From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: First draft of PG 17 release notes
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 21:20:22 -0400
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On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 03:08:52PM +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 1:50 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 04:05:11PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > > > Patch applied to PG 17.
> > >
> > > I don't see a push?
> >
> > Push was delayed because my test script found some uncommitted files due
> > to earlier testing. Should be fine now.
> >
>
> <para>
> <link
> linkend="app-pgcreatesubscriber"><application>pg_createsubscriber</application></link>,
> a utility that creates logical replicas from physical standbys
> </para>
>
> This description is okay but according to me, the more compelling use
> case is that this new utility helps to allow online upgrades of
> physical replication setup as explained in the blog [1]. See the
> section: "Upgrading Streaming (Physical) Replication Setup".
>
> </listitem>
> <listitem>
> <para>
> <link
> linkend="pgupgrade"><application>pg_upgrade</application></link> now
> preserves replication slots on both publishers and subscribers
> </para>
>
> It is better to write the above statement as:
> "pg_upgrade</application></link> now preserves replication slots on
> publishers and full subscription's state on subscribers". This is
> because replication slots are preserved on publishers. The subscribers
> preserve the subscription state.
So, as I understand it, this preservation only happens when the _old_
Postgres version is 17+. Do we want to try and explain that in the
Postgres 17 release notes?
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