Re: PG 18 release notes draft committed

Hi,

On Tue, 20 May 2025 at 16:52, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 03:46:44PM +0300, Nazir Bilal Yavuz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for working on this!
> >
> > On Fri, 2 May 2025 at 05:44, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > >
> > > I will continue improving it until beta 1, and until the final release.
> > > I will probably add markup in 1-3 weeks. Let the feedback begin. ;-)
> >
> > +<listitem>
> > +<para>
> > +Add server variable file_copy_method to control the file copying
> > method (Nazir Bilal Yavuz)
> > +<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;f78ca6f3e">&sect;</ulink>
> > +</para>
>
> Uh, the commit is:
>
> commit f78ca6f3ebb
> Author: Thomas Munro <tmunro(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Date: Tue Apr 8 20:52:47 2025 +1200
>
> Introduce file_copy_method setting.
>
> It can be set to either COPY (the default) or CLONE if the system
> supports it. CLONE causes callers of copydir(), currently CREATE
> DATABASE ... STRATEGY=FILE_COPY and ALTER DATABASE ... SET TABLESPACE =
> ..., to use copy_file_range (Linux, FreeBSD) or copyfile (macOS) to copy
> files instead of a read-write loop over the contents.
>
> CLONE gives the kernel the opportunity to share block ranges on
> copy-on-write file systems and push copying down to storage on others,
> depending on configuration. On some systems CLONE can be used to clone
> large databases quickly with CREATE DATABASE ... TEMPLATE=source
> STRATEGY=FILE_COPY.
>
> Other operating systems could be supported; patches welcome.
>
> Co-authored-by: Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com>
> Reviewed-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
> Reviewed-by: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA%2BhUKGLM%2Bt%2BSwBU-cHeMUXJCOgBxSHLGZutV5zCwY4qrCcE02w%40mail.gmail.com
>
> As of the date of the commit, "Co-authored-by:" is listed as:
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Commit_Message_Guidance
>
> "Co-authored-by:" is used by committers when they want to give full credit
> to the named individuals, but also indicate that they made significant
> changes.
>
> > A minor fix; I co-authored this with Thomas Munro, he is the actual author.
>
> Uh, does this mean I should add Thomas Munro before or after your name,
> or remove your name and list only Thomas Munro?

Sorry for taking your time, I did not know that. Then, I am okay with
how it is right now.

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Regards,
Nazir Bilal Yavuz
Microsoft