Re: DOCS - Clarify the publication 'publish_via_partition_root' default value.

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>, Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: DOCS - Clarify the publication 'publish_via_partition_root' default value.
Date: 2026-01-05 12:18:21
Message-ID: CAA4eK1LUxB9tS4B0QPrK3hfa6mLMeb95igcWzMs_-LNCPp2J5A@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 09:31:36AM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM Jacob Champion
> > <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> > > I know it's okay, but I *want* to backpatch, and I would have
> > > yesterday except for your email. Does that raise concerns or cause
> > > problems in practice?
> >
> > As far as I understand it shouldn't break community norms either way.
> > Also, as per my knowledge there is no clear guidance for such patches.
> > It would be good if other committer also shares their view so we can
> > also learn and take same action in future. This feature is present
> > since PostgreSQL-13 and no real user has reported this problem. It is
> > possible that people using this feature are already use to it using
> > this feature that it doesn't matter much to them either way. Unless
> > someone else responds, I think you can do what you see good to deal
> > with this case.
>
> If it is just a wording improvement, I usually do master only. If it is
> inaccurate/unclear/not-understandable, I would backpatch to all
> releases.
>

IIUC, multiple people in this thread felt that it is a wording
improvement because current text is unclear. So, if we have to follow
what you do, it should be backpatched.

Jacob, would you like to take care of this still?

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.

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