Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i3jro-0007yk-TX for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:35:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i3jrm-0005UA-S9 for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:35:14 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i3jrm-0005LS-GL for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:35:14 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1i3jrk-0001s2-7A for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:35:13 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x7UGZ991029754; Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:35:09 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Alvaro Herrera cc: Bruce Momjian , pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Release notes on "reserved OIDs" In-reply-to: <20190830153424.GA3324@alvherre.pgsql> References: <20190830153424.GA3324@alvherre.pgsql> Comments: In-reply-to Alvaro Herrera message dated "Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:34:24 -0400" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <29752.1567182909.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:35:09 -0400 Message-ID: <29753.1567182909@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Alvaro Herrera writes: > Hmm. I wonder if this item really belongs in the release notes at all. > My view is that this was interim policy, not necessarily a permanent > thing; and it's oriented strictly towards PG developers rather than end > users or even fork-developers. I think it's the sort of thing that we sometimes cover in the "source code" changes of the release notes. But yeah, 09568ec3d's idea was pretty much fully superseded by a6417078c, so if we're going to document anything it should be the latter not the former. regards, tom lane