Re: PostgreSQL 17 Beta 1 release announcement draft

On 5/19/24 5:34 PM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On 5/15/24 9:45 PM, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Attached is a copy of the PostgreSQL 17 Beta 1 release announcement 
>> draft. This contains a user-facing summary of some of the features 
>> that will be available in the Beta, as well as a call to test. I've 
>> made an effort to group them logically around the different workflows 
>> they affect.
>>
>> A few notes:
>>
>> * The section with the features is not 80-char delimited. I will do 
>> that before the final copy
>>
>> * There is an explicit callout that we've added in the SQL/JSON 
>> features that were previously reverted in PG15. I want to ensure we're 
>> transparent about that, but also use it as a hook to get people testing.
>>
>> When reviewing:
>>
>> * Please check for correctness of feature descriptions, keeping in 
>> mind this is targeted for a general audience
>>
>> * Please indicate if you believe there's a notable omission, or if we 
>> should omit any of these callouts
>>
>> * Please indicate if a description is confusing - I'm happy to rewrite 
>> to ensure it's clearer.
>>
>> Please provide feedback no later than Wed 2024-05-22 18:00 UTC. As the 
>> beta release takes some extra effort, I want to ensure all changes are 
>> in with time to spare before release day.
> 
> Thanks for all the feedback to date. Please see the next revision. 
> Again, please provide feedback no later than 2024-05-22 18:00 UTC.

Thanks again everyone for all your feedback. Attached is the final(-ish, 
as I'll do one more readthrough before release) draft of the release 
announcement.

If you catch something and are able to post it prior to 2024-05-23 12:00 
UTC, I may be able to incorporate into the announcement.

Thanks!

Jonathan