Re: PG 10 release notes

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:05:41PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > I think the above commit needs a separate mention, as this is a really
>> > huge step forward to control the size of hash indexes.
>>
>> Yes, it is unfotunate that the item is in the incompatibility item. I
>> wonder if I should split out the need to rebuild the hash indexes and
>> keep it there and move this item into the "Index" section.
>
> Done, items split.
>

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Author: Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>
2017-02-27 [b0f18cb77] hash: Refactor bucket squeeze code.
Author: Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>
2017-02-27 [30df93f69] hash: Refactor overflow page allocation.
Author: Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>
2017-04-03 [ea69a0dea] Expand hash indexes more gradually.
-->
<para>
Improve efficiency of hash index growth (Amit Kapila, Mithun Cy)
</para>
</listitem>

The first two commits b0f18cb77, 30df93f69 are done as preliminary
work to "Add write-ahead logging support to hash indexes", so it seems
inappropriate to add them here. We can add it along with below item:

<!--
Author: Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>
2017-03-14 [c11453ce0] hash: Add write-ahead logging support.
-->
<para>
Add write-ahead logging support to hash indexes (Amit Kapila)
</para>

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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