Re: Postgres 11 release notes

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:59:12AM -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Quick notes:
> >       <para>
> >        Add Just-In-Time (<acronym>JIT</acronym>) compilation of plans
> >        run the by the executor
> >(Andres Freund)
> >       </para>
> >      </listitem>
> 
> It's currently not yet compilation of entire plans, but only parts. I
> think that's a relevant distinction because I'd like to add that as a
> feature to v12 ;). How about just adding 'parts of' or such?  I'd also
> rephrase the plan and 'run by the executor a bit'. How about:
> 
>   Add Just-In-Time (<acronym>JIT</acronym>) compilation of parts of
>   queries, to accelerate their execution.

OK, new text:

        Add Just-In-Time (<acronym>JIT</acronym>) compilation of some
        parts of query plans to improve execution speed (Andres Freund)

> >      <listitem>
> ><!--
> >2018-03-20 [5b2526c83] Add configure infrastructure (- -with-llvm) to enable LLV
> >-->
> >
> >       <para>
> >        Add configure flag <option>--with-llvm</option> to test for
> >        <acronym>LLVM</acronym> support (Andres Freund)
> >       </para>
> >      </listitem>
> >
> >      <listitem>
> ><!--
> >2018-03-20 [6869b4f25] Add C++ support to configure.
> >-->
> >
> >       <para>
> >        Have configure check for the availability of a C++ compiler
> >        (Andres Freund)
> >       </para>
> >      </listitem>
> >
> >      <listitem>
> 
> I wonder if we shouldn't omit those, considering them part of the JIT
> entry?  Not quite sure what our policy there is.

OK, removed.

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