Re: PostgreSQL 12: Feature Highlights

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 08:14:33AM -0400, Evan Macbeth wrote:
> Long time lurker, first time poster. :) 
>
>
> 80% - 90% of the items listed in the release notes aren't interesting
> to users, but *which* 80% - 90% it is varies. The release notes don't
> have to function as a press release, because we'll have an actual
> press release instead.
> --
> Peter Geoghegan
>
>
> I think Peter's point here is really important. I read the release notes and
> the press releases, both, from a very different perspective than others, but I
> find both very valuable. The release notes benefit from completeness and
> detail, in my observer's opinion.

As I just stated, if the press release was exhaustive, we could have the
release notes be more detailed, but this is not the case. I don't think
we want to get into a case where the items listed on the preess release
get a different level of detail from the items not listed.

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