Re: pgsql: Change wal_compression=on to the first of zstd, lz4, pglz

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 12:22:57AM +0200, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> On 8/12/26 20:32, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Tomas Vondra <tomas(at)vondra(dot)me> writes:
> >> On 8/12/26 17:55, Tom Lane wrote:
> >>> Ah. The point about changing this along with the TOAST compression
> >>> default does make sense. Objection withdrawn ... but this needs
> >>> to get into the v19 release notes beside the other change.
> >
> >> Right. Naive question - what's the proper process to make that happen
> >> for changes like this? Ping someone / RMT?
> >
> > You've got a commit bit, go fix doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml yourself.
> > Or pester Bruce if you'd rather he did it, but it's simple enough.
> >
>
> Ah. For some reason I thought it'd be more complicated. I don't want to
> pester Bruce, it seems simple enough (WIP patch attached). I'll take
> care of this next week, after I get back home.

I picked up this change along with other changes since mid-July and
applied. I put it next to the TOAST item. I too was surprised by the
backpatch but assumed it was intentional, and later read the thread.

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