Re: Postgres 11 release notes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 01:22:55PM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > Done and URL updated.
> 
> I have some feedback on "Allow NOT NULL to be added to columns without
> requiring a table rewrite". I suggest that this be phrased as "Avoid a
> table rewrite when ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN sets a default value for a
> column". Referencing the fact that Postgres was previously able to do
> this with a NULL default doesn't seem to add anything.

Agreed, done:

        Allow <command>ALTER TABLE</command> to add a non-null default
        column without a table rewrite (Andrew Dunstan, Serge Rielau)

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