Re: Postgres 11 release notes

> On Jun 9, 2018, at 4:35 PM, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:08 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us <mailto:bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>> wrote:
> I have committed the first draft of the Postgres 11 release notes. I
> will add more markup soon. You can view the most current version here:
>
> http://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-11.html <http://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-11.html>
>
> ​Some thoughts:​
>
> ​As a major ​item:
> """"
> JIT compilation of some SQL code, including support for fast evaluation of expressions
> """"
>
> leaves me wondering what the general benefit is to the user. Also, spelling out "Just-In-Time (JIT)" here seems warranted.

+1 for spelling it out.

Looking through past release notes[1][2], we’ve typically left the context for
the features press releases[3].

Now, as the beta press release (feature-explanation oriented) typically differs from
the major version press release (use-case/context oriented), perhaps we could
incorporate some of the elements from the beta press release into the
“Major Features” section. It would be a departure from the release notes of recent
memory, but perhaps it would be more helpful.

Thoughts?

Jonathan

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/release-10.html <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/release-10.html>
[2] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/release-9-6.html <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/release-9-6.html>
[3] https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1855/ <https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1855/>