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Re: PostgreSQL 12: Feature Highlights

Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>

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From: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp>, David Rowley <david.rowley@2ndquadrant.com>, "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-05-17T01:49:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 6:32 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> The release notes are written for the _average_ reader.  The commits are
> there as comments and making them more visible would be a nice
> improvement.

I don't think that making it possible to read the release notes from
start to finish is a useful goal. Users probably just skim them. I
certainly don't read them from start to finish, nor do I expect to
understand every item.

> We have already adjusted the partition item, and the btree item.

I was making a general point. This comes up every year.

> If there is more detail people want, I suggest you post something to the
> hackers list and we will see if can be added in a consistent way.

I think that it should be discussed at the developer meeting.

-- 
Peter Geoghegan

Commits

  1. doc: PG 12 relnotes, add mention of single-child optimization

  2. docs: split out sort-skip partition item in PG 12 release notes

  3. docs: update partition item in PG 12 release notes