"Jonathan S. Katz" <[email protected]> writes:
> What do you think of this framing:
> ===
> This update fixes over 110 bugs that were reported in the last several
> months.
> This specific issue only affects PostgreSQL 14, 15, and 16, but we're
> highlighting it in the release announcement due to its severity:
> * Fix a self-deadlock that could occur while replaying WAL generated by
> an older minor version. This regression, introduced in the previous set
> of minor releases, could cause a standby server following a primary
> running an older minor version to become stuck.
> The remainder of issues listed below affect PostgreSQL 18. Some of these
> issues may also affect other supported versions of PostgreSQL.
> ...
> ==
WFM, though personally I'd be more assertive in that last sentence:
"Many of these issues also affect older versions of PostgreSQL."
regards, tom lane