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Make a cut at a major-features list for 9.2.

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This is open to debate of course, but it's past time we had *something*
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<title>Overview</title>
<para>
NARRATIVE HERE. Major enhancements include:
This release has been largely focused on performance improvements, though
new SQL features are not lacking. Work also continues in the area of
replication support. Major enhancements include:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>MAJOR LIST HERE</para></listitem>
<!-- This list duplicates items below, but without authors or details-->
<listitem>
<para>
Allow queries to retrieve data only from indexes, avoiding heap
access (<firstterm>index-only scans</>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow the planner to generate custom plans for specific parameter
values even when using prepared statements
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve the planner's ability to use nested loops with inner
index scans
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow streaming replication slaves to forward data to other slaves
(<link linkend="cascading-replication"><firstterm>cascading
replication</></link>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a <link
linkend="app-pgreceivexlog"><application>pg_receivexlog</></link>
tool to archive WAL file changes as they are written
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add the <link linkend="SPGiST">SP-GiST</link> (Space-Partitioned
GiST) index access method
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for <link linkend="rangetypes">range data types</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a <link linkend="datatype-json"><type>JSON</type></link>
data type
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a <link
linkend="SQL-CREATEVIEW"><literal>security_barrier</></link>
option for views
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <application>libpq</> connection strings to have the format of a
<link linkend="libpq-connstring"><acronym>URI</acronym></link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a <link linkend="libpq-single-row-mode">single-row processing
mode</link> to <application>libpq</> for better handling of large
result sets
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Allow connection strings to have the format of a <link
linkend="libpq-connstring"><acronym>URI</acronym></link> (Alexander
Shulgin)
Allow <application>libpq</> connection strings to have the format of a
<link linkend="libpq-connstring"><acronym>URI</acronym></link>
(Alexander Shulgin)
</para>
<para>