Re: First draft of PG 17 release notes

[Bruce Momjian]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 09:36:35AM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 10:12:58AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 09:52:42AM -0700, Masahiko Sawada wrote:
> >> On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 11:29 PM Jelte Fennema-Nio <postg...@jeltef.nl> 
> >> wrote:
> >> > For 1, I think adding them to the release notes makes total sense,
> >> > especially if the new APIs are documented not only in source code, but
> >> > also on the website. Nathan his change is of this type, so I agree
> >> > with him it should be in the release notes.
> >> 
> >> +1. I think that the increment JSON parser that is already mentioned
> >> in the release note would fall in this type too; it's not a feature
> >> aimed just for extension authors, but it's kind of source and internal
> >> changes IMO. Since the DSM registry feature is described in the doc, I
> >> think it would make sense to have it in the release notes and probably
> >> has a link to the "Requesting Shared Memory After Startup" section.
> > 
> > This commit?
> > 
> >     commit 8b2bcf3f287
> >     Author: Nathan Bossart <nat...@postgresql.org>
> >     Date:   Fri Jan 19 14:24:36 2024 -0600
> >     
> >         Introduce the dynamic shared memory registry.
> > 
> > Yes, we have time to add it.
> 
> Yes, that's the one.

Attached patch applied, with commit URL link.

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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
index 8aed30428bd..36e19bb8329 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-17.sgml
@@ -3011,6 +3011,23 @@ Author: Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz>
       </para>
      </listitem>
 
+<!--
+Author: Nathan Bossart <nat...@postgresql.org>
+2024-01-19 [8b2bcf3f2] Introduce the dynamic shared memory registry.
+-->
+
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+      Add dynamic shared memory registry (Nathan Bossart)
+      <ulink url="&commit_baseurl;8b2bcf3f2">&sect;</ulink>
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+       This allows shared libraries which are not initialized at startup
+       to coordinate dynamic shared memory access.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+
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