More release note wording improvements; section order adjustments.

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@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Remove <varname>explain_pretty_print</> <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting
(no longer needed) (Tom)
Remove <varname>explain_pretty_print</> parameter (no longer needed) (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -590,10 +589,9 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> setting
<varname>cursor_tuple_fraction</> to control the fraction of
a cursor's rows expected to be requested by the user (Robert
Hell)
Add <varname>cursor_tuple_fraction</> parameter to control the
fraction of a cursor's rows expected to be requested by the
user (Robert Hell)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -630,8 +628,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add ability to track user-defined functions call counts and
runtimes via <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable
<varname>track_functions</> (Martin Pihlak)
runtimes via parameter <varname>track_functions</> (Martin
Pihlak)
</para>
<para>
@ -644,8 +642,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Allow specification of the maximum <literal>pg_stat_activity</>
query string size via <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable
<varname>track_activity_query_size</> (Thomas Lee)
query string size via <varname>track_activity_query_size</>
parameter (Thomas Lee)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -787,22 +785,22 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Remove <literal>sameuser</> option from <filename>pg_hba.conf</>,
making it the default if no usermap is specified (Magnus)
Remove the <literal>sameuser</> option, making it the default
if no usermap is specified (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Change all <filename>pg_hba.conf</> authentication options to
be <literal>name=value</> settings (Magnus)
Change all authentication options to be <literal>name=value</>
settings (Magnus)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow usermap parameter in <filename>pg_hba.conf</> for all
external authentication methods (Magnus)
Allow usermap parameter for all external authentication methods
(Magnus)
</para>
<para>
@ -820,8 +818,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add <filename>pg_hba.conf</> option <literal>clientcert</> to
control requesting of a client certificate (Magnus)
Add <literal>clientcert</> option to control requesting of a
client certificate (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
@ -832,9 +830,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add <filename>pg_hba.conf</> <literal>cert</> authentication
method to allow user authentication via <acronym>SSL</>
certificates (Magnus)
Add <literal>cert</> authentication method to allow user
authentication via <acronym>SSL</> certificates (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
@ -859,8 +856,7 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add <literal>krb5</>, <literal>gssapi</>, and <literal>sspi</>
<varname>include_realm</> parameter to <filename>pg_hba.conf</>
(Magnus)
<varname>include_realm</> parameter (Magnus)
</para>
<para>
@ -871,8 +867,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Show all parsing errors in <filename>pg_hba.conf</> instead of
aborting after the first one (Selena Deckelmann)
Show all parsing errors instead of aborting after the first
one (Selena Deckelmann)
</para>
</listitem>
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</sect3>
<sect3>
<title><literal>LIMIT</>/<literal>OFFSET</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <literal>LIMIT</> and <literal>OFFSET</> to use subselects
as arguments (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Document that <literal>LIMIT NULL</> and <literal>OFFSET NULL</>
have no effect (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <acronym>SQL</>-standards syntax for
<literal>LIMIT</>/<literal>OFFSET</> capabilities (Peter)
</para>
<para>
<literal>OFFSET num {ROW|ROWS} FETCH {FIRST|NEXT} [num] {ROW|ROWS}
ONLY</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title><command>TRUNCATE</></title>
<itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Database Manipulation</title>
<title><literal>LIMIT</>/<literal>OFFSET</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve reporting of
<command>CREATE</>/<command>DROP</>/<command>RENAME DATABASE</>
failure when uncommitted prepared transactions are the cause
(Tom)
Allow <literal>LIMIT</> and <literal>OFFSET</> to use subselects
as arguments (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make <varname>LC_COLLATE</> and <varname>LC_CTYPE</> database-level
settings (Radek Strnad, Heikki)
</para>
<para>
This makes collation similar to encoding, which was always
configurable per database.
Document that <literal>LIMIT NULL</> and <literal>OFFSET NULL</>
have no effect (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve checks that the database encoding, collation
(<varname>LC_COLLATE</>), and character classes
(<varname>LC_CTYPE</>) match (Heikki)
Add <acronym>SQL</>-standards syntax for
<literal>LIMIT</>/<literal>OFFSET</> capabilities (Peter)
</para>
<para>
<literal>OFFSET num {ROW|ROWS} FETCH {FIRST|NEXT} [num] {ROW|ROWS}
ONLY</>.
</para>
</listitem>
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</sect3>
<sect3>
<title><command>ALTER TABLE</></title>
<title><command>ALTER</></title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@ -1283,6 +1242,43 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Database Manipulation</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve reporting of
<command>CREATE</>/<command>DROP</>/<command>RENAME DATABASE</>
failure when uncommitted prepared transactions are the cause
(Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make <varname>LC_COLLATE</> and <varname>LC_CTYPE</> database-level
settings (Radek Strnad, Heikki)
</para>
<para>
This makes collation similar to encoding, which was always
configurable per database.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve checks that the database encoding, collation
(<varname>LC_COLLATE</>), and character classes
(<varname>LC_CTYPE</>) match (Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <command>ALTER DATABASE SET TABLESPACE</> to move a database
@ -1423,10 +1419,9 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
<listitem>
<para>
Add <varname>vacuum_freeze_table_age</> to
<filename>postgresql.conf</> to control when <command>VACUUM</>
should ignore the visibility map and do a full table scan to
set frozen xids (Heikki)
Add <varname>vacuum_freeze_table_age</> parameter to control
when <command>VACUUM</> should ignore the visibility map and
do a full table scan to set frozen xids (Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
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<listitem>
<para>
Add <filename>postgresql.conf</> variable <varname>IntervalStyle</>
Add <varname>IntervalStyle</> parameter
which controls how <type>INTERVAL</> values are output (Ron Mayer)
</para>
@ -2355,7 +2350,8 @@ do it for earlier branch release files.
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title><link linkend="libpq"><application>libpq</></link> <acronym>SSL</></title>
<title><link linkend="libpq"><application>libpq</></link>
<acronym>SSL</> (Secure Sockets Layer)</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>