Re: PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 release announcement draft

On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 8:09 PM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
> Attached is a draft of the PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 release announcement.
> Please review for accuracy and glaring omissions.
>
> Also, given discussion around "when will PostgreSQL 19 be released", the
> announcement contains the latest guidance as to what to expect when,
> i.e. we should be moving into the RC phase in early October.

Along these lines of existing discussions that are happening in the
community, I wonder if we should give a bit more of a
preamble/explanation to the higher than usual number of reverted
features.

For example, replacing "Fixes and changes in PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4
include:" with "During the beta process, several features were
identified that unfortunately had to be reverted from Postgres 19 as
they require more substantial revisions than can be done at this point
in the release cycle. These features may appear in a later major
Postgres release. Fixes and changes in PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 include:"

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Lukas

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Lukas Fittl