On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM David G. Johnston <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Kai Wagner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> For the actual timing, this should occur as part of the major release. >> We should definitely avoid incorporating experimental features into >> minor updates, as this contradicts the overall stability and concept >> of the current major updates. >> > > That wasn’t the idea though. What is your opinion on changing the behavior > of an experimental feature added in 19.0 in the 19.4 release so long as it > doesn’t require initdb? > Perhaps I wasn't fully clear with my statement, but I was referring to introducing new experimental features, not adjusting/fixing/improving existing and already shipped experimental features. That, of course, is and should be part of a minor update, as you don't want to wait another year for actual fixes and improvements to land for existing ones.
Kai > David J. >
