Re: First draft of PG 19 release notes

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Geier <geidav(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: First draft of PG 19 release notes
Date: 2026-04-21 20:41:36
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 11:52:37AM -0400, Andres Freund wrote:
> FWIW, I think it's totally fine if you say that you don't want to do the work
> to formulate performance improvement release note entries. It's a lot of work
> to curate the release notes, it makes sense to split the work up.
>
> It's just that the answer to proposing listing certain performance
> improvements shouldn't be that we don't include them as a matter of policy.

I am fine with listing anything, as long as it is effective and useful
to the reader. I explained in my recent email why I considered that to
be very hard for performance items, but with help I think it can be
achieved. New optimizer items are a good example --- we reference plan
types. I need help in how other items can have similar effectiveness.

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