Re: PG 14 release notes, first draft

On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 02:46:58PM +0900, Amit Langote wrote:
> How about writing the 2nd line instead as:
> 
> Updates/deletes on partitioned tables can now use execution-time
> partition pruning.
> 
> We don't seem to use the term "run-time pruning" anywhere else in the
> documentation, and "pruning of updates/deletes" sounds strange.

Good point, updated text:

    <listitem>
    <!--
    Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
    2021-03-31 [86dc90056] Rework planning and execution of UPDATE and DELETE.
    Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
    2021-04-06 [a1115fa07] Postpone some more stuff out of ExecInitModifyTable.
    Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
    2021-04-06 [c5b7ba4e6] Postpone some stuff out of ExecInitModifyTable.
    -->
    
    <para>
    Improve the performance of updates/deletes on partitioned tables
    when only a few partitions are affected (Amit Langote, Tom Lane)
    </para>
    
    <para>
    This also allows updates/deletes on partitioned tables to use
    execution-time partition pruning.
    </para>
    </listitem>

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