Re: First draft of the PG 15 release notes

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: First draft of the PG 15 release notes
Date: 2022-05-12 02:44:05
Message-ID: 240258.1652323445@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 10:37:56AM +0900, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote:
>>>> Remove exclusive backup mode (David Steele, Nathan Bossart)

>> It'd be useful to mention exclusive backup mode has been deprecated since 9.6,
>> lest the impression arise that an important-sounding feature has been torn out
>> suddenly.

> Well, the documentation was clear about it being deprecated, so I don't
> see a need to mention it in the release notes.

Yeah, but somebody reading these notes doesn't necessarily have that
old documentation at hand.

I think writing "Remove the long-deprecated exclusive backup mode"
would do nicely to make this point without many extra words.

regards, tom lane

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