Modifications to 2024-11-21 release draft
authorJonathan S. Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com>
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:04:45 +0000 (22:04 -0500)
committerJonathan S. Katz <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com>
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:04:45 +0000 (22:04 -0500)
Reviewed-by: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
update_releases/current/20241121updaterelease.md

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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported
 versions of PostgreSQL, including 17.2, 16.6, 15.10, 14.15, and 13.18.
 Additionally, due to the nature of one of the issues in the
 [previous update release](https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/out-of-cycle-release-scheduled-for-november-21-2024-2958/),
-the PostgreSQL GLobal Development Group is also releasing a 12.22 release for
+the PostgreSQL Global Development Group is also releasing a 12.22 release for
 PostgreSQL 12. PostgreSQL 12 is now EOL and will not receive more fixes.
 
 For the full list of changes, please review the
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ accidentally caused settings for role to not be applied if they came from
 non-interactive sources, including previous `ALTER {ROLE|DATABASE}` commands and
 the [`PGOPTIONS`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-envars.html)
 environment variable.
-* Repair ABI break for extensions that work with `struct ResultRelInfo`,
-such as `timescaledb`. This fix restores the affected structure to its previous
-size, so that such extensions don't need to be rebuilt.
+* Restore compatibility for the `timescaledb` and other PostgreSQL extensions
+built using PostgreSQL prior to the 2024-11-14 release
+(17.0, 16.4, 15.8, 14.13, 13.16, 12.20, and earlier). This fix restores
+`struct ResultRelInfo` to its previous size, so that affected extensions don't
+need to be rebuilt.
 * Fix cases where a logical replication slot's `restart_lsn` could go backwards.
 * Avoid deleting still-needed WAL files during
 [`pg_rewind`](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgrewind.html).