Re: PostgreSQL 12: Feature Highlights

On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 08:52:50AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:35:25PM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> > On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:08 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> >> I don't understand why you want to make things such black boxes. It is
> >> what it is, and some users (not all) will want to understand. People
> >> who have already tested pg11 and found it insufficient may give pg12 a
> > second look if we tell them we have fixed the deficiencies they found.
> >
> > +1. The major features list should be accessible, but otherwise I
> > think that we should add more detail.
>
> +1. Another thing which may matter is that if some people do not see
> some improvements they were expecting then they can come back to pg13
> and help around with having these added. Things are never going to be
> perfect for all users, and it makes little sense to make it sound like
> things are actually perfect.

What changes in the current description would cause people not to retest
to see if it is better? If anything, the description is too broad.

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