Re: PostgreSQL 18 Release Management Team & Feature Freeze

Hi,

> We are pleased to announce the Release Management Team (RMT) (cc'd) for
> the PostgreSQL 18 release:
>
> - Tomas Vondra
> - Nathan Bossart
> - Heikki Linnakangas
>
> You can find information about the responsibilities of the RMT here:
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Release_Management_Team
>
> We have now entered the feature freeze period. That means that no new
> features will committed for v18 anymore. I ask everyone to focus on
> testing the new features that got in, documentation, and fixes for old
> and new bugs.
>
> You can track open items for the PostgreSQL 18 release here:
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_18_Open_Items
>
> Please let us know if you have any questions.

Let me be the first author this year who asks to squeeze his patch in
after feature freeze :D

Do you think that it's worth merging SLRU refactoring into PG18, or is
it considered a feature? [1] This is arguably not the top priority and
we could wait for another year but merging it now doesn't seem to be
too much of a burden either.

[1]: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/5250/

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev