Re: Release notes on "reserved OIDs"

2019-09-04 Thread Jonathan S. Katz
On 9/4/19 11:11 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > I'm planning to make a pass over the release notes soon, and will > update this one when I get to it. -list (figured it was off topic but apropos) -- Bruce had reached out to me offlist that he is about to be traveling and may need to have someone else look o

Re: Release notes on "reserved OIDs"

2019-09-04 Thread Tom Lane
Andres Freund writes: > On 2019-09-04 09:41:43 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> As things stand after a6417078c, the safest place for a fork to put >> private OIDs is actually from 7999 down; patches shouldn't touch that >> range, and it'll be a long time till we hit it working up. > Should we just upda

Re: Release notes on "reserved OIDs"

2019-09-04 Thread Andres Freund
Hi, On 2019-09-04 09:41:43 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Andres Freund writes: > > On 2019-08-30 12:35:09 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> I think it's the sort of thing that we sometimes cover in the > >> "source code" changes of the release notes. But yeah, 09568ec3d's > >> idea was pretty much fully su

Re: Release notes on "reserved OIDs"

2019-09-04 Thread Tom Lane
Andres Freund writes: > On 2019-08-30 12:35:09 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> I think it's the sort of thing that we sometimes cover in the >> "source code" changes of the release notes. But yeah, 09568ec3d's >> idea was pretty much fully superseded by a6417078c, so if we're >> going to document anyth

uniqueness and null could benefit from a hint for dba

2019-09-04 Thread PG Doc comments form
The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/indexes-unique.html Description: Sometimes it is convenient to create an unique index that considers NULL values equal. Designating a "zero" value for those rows might not be feasible, for

Re: Release notes on "reserved OIDs"

2019-09-04 Thread Andres Freund
Hi, On 2019-08-30 22:44:53 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 12:35:09PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > Alvaro Herrera writes: > > > Hmm. I wonder if this item really belongs in the release notes at all. > > > My view is that this was interim policy, not necessarily a permanent >

Re: Release notes on "reserved OIDs"

2019-09-04 Thread Andres Freund
Hi, On 2019-08-30 12:35:09 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Alvaro Herrera writes: > > Hmm. I wonder if this item really belongs in the release notes at all. > > My view is that this was interim policy, not necessarily a permanent > > thing; and it's oriented strictly towards PG developers rather than e