Re: PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 release announcement draft

[Jonathan S. Katz]

Hi Lukas,

On 9/22/26 2:49 PM, Lukas Fittl wrote:

Along these lines of existing discussions that are happening in the
community, I wonder if we should give a bit more of a
preamble/explanation to the higher than usual number of reverted
features.

For example, replacing "Fixes and changes in PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4
include:" with "During the beta process, several features were
identified that unfortunately had to be reverted from Postgres 19 as
they require more substantial revisions than can be done at this point
in the release cycle. These features may appear in a later major
Postgres release. Fixes and changes in PostgreSQL 19 Beta 4 include:"

Thanks for the feedback - I took an evening to mull on it. It's a good point, and I think we should address it. I would change the wording a little bit, how about:

==

This beta release reverted several features that were originally planned for PostgreSQL 19. The PostgreSQL community strongly believes that first and foremost, PostgreSQL must be reliable. Additionally, the community strives for a [predictable release schedule](https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/). Because of this, the community chose to defer some features to a future PostgreSQL major release, giving them more time to work through the community development and review process.

==



Thoughts?

Jonathan

which sticks to the facts. I'd want to avoid more on the "why" since there's a varied set of opinions there.

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