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<appendix id="release">
<title>Release Notes</title>
<para>
The release notes contain the significant changes in each
<productname>PostgreSQL</> release, with major features and migration
issues listed at the top. The release notes do not contain changes
that affect only a few users or changes that are internal and therefore not
user-visible. For example, the optimizer is improved in almost every
release, but the improvements are usually observed by users as simply
faster queries.
</para>
<para>
A complete list of changes for each release can be obtained by
viewing the <link linkend="git">Git</link> logs for each release.
The <ulink
url="https://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/"><literal>pgsql-committers</literal>
email list</ulink> records all source code changes as well. There is also
a <ulink url="https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git;a=summary">web
interface</ulink> that shows changes to specific files.
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<para>
The name appearing next to each item represents the major developer for
that item. Of course all changes involve community discussion and patch
review, so each item is truly a community effort.
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&release-9.5;
<sect1 id="release-prior">
<title>Prior Releases</title>
<para>
Release notes for prior release branches can be found on the
<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/"><productname>PostgreSQL</productname></ulink>
web site. At the time of release of version 9.5,
these were the supported prior release branches:
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<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.4:
<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/release.html">
<literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/release.html</literal>
</ulink>
</para>
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.3:
<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/release.html">
<literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/release.html</literal>
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<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.2:
<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/release.html">
<literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/release.html</literal>
</ulink>
</para>
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<listitem>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.1:
<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/release.html">
<literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/release.html</literal>
</ulink>
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<listitem>
<para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 9.0:
<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/release.html">
<literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/release.html</literal>
</ulink>
</para>
</listitem>
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</para>
<para>
Release notes for older release branches can be found at
<ulink url="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/manuals/archive/">
<literal>https://www.postgresql.org/docs/manuals/archive/</literal>
</ulink>
</para>
</sect1>
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