Notable changes in 3.3.0:
- Default monitoring method was changed from query mode to heartbeat mode.
- Failover/failback commands are executed in only one pgpool-II.
- In default, all the query caches on shared memory are cleared when
standby pgpool-II escalates to active.
- Database name, user name, and password used for monitring other
pgpool-II by query are specified by dedicated parameters.
- Import PostgreSQL 9.2 raw parser.
- Add a tool called pgpool_setup to set up pgpool-II and PostgreSQL
temporary installation in current directory for *testing* purpose.
- Support installation method using CREATE EXTENSION for pgpool-recovery
and pgpool-regclass.
- Add a function "pgpool_pgctl()" which enebles to execute
pg_ctl stop/restart/reload (except for start) by SQL.
- Add new parameter "search_primary_node_timeout".
Full changelog:
http://www.pgpool.net/docs/pgpool-II-3.3.2/NEWS.txt