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Add major features list and introductory text for 9.1 release notes.

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Backpatch to 9.1, obviously.
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<title>Overview</title>
<para>
This release of
<productname>PostgreSQL</> adds numerous major features, including:
This release shows <productname>PostgreSQL</> moving beyond the
traditional relational feature set with new, ground-breaking
functionality that is unique to <productname>PostgreSQL</>.
Additionally, this release improves streaming replication by adding
a synchronous option and monitoring improvements. Major enhancements
include:
</para>
<para>
(summary to be added)
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<!-- This list duplicates items below, but without authors or details-->
<listitem>
<para>
Support unlogged tables using the <link
linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-description"><literal>UNLOGGED</></link>
option in <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE"><command>CREATE
TABLE</></link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow <link linkend="synchronous-replication">synchronous
replication</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add support for <link linkend="SQL-CREATEFOREIGNTABLE">foreign
tables</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add per-column <link
linkend="collation">collation</link> support
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a <link linkend="SQL-SECURITY-LABEL"><command>SECURITY
LABEL</></link> command
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a true <link
linkend="xact-serializable">serializable</link> isolation
level
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Allow data-modification commands
(<command>INSERT</>/<command>UPDATE</>/<command>DELETE)</> in
<link linkend="queries-with"><literal>WITH</></link> clauses
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add nearest-neighbor (order-by-operator) searching to <link
linkend="GiST"><acronym>GiST</> indexes</link>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add <link linkend="extend-extensions">extensions</link> which
simplify packaging of additions to <productname>PostgreSQL</>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update the <link linkend="plpython">PL/Python</link> server-side
language
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
The above items are explained in more detail in the sections below.