Re: Release Note Changes

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> 
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >   
> >> - Heap-Only Tuples (HOT) accelerate space reuse for UPDATEs
> >> change to
> >> "Heap-Only Tuples (HOT) improve performance of frequent UPDATEs"
> >>     
> >
> > I used the original text because it tries to explain _how_ HOT improves
> > performance.  The item that has the descriptive text explains how the
> > space reuse works.  A generic "improve performance" doesn't seem like an
> > improvement.
> >
> >   
> >   
> I still think this needs to be qualified either way. As it stands it's 
> quite misleading. Many update scenarios will not benefit one whit from 
> HOT updates.

Doesn't the detail description qualify it enought?  The heading isn't
suppose to have all the information or it would be unreadable.

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