Re: add list of major features to the v19 release notes

On 9/18/26 11:52 AM, Nathan Bossart wrote:

> Thanks for the patch.

Thanks for the review - sorry for the delay, for some reason this didn't
hit my inbox.

> nit: extra space before "command"

Fixed.

> s/which can help increase/which can improve

Accepted.

> nit: extra "and"

Fixed.

> Hm. Can we be more descriptive here? Maybe something like "Support for
> read-your-writes query patterns on standbys via the new..."

Doing some research, it seems the most common word is "consistency". I
opted for that. LMK what you think.

> Per commits 1a562a2661b and e527bf17d04, I think we're just calling it
> "WAIT" and not "WAIT FOR".

Ack; I'll refrain from bikeshedding. Adjusted.

>> + <link linkend="autovacuum-priority">user-defined prioritization of autovacuuming</link>.
>
> IMHO this makes it sound like users will be able to choose the priority of
> each individual table, when we actually are just giving them a handful of
> coarse controls. I think we ought to emphasize the scoring system instead.
> In theory, most users shouldn't need to adjust anything and the
> prioritization will "Just Work" for them.
Ack; I took a read of the docs and saw we were referring to it as
autovacuuming prioritization, so tried:

+ <link linkend="autovacuum-priority">autovacuuming prioritization</link>
+ through a new scoring system.

if you think that makes sense based on that. Patch attached.

Thanks,

Jonathan