Re: First draft of PG 19 release notes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 07:55:56AM +0530, Ashutosh Bapat wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 6:49 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> >
> > I have completed the first draft of the PG 19 release notes:
> >
> >         https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/release-19.html
> >
> > The feature count is 212.  The recent average is 200:
> 
> One correction:
> 
> Add simplified shared memory registration function
> ShmemRequestStruct() (Ashutosh Bapat) §
> 
> Heikki Linnakangas is the primary author of this commit.
> 
> Also, depending upon the availability of space, here's a suggested version:
> 
> -- 
> Add simplified and improved shared memory registration function
> ShmemRequestStruct (Heikki Linnakangas, Ashutosh Bapat)

I have used your text above.  FYI, the commit message only has this for
author:

    Co-authored-by: Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com>

> Allows requesting named shared memory structures during and after
> server startup. Functions ShmemInitStruct() and ShmemInitHash() remain
> for backward compatibility.

I didn't add this text because the number of readers interested in this
change is very small.  Those who are interested can read the commit
message.

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