Re: Release notes on "reserved OIDs"

On 2019-Aug-30, Tom Lane wrote:

>      <listitem>
> <!--
> Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
> 2018-12-13 [09568ec3d] Create a separate oid range for oids assigned by genbki.
> -->
> 
>       <para>
>        Reserve a range of OIDs (9000-9999) to be used for external
>        extensions (Andres Freund)
>       </para>
>      </listitem>
> 
> This seems more or less completely misleading.

Hmm.  I wonder if this item really belongs in the release notes at all.
My view is that this was interim policy, not necessarily a permanent
thing; and it's oriented strictly towards PG developers rather than end
users or even fork-developers.

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