Re: Postgres 11 release notes

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 07:47:54AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/12/2018 08:47 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 01:22:55PM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> >> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> >>> Done and URL updated.
> >> I have some feedback on "Allow NOT NULL to be added to columns without
> >> requiring a table rewrite". I suggest that this be phrased as "Avoid a
> >> table rewrite when ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN sets a default value for a
> >> column". Referencing the fact that Postgres was previously able to do
> >> this with a NULL default doesn't seem to add anything.
> > Agreed, done:
> >
> >         Allow <command>ALTER TABLE</command> to add a non-null default
> >         column without a table rewrite (Andrew Dunstan, Serge Rielau)
> >
> 
> 
> I think "a column with a non-null default" would be a bit clearer than
> "a non-null default column".

Yeah, I didn't like what I had either, so I changed it to what you
suggested, though it gives us an odd "with X, without Y" pattern:

        Allow <command>ALTER TABLE</command> to add a column with
        a non-null default without a table rewrite (Andrew Dunstan,
        Serge Rielau)

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