Re: Postgres 11 release notes

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 06:29:39PM +0200, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>
> Hello Bruce,
>
> > http://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-11.html
>
> >I expect a torrent of feedback. ;-)
>
> Here is some, for things I know about:
>
> >>Add major scripting features to pgbench (Fabien Coelho)
>
> I assume that you are refering to "bc7fa0c1". I do not think that anything
> qualifies as "major".
>
> I would rather describe it as "Add support for NULL and boolean, as well as
> assorted operators and functions, to pgbench expressions". Or something in
> better English.

OK, new wording is:

Add pgbench expressions support for NULLs, booleans, and some
functions and operators (Fabien Coelho)

> >>Add \if macro support to pgbench (Fabien Coelho)
>
> I would remove the word "macro", as it is not a pre-compilation feature, it
> is just a somehow simple standard conditional.

New wording is:

Add \if conditional support to pgbench (Fabien Coelho)

> >On a personal note, I want to apologize for not adequately championing
> >two features that I think have strategic significance but didn't make it
> >into Postgres 11: parallel FDW access and improved multi-variate
> >statistics.
>
> I'm planning to try to help with the later.

Great, thanks.

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