Re: PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 release announcement draft

Hi Lukas,

On 9/22/26 2:49 PM, Lukas Fittl wrote:

> 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:"
Thanks for the feedback - I took an evening to mull on it. It's a good
point, and I think we should address it. I would change the wording a
little bit, how about:

==
This beta release reverted several features that were originally planned
for PostgreSQL 19. The PostgreSQL community strongly believes that first
and foremost, PostgreSQL must be reliable. Additionally, the community
strives for a [predictable release
schedule](https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/). Because of
this, the community chose to defer some features to a future PostgreSQL
major release, giving them more time to work through the community
development and review process.
==

which sticks to the facts. I'd want to avoid more on the "why" since
there's a varied set of opinions there.

Thoughts?

Jonathan