Re: PostgreSQL 19 beta 1 release announcement draft

From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 19 beta 1 release announcement draft
Date: 2026-05-29 16:45:01
Message-ID: CAKAnmm+2Pc3HT7adcWVwcPx6wZ11qtegPksDXuzu+L6r=8FqJw@mail.gmail.com
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My two cents. All minor, except the vacuum/analyze thing.

> While we do not advise you to run PostgreSQL 19 Beta 1 in production
environments

While we do not advise you to run beta versions of PostgreSQL in production
environments

> automatically scales the number of workers

automatically scales the number of IO workers

> that lets table scans mark pages as visible

This sentence trips me up mentally each time I read it. Not sure of a
solution.

> issues a warning after a successful `md5` authentication

issues a warning to the client after a successful `md5` authentication

> statistics views to make it easier to reason about when counters were
last cleared

statistics views to show when counters were last cleared

> along with a `mode` column that reports its level of aggressiveness

The mode is only for vacuum, but the sentence implies 'analyze' has it too

> how queries are using the AIO subsystem

how queries are using the asynchronous I/O subsystem
(or expand it earlier)

> ### Logical Replication and query federation

### Logical Replication and Query Federation

> making it easier to use logical replication for use cases like upgrades

making it easier for upgrades

> JIT is now disabled by default,

Just-in-Time compilation (JIT) is now disabled by default,

> performance out-of-the-box.

performance out of the box.

> partitioned tables when no other options are specified

A little confusing - just remove "when no other options are specified"?

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