Re: PostgreSQL 12: Feature Highlights

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 12: Feature Highlights
Date: 2019-05-17 01:49:29
Message-ID: CAH2-Wz=-oSfmcjQz6h44+kBZh4Kscb74S0BAygA_aGpojVTGRw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 6:32 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> The release notes are written for the _average_ reader. The commits are
> there as comments and making them more visible would be a nice
> improvement.

I don't think that making it possible to read the release notes from
start to finish is a useful goal. Users probably just skim them. I
certainly don't read them from start to finish, nor do I expect to
understand every item.

> We have already adjusted the partition item, and the btree item.

I was making a general point. This comes up every year.

> If there is more detail people want, I suggest you post something to the
> hackers list and we will see if can be added in a consistent way.

I think that it should be discussed at the developer meeting.

--
Peter Geoghegan

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