Re: PG 18 relnotes and RC1
Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org>
From: "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>,
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, Bruce Momjian
<bruce@momjian.us>,
PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>,
corey.huinker@gmail.com, Erik Rijkers <er@xs4all.nl>
Date: 2025-09-18T19:05:52Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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On 9/18/25 2:33 PM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote: > On 9/18/25 2:19 PM, Nathan Bossart wrote: >> Quick analysis of the differences: >> >> Common: >> * AIO >> * skip scan >> * pg_upgrade >> * UUIDv7 >> * virtual generated columns >> * OAuth >> >> Only v1 (my patch): >> * OLD/NEW for RETURNING >> * temporal constraints >> * EXPLAIN enhancements >> >> Only v2 (Jonathan's): >> * conflict logging >> >> While the EXPLAIN enhancements and conflict logging items seem like super >> useful features, I can see how there might be disagreement over whether >> they belong in the major features list. I'm a little more surprised >> about >> the omission of OLD/NEW and temporal contraints in v2, though. >> >> That being said, I'm tempted to suggest we UNION the two lists, bikeshed >> over the exact wording for a few hours, and then call it day... > > Let's hack on this together for a few and bring a proposal to the list. Nathan & I hopped on a call to "pair program" on this. Given the point that his patch had been available on the list for awhile with limited public comments to date, we did the following: * Kept everything except EXPLAIN enhancements and conflict logging. For the former, a lot of this wasn't in the default EXPLAIN path. For the latter, this was to respect the time period of the discussion. * Did some minor wordsmithing and linking to help with overall accessibility, including Erik's typo catch. Many thanks to Nathan for pulling this together. Please see v3. Feedback welcome. Thanks, Jonathan