Re: First draft of PG 17 release notes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: First draft of PG 17 release notes
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Msg-id ZuxZqCB5ezn_YSTO@momjian.us
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In response to Re: First draft of PG 17 release notes  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: First draft of PG 17 release notes
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On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 12:23:21PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 9:09 PM Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 05:33:18PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 10:01:28AM +0200, Jelte Fennema-Nio wrote:
> > >> Another new API that is useful for extension authors is the following
> > >> one (I'm obviously biased since I'm the author, and I don't know if
> > >> there's still time):
> > >>
> > >>     Add macros for looping through a List without a ListCell.
> > >
> > > Can someone else comment on the idea of adding this release note item?
> > > I don't feel confident in my ability to evaluate this.  I obviously did
> > > not see it as significant the first time.
> >
> > I'm not sure precisely what criteria you use to choose what goes in the
> > release notes, but this one seems like a judgement call to me.  My initial
> > reaction is that it shouldn't be included, but I do see some items with a
> > similar scope, such as "Remove some SPI macros."
> 
> I wouldn't mention either this or "Remove some unused SPI macros".

I mentioned the SPI macros because that could lead to breakage, and
there might be applications, as well as extensions, that use it.

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