Re: PG 16 draft release notes ready

On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 4:49 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:

> I have completed the first draft of the PG 16 release notes. You can
> see the output here:
>
> https://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-16.html
>
> I will adjust it to the feedback I receive; that URL will quickly show
> all updates.
>
> I learned a few things creating it this time:
>
> * I can get confused over C function names and SQL function names in
> commit messages.
>
> * The sections and ordering of the entries can greatly clarify the
> items.
>
> * The feature count is slightly higher than recent releases:
>
> release-10: 189
> release-11: 170
> release-12: 180
> release-13: 178
> release-14: 220
> release-15: 184
> --> release-16: 200
>
> --
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> https://momjian.us
> EDB https://enterprisedb.com
>
> Only you can decide what is important to you.

* When granting role membership, require the granted-by role to be a role
> that has appropriate permissions (Robert Haas)
> This is a requirement even when the superuser is granting role membership.

an exception would be the granted-by is the bootstrap superuser.