feat: Add support for Postgres 18

[cbaker6]

Pull Request

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Issue

Closes: #9871

Approach

Add support for Postgres 18. Note that Postgis 3.6 is made for Posgres 18.

Tasks

• Add tests
• @mtrezza should update the repo settings to require the CI passes for ci / PostgreSQL 18, PostGIS 3.6

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Updated badges to include PostgreSQL 18.
  • Expanded compatibility table with a new row for PostgreSQL 18 (PostGIS 3.6), including EOL and version compatibility details.

• Chores

  • Extended CI coverage to test against PostgreSQL 18 with PostGIS 3.6 by adding an extra matrix entry.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Adds PostgreSQL 18 (PostGIS 3.6) to the CI matrix in .github/workflows/ci.yml and updates README.md badges and the Postgres versions table to include PostgreSQL 18 / PostGIS 3.6 entries and metadata.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
CI workflow: PostgreSQL matrix update \.github/workflows/ci.yml	Added a new matrix entry for postgis/postgis:18-3.6 with a corresponding NODE_VERSION matrix value; no other job steps or logic changed.
Docs: README badges and versions table README.md	Updated PostgreSQL badge to include version 18 and added a table row for PostgreSQL 18 with PostGIS 3.6, EOL Nov 2030, and compatibility note (<= 11.x, 2028).

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Pre-merge checks and finishing touches

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changes. Docstring coverage check skipped.
Title Check	✅ Passed	The title succinctly describes the primary change of adding Postgres 18 support, matching the modifications in the CI configuration and documentation and uses clear phrasing.
Description Check	✅ Passed	The pull request description includes all required template sections: the initial boilerplate under “Pull Request,” a linked issue with “Closes: #9871,” a clear “Approach” detailing the added PostgreSQL 18 support, and a “Tasks” checklist that has been trimmed to relevant items. It correctly follows the specified template structure and provides the necessary information.

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📥 Commits

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📒 Files selected for processing (2)

• .github/workflows/ci.yml (1 hunks)
• README.md (2 hunks)

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• GitHub Check: PostgreSQL 18, PostGIS 3.6
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• GitHub Check: PostgreSQL 16, PostGIS 3.5
• GitHub Check: PostgreSQL 15, PostGIS 3.3
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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 93.01%. Comparing base (7cb962a) to head (b42f1f1).
⚠️ Report is 26 commits behind head on alpha.

Additional details and impacted files

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🎉 This change has been released in version 8.3.0-alpha.3

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