Re: First draft of PG 19 release notes

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 07:55:56AM +0530, Ashutosh Bapat wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 6:49 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >
> > I have completed the first draft of the PG 19 release notes:
> >
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/release-19.html
> >
> > The feature count is 212. The recent average is 200:
>
> One correction:
>
> Add simplified shared memory registration function
> ShmemRequestStruct() (Ashutosh Bapat) §
>
> Heikki Linnakangas is the primary author of this commit.
>
> Also, depending upon the availability of space, here's a suggested version:
>
> --
> Add simplified and improved shared memory registration function
> ShmemRequestStruct (Heikki Linnakangas, Ashutosh Bapat)

I have used your text above. FYI, the commit message only has this for
author:

Co-authored-by: Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>

> Allows requesting named shared memory structures during and after
> server startup. Functions ShmemInitStruct() and ShmemInitHash() remain
> for backward compatibility.

I didn't add this text because the number of readers interested in this
change is very small. Those who are interested can read the commit
message.

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