diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 44e39358e11..2e7732a0899 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
Momjian
-1998-06-01
+1998-06-09
-->
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@
system. This is all performed without having to allocate a lock for
every row like traditional database systems. So, basically, we no
longer are restricted by simple table-level locking;
- we have something better than row-level
- locking.
+ we have something better than row-level locking.
+
+
+ Another big benefit of MVCC is that pg_dump
+ can now generate consistent backups of live, active databases, without
+ blocking active transactions.
@@ -154,10 +158,12 @@
Migration to v6.5
- A dump/restore using pg_dump
- or pg_dumpall
+ A dump/restore using pg_dump
is required for those wishing to migrate data from any
previous release of Postgres.
+ pg_upgrade can not
+ be used to upgrade to this release because the on-disk structure
+ of the tables has changed compared to previous releases.
@@ -365,6 +371,7 @@ fix for large object memory leakage, fix for pg_dumping(Tom)
INET type now respects netmask for comparisons
Make VACUUM ANALYZE only use a readlock(Vadim)
Allow VIEWs on UNIONS(Jan)
+pg_dump now can generate consistent snapshots on active databases(Vadim)
Source Tree Changes
-------------------
diff --git a/register.txt b/register.txt
index 9324cdca108..fc5db79c49f 100644
--- a/register.txt
+++ b/register.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-(1999-05-01)
+(1999-06-09)
PostgreSQL has a Web site at http://www.postgresql.org/ which carries details
on the latest release, upcoming features, and other information to make your
work or play with PostgreSQL more productive.