[Pgpool-general] pgpool-II 2.1 beta1 released

[Tatsuo Ishii]

Hi all,

We have fixed some critical problems in the on line recovery codes in
pgpool-II 2.1 beta1. If you have trouble while testing the on line
recovery functionality, we recommend you to upgrade to the CVS Head
tips.

F.Y.I. related commit messages are:

http://lists.pgfoundry.org/pipermail/pgpool-committers/2008-March/000726.html
http://lists.pgfoundry.org/pipermail/pgpool-committers/2008-March/000727.html
http://lists.pgfoundry.org/pipermail/pgpool-committers/2008-March/000728.html
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan

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