Re: how to gate experimental features (SQL/PGQ)

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM David G. Johnston
<david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Kai Wagner <kai(dot)wagner(at)percona(dot)com> wrote:
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>> For the actual timing, this should occur as part of the major release.
>> We should definitely avoid incorporating experimental features into
>> minor updates, as this contradicts the overall stability and concept
>> of the current major updates.
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> That wasn’t the idea though. What is your opinion on changing the behavior of an experimental feature added in 19.0 in the 19.4 release so long as it doesn’t require initdb?
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Perhaps I wasn't fully clear with my statement, but I was referring to
introducing new experimental features, not adjusting/fixing/improving
existing and already shipped experimental features. That, of course,
is and should be part of a minor update, as you don't want to wait
another year for actual fixes and improvements to land for existing
ones.

Kai
> David J.
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