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From: Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]>
To: Jacob Champion <[email protected]>
To: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Advocacy <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 19 beta 1 release announcement draft
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 13:34:16 -0400
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On 6/1/26 6:12 PM, Jacob Champion wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM Jonathan S. Katz <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Attached is the draft of the PostgreSQL 19 Beta 1 release announcement.
>> Please review for accuracy (e.g. are features described correctly? Did I
>> miss a revert), recommendations on additions or glaring omissions,
>> structure, etc.
> 
> I think the beta announcement should probably reference the grease
> campaign [1], since it'll only be conducted during 19beta, and we want
> to encourage testers to try to find and report failures. I don't know
> if that should be in the Testing section, or on the beta page of the
> site, or somewhere else.

Thanks, I do think we should include this. I've added this blurb, please 
LMK what you think:

==
The PostgreSQL 19 beta period includes a [grease 
campaign](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Grease) to help improve how 
clients interact with the PostgreSQL server. This wiki page contains 
information on how the campaign works, and how to make the appropriate 
modifications to clients as part of the campaign:

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Grease
==

> If we're looking to streamline, I'll be the first to offer up
> PQAUTHDATA_OAUTH_BEARER_TOKEN_V2 for the chopping block. :D
> Alternatively, it could be pulled into a generic summary in the Other
> Highlights section, like "OAuth support has received several
> quality-of-life improvements for client and server developers" (which
> also credits the other community contributions in that area, some of
> which are more substantial than the new flow type).
I opted for the simplification aspect, i.e. dropping it. I'd like to 
noodle on if/how to advertise the quality of life improvement aspects in 
the GA, but I'll take that as an exercise for August.

Jonathan


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