Re: First draft of PG 19 release notes

From: Robert Treat <rob(at)xzilla(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: John Naylor <johncnaylorls(at)gmail(dot)com>, Richard Guo <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: First draft of PG 19 release notes
Date: 2026-05-12 02:34:47
Message-ID: CABV9wwNTftT4qiONveV1HVnbyAqM90NarfOGUZWbLhnggRkeug@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2026 at 12:40:38PM +0700, John Naylor wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 8:19 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Bruce, thanks for you work on this. Here are some comments:
> >
<snip>
> > > Optionally use AVX2 CPU instructions for calculating page checksums (Matthew Sterrett, Andrew Kim) §
> >
> > > Optionally use ARM Crypto Extension to Compute CRC32C (John Naylor) §
> >
> > There's no option for these, the extensions are used where available.
>
> So, the "Optionally" indicates we use these instructions if the CPU
> supports them. I assume we don't use them on all CPUs. Can you
> suggest better wording?
>

I think the simplest change would be to replace "optionally" with
"when available", although ISTR we use wording along the lines of "Add
support for" or "is now supported" when runtime/compiler checks are
involved.

Robert Treat
https://xzilla.net

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