Re: PG 18 release notes draft committed - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Hi,

On Tue, 20 May 2025 at 16:52, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 03:46:44PM +0300, Nazir Bilal Yavuz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for working on this!
> >
> > On Fri, 2 May 2025 at 05:44, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > >
> > > I will continue improving it until beta 1, and until the final release.
> > > I will probably add markup in 1-3 weeks.  Let the feedback begin.  ;-)
> >
> > +<listitem>
> > +<para>
> > +Add server variable file_copy_method to control the file copying
> > method (Nazir Bilal Yavuz)
> > +<ulink url="&commit_baseurl;f78ca6f3e">§</ulink>
> > +</para>
>
> Uh, the commit is:
>
>         commit f78ca6f3ebb
>         Author: Thomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>
>         Date:   Tue Apr 8 20:52:47 2025 +1200
>
>             Introduce file_copy_method setting.
>
>             It can be set to either COPY (the default) or CLONE if the system
>             supports it.  CLONE causes callers of copydir(), currently CREATE
>             DATABASE ... STRATEGY=FILE_COPY and ALTER DATABASE ... SET TABLESPACE =
>             ..., to use copy_file_range (Linux, FreeBSD) or copyfile (macOS) to copy
>             files instead of a read-write loop over the contents.
>
>             CLONE gives the kernel the opportunity to share block ranges on
>             copy-on-write file systems and push copying down to storage on others,
>             depending on configuration.  On some systems CLONE can be used to clone
>             large databases quickly with CREATE DATABASE ... TEMPLATE=source
>             STRATEGY=FILE_COPY.
>
>             Other operating systems could be supported; patches welcome.
>
>             Co-authored-by: Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81@gmail.com>
>             Reviewed-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
>             Reviewed-by: Ranier Vilela <ranier.vf@gmail.com>
>             Discussion:
https://postgr.es/m/CA%2BhUKGLM%2Bt%2BSwBU-cHeMUXJCOgBxSHLGZutV5zCwY4qrCcE02w%40mail.gmail.com
>
> As of the date of the commit, "Co-authored-by:" is listed as:
>
>         https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Commit_Message_Guidance
>
>         "Co-authored-by:" is used by committers when they want to give full credit
>         to the named individuals, but also indicate that they made significant
>         changes.
>
> > A minor fix; I co-authored this with Thomas Munro, he is the actual author.
>
> Uh, does this mean I should add Thomas Munro before or after your name,
> or remove your name and list only Thomas Munro?

Sorry for taking your time, I did not know that. Then, I am okay with
how it is right now.

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Regards,
Nazir Bilal Yavuz
Microsoft