Re: Draft release notes for 9.4.4 et al

Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On 2015-06-09 13:09:27 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I've pushed up draft release notes for 9.4.4 at
>> http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=21187cfc7dfd82461db9119377a76366c00d27c3
>> Please review and comment ASAP, particularly if the instructions regarding
>> avoiding emergency autovacuuming are not accurate.

> Generally looks good. Some of the references to 9.3 in the 9.4 release
> notes don't seem relevant though - I guess you intend to adjust them
> when "spreading" the notes to all versions? Specifically "You must use
> <productname>PostgreSQL</> 9.3.5 or later to perform this step." seems
> likely to confuse users, given there's no corresponding 9.4 release.

Hm. It's valid for 9.4.x users, but I agree probably unnecessary.
Will drop it in the 9.4.4 version.

> I wonder if it'd be good to weaken "Users can avoid that by doing manual
> vacuuming <emphasis>before</> upgrading to this release." a bit, further
> emphasizing that that's optional.

OK. Thanks for reviewing!

regards, tom lane