Re: PG 14 release notes, first draft

On 2021-May-15, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 04:01:32PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 03:39:39PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > > > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 09:01:41PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > > >> New SQL-accessible functionality should be included:
> > > >>> 8c15a29745 Allow ALTER TYPE to update an existing type's typsubscript value.
> > >
> > > > OK, text is:
> > >
> > > > <listitem>
> > > > <!--
> > > > Author: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> > > > 2020-12-11 [8c15a2974] Allow ALTER TYPE to update an existing type's typsubscri
> > > > -->
> > >
> > > > <para>
> > > > Allow ALTER TYPE to specify or remove a SUBSCRIPT handler
> > > > (Tom Lane)
> > > > </para>
> > > > </listitem>
> > >
> > > I don't understand why we'd bother to list that as a separate bullet item.
> > > It's an expected part of the custom-subscript capability, I'd think.
> >
> > I am not sure either.
>
> Removed.

So now we don't have anything that mentions ALTER TYPE / SUBSCRIPT,
because the item is about JSONB, not about subscripts. Moreover it
seems misplaced in the "functions" subsection -- subscripting is
replacing what used to be function calls, but really it's more than
that. I think it should be in "datatypes", and I further think it
should mention ALTER TYPE SUBSCRIPT too.

I, um, again think that the item should not be primarily about JSONB,
but about our (IMO groundbreaking) extensible subscripting work.

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Álvaro Herrera Valdivia, Chile