Re: add list of major features to the v19 release notes

[Jonathan S. Katz]

On 9/16/26 5:31 PM, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:

On 15 Sep 2026, at 16:38, Nathan Bossart <nathandboss...@gmail.com> wrote:

I think the only remaining item that is pending removal is the online
checksums one, and I'm willing to bet that Daniel will take care of that.

I did.

Here's v3 of the major features list. This merges in the changes from the v2 proposal upthread with the other changes to the list over the past several weeks.

Thanks,

Jonathan

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml
index 0266d6a98e0..86f74df125c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
  <formalpara>
   <title>Release date:</title>
-  <para>2026-??-??, AS OF 2026-09-14</para>
+  <para>2026-??-??, AS OF 2026-09-18</para>
  </formalpara>
 
   <sect2 id="release-19-highlights">
@@ -20,58 +20,56 @@
    <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      A new <link linkend="sql-repack"><command>REPACK</command></link> command
-      that reclaims disk space and reorganizes table contents, combining the
-      functionality of the existing <command>VACUUM FULL</command> and
-      <command>CLUSTER</command> commands.  Its <literal>CONCURRENTLY</literal>
-      option allows repacking without blocking reads and writes to the table.
+      New <link linkend="sql-repack"><command>REPACK</command></link>  command
+      that reclaims disk space and reorganizes table contents, which can help
+      increase query performance. <literal>REPACK CONCURRENTLY</literal>
+      allows repacking without blocking reads and writes to the table.
      </para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Logical replication now
-      <link linkend="logical-replication-sequences">replicates sequence 
values</link>
-      and can be enabled without a server restart when
-      <xref linkend="guc-wal-level"/> is set to <literal>replica</literal>.
+      <link 
linkend="pgplanadvice"><application>pg_plan_advice</application></link>
+      extension for controlling query planner decisions and 
+      <link 
linkend="pgstashadvice"><application>pg_stash_advice</application></link>
+      extension that applies plan advice automatically based on the query.
      </para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Autovacuum can now use
-      <link linkend="guc-autovacuum-max-parallel-workers">parallel worker 
processes</link>
-      to vacuum a table's indexes, and a
-      <link linkend="autovacuum-priority">new scoring system</link> prioritizes
-      the tables that most need vacuuming or analyzing.
+      Better performance in many areas, including automatic scaling of the
+      number of I/O worker processes, quicker foreign-key checks, and further
+      planning and execution optimizations.
      </para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      A new <link linkend="sql-wait"><command>WAIT</command></link>
-      command that waits until a standby has replayed changes up to a chosen
-      point, thereby supporting <quote>read-your-writes</quote> query patterns
-      on standbys.
+      Logical replication and can now be enabled without a server restart when
+      <xref linkend="guc-wal-level"/> is set to <literal>replica</literal>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      A new
-      <link 
linkend="pgplanadvice"><application>pg_plan_advice</application></link>
-      extension for stabilizing and controlling the query planner's decisions,
-      and a companion
-      <link 
linkend="pgstashadvice"><application>pg_stash_advice</application></link>
-      extension that applies this advice automatically based on the query.
+      Logical replication of
+      <link linkend="logical-replication-sequences">sequence values</link>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
 
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Better performance in many areas, including automatic scaling of the
-      number of I/O worker processes, quicker foreign-key checks, and further
-      planning and execution optimizations.
+      Support <quote>read-your-writes</quote> on standbys with the new
+      <link linkend="sql-wait"><command>WAIT FOR</command></link> command.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <link linkend="guc-autovacuum-max-parallel-workers">Parallel autovacuum 
of table indexes</link>
+      and
+      <link linkend="autovacuum-priority">user-defined prioritization of 
autovacuuming</link>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

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