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<sect1 id="release-8-0-20">
<title>Release 8.0.20</title>
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 8.0.19.
For information about new features in the 8.0 major release, see
<xref linkend="release-8-0">.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to Version 8.0.20</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 8.0.X.
However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 8.0.6,
see the release notes for 8.0.6.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve handling of URLs in <function>headline()</> function (Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve handling of overlength headlines in <function>headline()</>
function (Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Prevent possible Assert failure or misconversion if an encoding
conversion is created with the wrong conversion function for the
specified pair of encodings (Tom, Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Avoid unnecessary locking of small tables in <command>VACUUM</>
(Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix uninitialized variables in <filename>contrib/tsearch2</>'s
<function>get_covers()</> function (Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make all documentation reference <literal>pgsql-bugs</> and/or
<literal>pgsql-hackers</> as appropriate, instead of the
now-decommissioned <literal>pgsql-ports</> and <literal>pgsql-patches</>
mailing lists (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2009a (for
Kathmandu and historical DST corrections in Switzerland, Cuba)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-8-0-19">
<title>Release 8.0.19</title>
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</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-4-24">
<title>Release 7.4.24</title>
<note>
<title>Release date</title>
<simpara>2009-02-02</simpara>
</note>
<para>
This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.4.23.
For information about new features in the 7.4 major release, see
<xref linkend="release-7-4">.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Migration to Version 7.4.24</title>
<para>
A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.4.X.
However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.4.11,
see the release notes for 7.4.11.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve handling of URLs in <function>headline()</> function (Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Improve handling of overlength headlines in <function>headline()</>
function (Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Prevent possible Assert failure or misconversion if an encoding
conversion is created with the wrong conversion function for the
specified pair of encodings (Tom, Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Avoid unnecessary locking of small tables in <command>VACUUM</>
(Heikki)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix uninitialized variables in <filename>contrib/tsearch2</>'s
<function>get_covers()</> function (Teodor)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Fix bug in <function>to_char()</>'s handling of <literal>TH</>
format codes (Andreas Scherbaum)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Make all documentation reference <literal>pgsql-bugs</> and/or
<literal>pgsql-hackers</> as appropriate, instead of the
now-decommissioned <literal>pgsql-ports</> and <literal>pgsql-patches</>
mailing lists (Tom)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="release-7-4-23">
<title>Release 7.4.23</title>