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<appendix id="release">
<title>Release Notes</title>
+ <sect1 id="release-7-3-17">
+ <title>Release 7.3.17</title>
+
+ <note>
+ <title>Release date</title>
+ <simpara>2007-01-08</simpara>
+ </note>
+
+ <para>
+ This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.16.
+ </para>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Migration to version 7.3.17</title>
+
+ <para>
+ A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X. However,
+ if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 7.3.13, see the release
+ notes for 7.3.13.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Changes</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <function>to_number()</> and <function>to_char(numeric)</>
+ are now <literal>STABLE</>, not <literal>IMMUTABLE</>, for
+ new <link linkend="APP-INITDB"><application>initdb</></link>
+ installs (Tom)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is because <link
+ linkend="guc-lc-numeric"><varname>lc_numeric</></link> can potentially
+ change the output of the functions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improve index usage of regular expressions that use parentheses (Tom)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This improves <application>psql</> <literal>\d</> performance also.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="release-7-3-16">
<title>Release 7.3.16</title>