Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:48:19 -0500
From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>,
	Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>,
	Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net>,
	PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: add list of major features to the v19 release notes
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On Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 10:51:31AM -0400, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On 9/18/26 11:52 AM, Nathan Bossart wrote:
>> Thanks for the patch.
> 
> Thanks for the review - sorry for the delay, for some reason this didn't hit
> my inbox.

No worries.  Here's what I have after a little more copy-editing.  I don't
think we should update the "AS OF" line; I think that's something Bruce
uses for the parts he manages.

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From 851be0cae73ddc696ae06149e37eb0b77f1a0e3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:47:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/1] update list of major features for v19

---
 doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml | 52 +++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml
index 0266d6a98e0..9f81f319595 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml
@@ -20,58 +20,56 @@
    <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      A new <link linkend="sql-repack"><command>REPACK</command></link> command
-      that reclaims disk space and reorganizes table contents, combining the
-      functionality of the existing <command>VACUUM FULL</command> and
-      <command>CLUSTER</command> commands.  Its <literal>CONCURRENTLY</literal>
-      option allows repacking without blocking reads and writes to the table.
+      New <xref linkend="sql-repack"/> command that reclaims disk space and
+      reorganizes table contents, which can improve query performance.
+      <command>REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)</command> allows repacking without
+      blocking reads and writes to the table.
      </para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Logical replication now
-      <link linkend="logical-replication-sequences">replicates sequence values</link>
-      and can be enabled without a server restart when
-      <xref linkend="guc-wal-level"/> is set to <literal>replica</literal>.
+      <xref linkend="pgplanadvice"/> extension for controlling query planner
+      decisions and <xref linkend="pgstashadvice"/> extension that applies plan
+      advice automatically based on the query.
      </para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Autovacuum can now use
-      <link linkend="guc-autovacuum-max-parallel-workers">parallel worker processes</link>
-      to vacuum a table's indexes, and a
-      <link linkend="autovacuum-priority">new scoring system</link> prioritizes
-      the tables that most need vacuuming or analyzing.
+      Better performance in many areas, including automatic scaling of the
+      number of I/O worker processes, quicker foreign-key checks, and further
+      planning and execution optimizations.
      </para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      A new <link linkend="sql-wait"><command>WAIT</command></link>
-      command that waits until a standby has replayed changes up to a chosen
-      point, thereby supporting <quote>read-your-writes</quote> query patterns
-      on standbys.
+      Logical replication can now be enabled without a server restart when
+      <xref linkend="guc-wal-level"/> is set to <literal>replica</literal>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      A new
-      <link linkend="pgplanadvice"><application>pg_plan_advice</application></link>
-      extension for stabilizing and controlling the query planner's decisions,
-      and a companion
-      <link linkend="pgstashadvice"><application>pg_stash_advice</application></link>
-      extension that applies this advice automatically based on the query.
+      Logical replication of
+      <link linkend="logical-replication-sequences">sequence values</link>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Better performance in many areas, including automatic scaling of the
-      number of I/O worker processes, quicker foreign-key checks, and further
-      planning and execution optimizations.
+      Support for <quote>read-your-writes</quote> consistency on standbys via
+      the new <xref linkend="sql-wait"/> command.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <link linkend="guc-autovacuum-max-parallel-workers">Parallel autovacuum of table indexes</link>
+      and
+      <link linkend="autovacuum-priority">autovacuum prioritization</link>
+      through a new scoring system.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
-- 
2.55.0


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