Re: First draft of PG 19 release notes

On Fri, May 8, 2026 at 8:08 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 05:24:59AM -0700, Etsuro Fujita wrote:
> > "Allow the retrieval of statistics from foreign data wrapper servers
> > (Corey Huinker, Etsuro Fujita)"
> >
> > This is mentioned in the Additional Modules section, presumably
> > because it was supported in postgres_fdw, but it isn't limited to
> > postgres_fdw, so we should move it to the General Performance section?
>
> Well, the full text is:
>
> Allow the retrieval of statistics from foreign data wrapper servers
> (Corey Huinker, Etsuro Fujita) §
>
> This is enabled for postgres_fdw by using the option restore_stats. The
> default is for ANALYZE to retrieve rows from the remote server to
> locally generate statistics.
>
> It clearly mentions in the detail that it applies only to postgres_fdw,
> so I think it is already in the right section. While it technically can
> be done by any FDW, it is now only postgres_fdw so people looking for
> postgres_fdw improvements will find it in the Additional Modules
> section. What we can do is to reword it to:
>
> --> Allow the retrieval of statistics from postgres_fdw foreign data wrapper servers
> (Corey Huinker, Etsuro Fujita) §
>
> --> This is enabled by using the option restore_stats. The
> default is for ANALYZE to retrieve rows from the remote server to
> locally generate statistics.
>
> but I think this is worse because it sounds like it can _only_ ever be
> done by postgres_fdw. However, if you prefer this I will make this
> change.
>
> I avoided "General Performance" because frankly, it is only
> postgres_fdw, and it not a "General" performance improvement, and we
> have a section for postgres_fdw already.

Agreed. I think the current text is fine.

Thank you for your detailed reply!

Best regards,
Etsuro Fujita