Re: 2026-05-14 release announcement draft

Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org>

From: "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>
To: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-05-12T01:18:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 5/11/26 4:52 PM, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Sun, May 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've attached a draft of the 2026-05-14 release announcement. Please
>> provide feedback on corrections, notable omissions, typos, etc. no later
>> than 2026-05-14 12:00 UTC (though preferable earlier sooner! :)
>>
> 
> Generally LGTM, some minor comments / thoughts below...
> 
> * I thought this one "Improve the planner's ability to apply partition
> pruning to more cases." was worded more like a feature enhancement
> rather than a fix of some kind, but I didn't see the corresponding
> commit, so not sure what improvement to suggest.

It was this one:

https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=8e8b2bef7

> * I'd probably rewrite this one:

I went with:

> Ensure that free space map changes are persisted during recovery.
 > This could have performance ramifications on a standby server after 
promotion.

Thanks,

Jonathan