From c31b33e621cb6e360e314e449a534c6a57db2189 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Gemignani <jrgemignani@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 21:33:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update README and RELEASE for PG18 1.8.0 release

modified:   README.md
modified:   RELEASE
---
 README.md | 4 ++--
 RELEASE   | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 262f06c02..9b6183b44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Apache AGE is intended to be simple to install and run. It can be installed with
 &nbsp;Install PostgreSQL
 </h4>
 
-You will need to install an AGE compatible version of Postgres<a>, for now AGE supports Postgres 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18. Supporting the latest versions is on AGE roadmap.
+You will need to install an AGE compatible version of Postgres, for now AGE supports Postgres 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19beta1. Supporting the latest versions is on AGE roadmap.
 
 <h4>
 &nbsp;Installation via Package Manager
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ You can <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/"> download the Postgres
 
 Clone the <a href="https://github.com/apache/age">github repository</a> or download the <a href="https://github.com/apache/age/releases">download an official release.
 </a>
-Run the pg_config utility and check the version of PostgreSQL. Currently, only PostgreSQL versions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18 are supported. If you have any other version of Postgres, you will need to install PostgreSQL version 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 18.
+Run the pg_config utility and check the version of PostgreSQL. Currently, only PostgreSQL versions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19beta1 are supported. If you have any other version of PostgreSQL, you will need to install PostgreSQL version 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19beta1.
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 ```bash
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 7776b6d50..07ab0f883 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-Release Notes for Apache AGE release 1.8.0 for master branch (currently PG18)
+Release Notes for Apache AGE release 1.8.0 for PG18 branch
 
 #
 # WARNING!
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Release Notes for Apache AGE release 1.8.0 for master branch (currently PG18)
 
 Apache AGE 1.8.0 - Release Notes
 
+Merge master into PG18: advance to Apache AGE 1.8.0
+Advance master branch to Apache AGE version 1.8.0 (#2455)
 Fix installcheck fetch-depth parameter to 100 (#2461)
 Fix segfault on CREATE/MERGE/SET with generated or extra label columns (#2458)
 Propagate null through unnest and single() three-valued logic (#2406)