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[couchdb-documentation] 01/01: A few more 3.0 changes...
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commit a07d0d1d4284791cd592e78701f21e77d8792d55
Author: Joan Touzet <jo...@atypical.net>
AuthorDate: Fri Jan 31 21:34:20 2020 -0500
A few more 3.0 changes...
---
src/whatsnew/3.0.rst | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst
index 537874b..a58d8b9 100644
--- a/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst
+++ b/src/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ Upgrade Notes
change the value upon database creation if desired. The default can be changed
via the config ``[cluster] q`` setting.
-* :ghissue:`1523`, :ghissue:`2092`, :ghissue:`2336`: The "node-local" HTTP interface,
- by default exposed on port 5986, has been removed. All functionality previously
- available at that port is now available on the main, clustered interface (by default,
- port 5984). Examples:
+* :ghissue:`1523`, :ghissue:`2092`, :ghissue:`2336`, :ghissue:`2475`: The "node-local"
+ HTTP interface, by default exposed on port 5986, has been removed. All functionality
+ previously available at that port is now available on the main, clustered interface (by
+ default, port 5984). Examples:
.. code-block:: javascript
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Upgrade Notes
GET /_node/{nodename}/_uuids
GET /_node/{nodename}/_config
GET /_node/{nodename}/_config/couchdb/uuid
+ POST /_node/{nodename}_config/_reload
GET /_node/{nodename}/_nodes/_changes?include_docs=true
PUT /_node/{nodename}/_dbs/{dbname}
POST /_node/{nodename}/_restart
@@ -165,8 +166,9 @@ Features and Enhancements
* :ghissue:`1789`: :ref:`User-defined partitioned databases <partitioned-dbs>`.
These special databases support user-driven placement of documents into the same
- shard range. :ref:`JavaScript views <api/partitioned/views>` and **[TODO LINK]** Mango
- indexes have specific optimizations for partitioned databases as well.
+ shard range. :ref:`JavaScript views <api/partitioned/views>` and :ref:`Mango
+ indexes <api/partitioned/find>` have specific optimizations for partitioned databases
+ as well.
Two tweakable configuration parameters exist:
@@ -194,6 +196,27 @@ Features and Enhancements
* :ghissue:`1889`, :ghissue:`2408`: New IO Queue subsystem implementation.
This is :ref:`highly configurable and well-documented <config/ioq>`.
+* :ghissue:`2436`, :ghissue:`2455`: CouchDB now regression tests against, and officially
+ supports, running on the ``arm64v8`` (``aarch64``) and ``ppc64le`` (``ppc64el``)
+ machine architectures. Convenience binaries are generated on these architectures for
+ Debian 10.x ("buster") packages, and for the Docker containers.
+
+* :ghissue:`1875`, :ghissue:`2437`, :ghissue:`2423`: CouchDB now supports linking against
+ SpiderMonkey 60 or SpiderMonkey 1.8.5. SpiderMonkey 60 provides enhanced support for
+ ES5, ES6, and ES2016+. Full compatibility information is available at the `ECMAScript
+ compatibility table`_: click on "Show obsolete platforms," then look for "FF 60 ESR"
+ in the list of engine types.
+
+ However, it was discovered that on ARM 64-bit platforms, SM 60 segfaults frequently.
+ Also, at the time of writing, of the set of platforms supported for convenience
+ binaries, only Debian 10.x ("buster") ships precompiled SM 60 binaries.
+
+ As a result, CouchDB's convenience binaries **only link against SM 60 on debian buster
+ ``x86_64`` and ``ppc64le`` architectures**. This includes the Docker image for these
+ architectures. All other packages and Docker images link against SM 1.8.5, as in CouchDB
+ 2.x. As OSes update to include binaries for SM 60, the convenience binaries will be
+ updated accordingly.
+
* :ghissue:`2037`: Dreyfus, the CouchDB side of the Lucene-powered search solution, is now
shipped with CouchDB. When one or more Clouseau Java nodes are joined to the cluster,
text-based indexes can be enabled in CouchDB. It is recommended to have as many Clouseau
@@ -243,11 +266,10 @@ Features and Enhancements
* :ghissue:`1963`: Metrics are now kept on the number of partition and global view
queries, along with the number of timeouts that occur.
-* :ghissue:`2452`: A new configuration field ``[couch_httpd_auth] same_site`` has
- been added to set the value of the CouchDB auth cookie's ``SameSite`` attribute.
- It may be necessary to set this to ``strict`` for compatibility with future
- versions of Google Chrome. If CouchDB CORS support is enabled, set this to
- ``None``.
+* :ghissue:`2452`, :ghissue:`2221`: A new configuration field ``[couch_httpd_auth]
+ same_site`` has been added to set the value of the CouchDB auth cookie's ``SameSite``
+ attribute. It may be necessary to set this to ``strict`` for compatibility with future
+ versions of Google Chrome. If CouchDB CORS support is enabled, set this to ``None``.
Performance
-----------
@@ -270,6 +292,10 @@ Performance
* :ghissue:`1795`: Avoid calling ``fabric:update_docs`` with empty doc lists.
+* :ghissue:`2497`: The setup wizard no longer automatically creates the
+ ``_global_changes`` database, as the majority of users do not need this
+ functionality. This reduces overall CouchDB load.
+
Bugfixes
--------
@@ -372,6 +398,15 @@ Bugfixes
* :ghissue:`2458`: Partitioned queries and dreyfus search functions no longer fail
if there is a single failed node or rexi worker error.
+* :ghissue:`1783`: Mango text indexes no longer error when given an empty selector or
+ operators with empty arrays.
+
+* :ghissue:`2466`: Mango text indexes no longer error if the indexed document revision
+ no longer exists in the primary index.
+
+* :ghissue:`2486`: The ``$lt``, ``$lte``, ``$gt``, and ``$gte`` Mango operators are
+ correctly quoted internally when used in conjunction with a text index search.
+
Other
-----
@@ -379,6 +414,9 @@ The 3.0.0 release also includes the following minor improvements:
.. rst-class:: open
+* :ghissue:`2472`: CouchDB now logs the correct, clustered URI at startup (by default:
+ port ``5984``.)
+
* :ghissue:`2034`,:ghissue:`2416`: The path to the Fauxton installation can now be
specified via the ``COUCHDB_FAUXTON_DOCROOT`` environment variable.
@@ -389,8 +427,8 @@ The 3.0.0 release also includes the following minor improvements:
use, including counts of unindexed queries, invalid index queries, docs examined that
do and don't meet cluster quorum, query time, etc.
-* :ghissue:`2152`: CouchDB can now be started via a symlink to the binary on UNIX-based
- platforms.
+* :ghissue:`2152`, :ghissue:`2504`: CouchDB can now be started via a symlink to the
+ binary on UNIX-based platforms.
* :ghissue:`1844`: A new internal API has been added to write custom Erlang
request-level metrics reporting plugins.
@@ -467,6 +505,12 @@ The 3.0.0 release also includes the following minor improvements:
* :ghissue:`1786`: ``dev/run``: do not create needless ``dev/data/`` directory.
+* :ghissue:`2482`: A redundant ``get_ring_opts`` call has been removed from
+ ``dreyfus_fabric_search``.
+
+* :ghissue:`2506`: CouchDB's release candidates no longer propagate the RC tags
+ into each Erlang application's version string.
+
* Fauxton updated to v1.2.2, which includes:
* TODO
@@ -489,6 +533,7 @@ The 3.0.0 release also includes the following minor improvements:
* ``erlang_views`` (:ghissue:`2237`)
* ``auth_cache``, ``cookie_auth``, ``lorem*``, ``multiple_rows``, ``users_db``,
``utf8`` (:ghissue:`2394`)
+ * ``etags_head`` (:ghissue:`2464`, :ghissue:`2469`)
* :ghissue:`2431`: ``chttpd_purge_tests`` have been improved in light of CI failures.
@@ -532,6 +577,9 @@ The 3.0.0 release also includes the following minor improvements:
* :ghissue:`1785`: Use ``devclean`` on elixir target for consistency of Makefile.
+ * :ghissue:`2476`: For testing, ``Triq`` has been replaced with ``PropEr`` as an
+ optional dependency.
+
* External dependency updates:
* :ghissue:`1870`: Mochiweb has been updated to 2.19.0.
@@ -540,7 +588,10 @@ The 3.0.0 release also includes the following minor improvements:
* :ghissue:`2001`: ibrowse has been updated to 4.0.1-1.
+ * :ghissue:`2400`: jiffy has been updated to 1.0.1.
+
* A llama! OK, no, not really. If you got this far...thank you for reading.
.. _Python black: https://github.com/ambv/black
.. _hehaden: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hellie55/23379351593/
+.. _ECMAScript compatibility table: https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/