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1. add list of major features to the v19 release notes

   Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> — 2026-07-01T21:38:14Z

   Here's a first try at $subject.  I used the 19beta1 announcement as a
   guide.
   
   -- 
   nathan
   

2. Re: add list of major features to the v19 release notes

   Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net> — 2026-07-02T11:15:39Z

   Hi,
   
   yay for having this in place earlier this time.
   
   Some comments:
   
   On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 04:38:14PM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
   > +    <listitem>
   > +     <para>
   > +      Logical replication now
   > +      <link linkend="logical-replication-sequences">replicates sequence values</link>,
   > +      and it can be enabled without a server restart when
   > +      <xref linkend="guc-wal-level"/> is set to <literal>replica</literal>.
   > +     </para>
   > +    </listitem>
   
   Maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker, but I tripped over the
   second part and parsed it as a function of the replicate sequence
   values, not logical replication. Would it help readers to drop the "it",
   i.e. write "and can be enabled [...]"?
   
   > +    <listitem>
   > +     <para>
   > +      Faster performance in many areas, including automatic scaling of the
   > +      number of <link linkend="guc-io-max-workers">I/O worker processes</link>,
   > +      quicker foreign-key checks, and further planning and execution
   > +      optimizations.
   > +     </para>
   > +    </listitem>
   
   (This is kinda a catch-all statement and might go well as last item,
   dunno).
   
   > +    <listitem>
   > +     <para>
   > +      Data checksums can now be
   > +      <link linkend="checksums-online-enable-disable">enabled or disabled while the database is running</link>.
   > +     </para>
   > +    </listitem>
   
   I think we still don't say "the database" when we talk about a
   server/instance/cluster. It should either be "the cluster" or "the
   database server".
   
   > +    <listitem>
   > +     <para>
   > +      <xref linkend="sql-update"/> and <xref linkend="sql-delete"/> can now
   > +      change or remove data for just part of a time range via the new
   > +      <literal>FOR PORTION OF</literal> clause.
   > +     </para>
   > +    </listitem>
   
   I think this sentence should include something about temporal
   ranges/keys, or maybe just s/time range/temporal range/?
   
   
   Michael
   
   
   
   

3. Re: add list of major features to the v19 release notes

   Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> — 2026-07-02T14:36:46Z

   On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 01:15:39PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
   > On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 04:38:14PM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
   >> +    <listitem>
   >> +     <para>
   >> +      Logical replication now
   >> +      <link linkend="logical-replication-sequences">replicates sequence values</link>,
   >> +      and it can be enabled without a server restart when
   >> +      <xref linkend="guc-wal-level"/> is set to <literal>replica</literal>.
   >> +     </para>
   >> +    </listitem>
   > 
   > Maybe it's because I'm not a native speaker, but I tripped over the
   > second part and parsed it as a function of the replicate sequence
   > values, not logical replication. Would it help readers to drop the "it",
   > i.e. write "and can be enabled [...]"?
   
   Fixed.
   
   >> +    <listitem>
   >> +     <para>
   >> +      Faster performance in many areas, including automatic scaling of the
   >> +      number of <link linkend="guc-io-max-workers">I/O worker processes</link>,
   >> +      quicker foreign-key checks, and further planning and execution
   >> +      optimizations.
   >> +     </para>
   >> +    </listitem>
   > 
   > (This is kinda a catch-all statement and might go well as last item,
   > dunno).
   
   Moved.
   
   >> +    <listitem>
   >> +     <para>
   >> +      Data checksums can now be
   >> +      <link linkend="checksums-online-enable-disable">enabled or disabled while the database is running</link>.
   >> +     </para>
   >> +    </listitem>
   > 
   > I think we still don't say "the database" when we talk about a
   > server/instance/cluster. It should either be "the cluster" or "the
   > database server".
   
   Fixed.
   
   >> +    <listitem>
   >> +     <para>
   >> +      <xref linkend="sql-update"/> and <xref linkend="sql-delete"/> can now
   >> +      change or remove data for just part of a time range via the new
   >> +      <literal>FOR PORTION OF</literal> clause.
   >> +     </para>
   >> +    </listitem>
   > 
   > I think this sentence should include something about temporal
   > ranges/keys, or maybe just s/time range/temporal range/?
   
   How about something like this?
   
       Support for temporal updates and deletes via the new FOR PORTION OF
       clause.
   
   -- 
   nathan