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 [$] Changes coming in PostgreSQL 17


The
<a href="https://www.postgresql.org/" rel="nofollow">
PostgreSQL</a> project has
<a href="https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-164-158-1413-1316-1220-and-17-beta-3-released-2910/" rel="nofollow">
released</a> beta
versions of PostgreSQL 17 containing several interesting security and usability
improvements, alongside the usual performance improvements and bug fixes. If the
release proceeds according to the usual timeline, the full release of version 17
is expected in September or October.
The most important changes are in what PostgreSQL does when a database
supervisor has their credentials revoked, and added
support for incremental database backups.


https://lwn.net/Articles/984599/