgpoolAdmin-2.1-beta1.tar.gz

pgpool-II 2.1 fixed many bugs introduced in V2.0. Users are encouraged
to test the beta version before the final release to find bugs and any
other problems. If you find anything wrong with it, please let us know
via the mailing lists. 

2.1 (inamiboshi) 2008/4/??
      * Version 2.1

      * New feature
        - Add '%m' format to failover_command and failback_command to
          obtain new master node ID. (Yoshiyuki)
        - Add '%m' format to failover_command and failback_command to
          obtain old master node ID. (Yoshiyuki)
        - Add new directive "recovery_timeout" to specify recovery
          timeout in second. (Taiki)
	- Add optino '-v' to print pgpool version. (Yoshiyuki)

      * Incompatibility
        - Restrict pgpool_recovery() and pgpool_remote_start()
          functions to superusers. (Yoshiyuki)
        - Do not create a connection pool to standby node in raw
          mode. (Yoshiyuki)
        - Remove "replication_timeout" parameter. (Yoshiyuki)
          - This enabled if replication_strict was false. However,
            replication_strict was already removed.
        - Ignore timeout argument of pcp commands. (Taiki)
	- Do not replicate "COPY TO STDOUT" when replicate_select is
          false. (Yoshiyuki)

      * Bug fix
      ** General
        - Fix crash when CloseComplete message was
          received. (Yoshiyuki)
	- Improve network I/O routine. (Yoshiyuki)
	- Fix compile errors on Solaris 10. (Yoshiyuki)
	- Improve log messages of health check and recovery. (Tatsuo)
	- Change error level of the "failed to read kind from
          frontend" message from ERROR to LOG. (Yoshiyuki)
	- Fix failover failure in raw mode. (Taiki)
	- Fix zombie process bug. (Yoshiyuki)
	- Fix health_check_timeout to work correctly. (Kenichi Sawada)
	- Support ps status on FreeBSD. (ISHIDA Akio)
	- Improve bind(2) failure report. (Jun Kuriyama)
	- Improve error message when client authentication
          failed. (Tatsuo)

      ** Replication
        - Fix replicate_select to work correctly. (Tatsuo)
        - Fix a wrong rollback bug with extended query. (Yoshiyuki)
        - Fix a bug with asynchronous query. (Yoshiyuki)
        - Fix hint clause handling like /*REPLICATION*/ with extended
          query. (Yoshiyuki)
        - Fix crash of "DEALLOCATE ALL". (Yoshiyuki)
        - Fix hang up when a backend node does immediate
          shutdown. (Yoshiyuki)

      ** Master Slave
        - Fix load balancing to work correctly. (Yoshiyuki)
	- Fix crash if SET, PREPARE or DEALLOCATE is executed inside a
          transaction block. (Yoshiyuki)

      ** Parallel query
        - Fix INSERT failure. (Yoshiharu)

Regards,
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Yoshiyuki Asaba
y-asaba at sraoss.co.jp