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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: First draft of PG 19 release notes
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Msg-id ad_oOUQloVs-3k30@momjian.us
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In response to Re: First draft of PG 19 release notes  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 02:41:22PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 02:29:49PM +1200, David Rowley wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 at 13:19, 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
> > 
> > Many thanks for your efforts here.
> > 
> > "Improve performance of internal row formation (David Rowley)"
> > 
> > It's really deformation, not formation. As far as I know, nothing in
> > v19 sped up tuple formation.
> 
> Changed to:
> 
>     Improve performance of internal row deformation (David Rowley)
>                                         --
> Thanks.
> 
> > I also think Nathan's work on autovacuum table prioritisation
> > (d7965d65f) is worth a mention. There were concerns there that it
> > might cause trouble for people who (for some reason) get best results
> > from the previous pg_class-ordered priority. Having something in the
> > notes about this might help direct someone towards why they're seeing
> > autovacuum behave differently after upgrading.
> 
> Yikes, so I collected commits on March 26, but when I went to add new
> commits, I used March 27 as the start date, and missed all the late
> March 26 commits.  I should have started on March 26 to get
> later-in-the-day commits!
> 
> I went back and looked at the commits I missed and the one you pointed
> out is the only relevant one, so that is good.
> 
> Applied patch attached.

Oops, patch _now_ attached.

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