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2+ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.314 2004/11/27 21:56:04 petere Exp $
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55<appendix id="release">
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
2222 <variablelist>
2323 <varlistentry>
2424 <term>
25- Win32 Native Server
25+ Microsoft Windows Native Server
2626 </term>
2727
2828 <listitem>
@@ -31,28 +31,31 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
3131 to natively run on <productname>Microsoft Windows</> as a
3232 server. It can run as a <productname>Windows</> service. This
3333 release supports NT-based Windows releases like
34- <productname>Win2000 </>, <productname>XP</>,
35- <productname>Win2003 </>. Older releases like
36- <productname>Windows 95</>, <productname>98</>, and
37- <productname>ME</> are not supported because these operating
34+ <productname>Windows 2000 </>, <productname>Windows XP</>, and
35+ <productname>Windows 2003 </>. Older releases like
36+ <productname>Windows 95</>, <productname>Windows 98</>, and
37+ <productname>Windows ME</> are not supported because these operating
3838 systems do not have the infrastructure to support
3939 <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. A separate installer
4040 project has been created to ease installation on
4141 <productname>Windows</>: <ulink
4242 url="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">
4343 http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</ulink>.
4444 </para>
45+
4546 <para>
4647 Although tested throughout our release cycle, the Windows port
4748 does not have the benefit of years of use in production
4849 environments that <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> has on
4950 Unix platforms and therefore should be treated with the same
5051 level of caution as you would a new product.
5152 </para>
52- <para> Previous releases required the Unix emulation toolkit
53- <productname>Cygwin</> for Win32 server support.
54- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> has always supported
55- clients on Win32.
53+
54+ <para>
55+ Previous releases required the Unix emulation toolkit
56+ <productname>Cygwin</> in order to run the server on Windows
57+ operating systems. <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> has
58+ always supported clients on Windows.
5659 </para>
5760 </listitem>
5861 </varlistentry>
@@ -740,7 +743,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
740743 </para>
741744 <para>
742745 Listening on localhost (<literal>127.0.0.1</>) opens no new
743- security holes but allows configurations likeWin32 and JDBC,
746+ security holes but allows configurations likeWindows and JDBC,
744747 which do not support local sockets, to work without special
745748 adjustments.
746749 </para>
@@ -1272,10 +1275,10 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
12721275
12731276 <listitem>
12741277 <para>
1275- New <application>pg_ctl</> <option>kill</> option forWin32 (Andrew)
1278+ New <application>pg_ctl</> <option>kill</> option forWindows (Andrew)
12761279 </para>
12771280 <para>
1278- Win32 does not have a <literal>kill</> command to send signals to
1281+ Windows does not have a <literal>kill</> command to send signals to
12791282 backends so this capability was added to <application>pg_ctl</>.
12801283 </para>
12811284 </listitem>
@@ -1303,8 +1306,8 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
13031306
13041307 <listitem>
13051308 <para>
1306- AddWin32 service <option>register</> command to
1307- <application>pg_ctl</> (Dave Page)
1309+ Add <option>register</> command to <application>pg_ctl</> to
1310+ register Windows operating system service (Dave Page)
13081311 </para>
13091312 </listitem>
13101313
@@ -1976,13 +1979,13 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
19761979
19771980 <listitem>
19781981 <para>
1979- Allow the database server to run natively onWin32 (Claudio, Magnus, Andrew)
1982+ Allow the database server to run natively onWindows (Claudio, Magnus, Andrew)
19801983 </para>
19811984 </listitem>
19821985
19831986 <listitem>
19841987 <para>
1985- Shell script commands converted to C versions forWin32 support (Andrew)
1988+ Shell script commands converted to C versions forWindows support (Andrew)
19861989 </para>
19871990 </listitem>
19881991
@@ -2197,7 +2200,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
21972200
21982201 <listitem>
21992202 <para>
2200- New <application>pgevent</> forWin32 logging
2203+ New <application>pgevent</> forWindows logging
22012204 </para>
22022205 </listitem>
22032206
@@ -2266,7 +2269,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
22662269
22672270 <listitem>
22682271 <para>
2269- Allow /contrib/pg_autovacuum to run as aWin32 service (Dave Page)
2272+ Allow /contrib/pg_autovacuum to run as aWindows service (Dave Page)
22702273 </para>
22712274 </listitem>
22722275