Re: PostgreSQL 17 release announcement draft

On 9/5/24 3:21 PM, Andrew Atkinson wrote:
> I'll send one more bigger email. I also have made these as comments in a
> google doc I'm happy to add anyone to if they're interested. Let me know.

Thank you everyone for your feedback. I've attached the updated draft
incorporating what was said. A few general comments:

* I took to heart "make the explanations shorter" and trimmed quite a
bit. However, given the GA announcement is for a more general audience,
there are concepts that are unfamiliar to general users that deserve
clarification or additional context. For example, for many of our users,
vacuum isn't typically noticed (or even considered) until something goes
wrong, but they'll still benefit from overall changes. Similarly, the
phrase "sequential scan" may not mean anything, but a user may know that
creating an index will "speed up a query."

* One pattern that we measured is that when we made the GA announcement
a "springboard" to learn about the new features (including more info),
we did see better engagement with the release and the features
themselves. I'd like to err on the side of discoverability, particularly
of features that our users can directly try out.

Please see v2 attached. As per original note, please provide feedback
before Mon, Sep 9 @ 12:00 UTC so we can begin the translation process.

Thanks,

Jonathan