Re: First draft of PG 19 release notes

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 02:41:22PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 02:29:49PM +1200, David Rowley wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 at 13:19, 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
> >
> > Many thanks for your efforts here.
> >
> > "Improve performance of internal row formation (David Rowley)"
> >
> > It's really deformation, not formation. As far as I know, nothing in
> > v19 sped up tuple formation.
>
> Changed to:
>
> Improve performance of internal row deformation (David Rowley)
> --
> Thanks.
>
> > I also think Nathan's work on autovacuum table prioritisation
> > (d7965d65f) is worth a mention. There were concerns there that it
> > might cause trouble for people who (for some reason) get best results
> > from the previous pg_class-ordered priority. Having something in the
> > notes about this might help direct someone towards why they're seeing
> > autovacuum behave differently after upgrading.
>
> Yikes, so I collected commits on March 26, but when I went to add new
> commits, I used March 27 as the start date, and missed all the late
> March 26 commits. I should have started on March 26 to get
> later-in-the-day commits!
>
> I went back and looked at the commits I missed and the one you pointed
> out is the only relevant one, so that is good.
>
> Applied patch attached.

Oops, patch _now_ attached.

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