PG-1174 Release notes 16.6 (#681)

PG-1174 Release notes 16.6

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	new file:   docs/release-notes-v16.6.md
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	modified:   variables.yml

.github/workflows/main.yml

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       - name: Deploy docs
         run: |
           mike deploy 16 -b publish -p
-          mike retitle 16 "16.4" -b publish -p
+          mike retitle 16 "16.6" -b publish -p
 
 # - name: Install Node.js 14.x
 #        uses: percona-platform/setup-node@v2

docs/index.md

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 Learn about the releases and changes in the Distribution.
 
-[Release notes :material-arrow-right:](release-notes.md){.md-button}
+[Release notes :material-arrow-right:]({{release}}.md){.md-button}
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docs/release-notes-v16.6.md

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+# Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 16.6 ({{date.16_6}})
+
+[Installation](installing.md){.md-button}
+
+--8<-- "release-notes-intro.md"
+
+This release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is based on [PostgreSQL 16.6](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/release-16-6.html). 
+
+## Release Highlights
+
+* This release includes fixes for [CVE-2024-10978](https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2024-10978/) and for certain PostgreSQL extensions that break because they depend on the modified Application Binary Interface (ABI). These regressions were introduced in PostgreSQL 17.1, 16.5, 15.9, 14.14, 13.17, and 12.21. For this reason, the release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 16.5 has been skipped. 
+
+* Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL includes [`pgvector` :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector) - an open source extension that enables you to use PostgreSQL as a vector database. It brings vector data type and vector operations (mainly similarity search) to PosgreSQL. You can install `pgvector` from repositories, tarballs, and it is also available as a Docker image. 
+
+*  Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL now statically links `llvmjit.so` library for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 and compatible derivatives. This resolves the conflict between the LLVM version required by Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL and the one supplied with the operating system. This also enables you to use the LLVM modules supplied with the operating system for other software you require.
+
+## Supplied third-party extensions
+
+Review each extension’s release notes for What’s new, improvements, or bug fixes. The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL.
+
+The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL.
+
+| Extension           | Version        | Description                  |
+| ------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------- |
+| [etcd](https://etcd.io/)| 3.5.16 | A distributed, reliable key-value store for setting up high available Patroni clusters |
+| [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) | 2.8.11 | a high-availability and load-balancing solution |
+| [Patroni](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 4.0.3 | a HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL |
+| [PgAudit](https://www.pgaudit.org/)             | 16   | provides detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL                |
+| [pgAudit set_user](https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user)| 4.1.0 | provides an additional layer of logging and control when unprivileged users must escalate themselves to superusers or object owner roles in order to perform needed maintenance tasks.|
+| [pgBackRest](https://pgbackrest.org/)           | 2.54.0    | a backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL       |
+|[pgBadger](https://github.com/darold/pgbadger)   | 12.4     | a fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer.|
+|[PgBouncer](https://www.pgbouncer.org/)          |1.23.1    | a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL|
+| [pg_gather](https://github.com/jobinau/pg_gather)| v28     | an SQL script for running the diagnostics of the health of PostgreSQL cluster |
+| [pgpool2](https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgpool2.git;a=summary) | 4.5.4 | a middleware between PostgreSQL server and client for high availability, connection pooling and load balancing.|
+| [pg_repack](https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack) | 1.5.1   | rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects           |
+| [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor)|{{pgsmversion}} | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information.|
+| [pgvector](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector)| v0.8.0 | A vector similarity search for PostgreSQL|
+| [PostGIS](https://github.com/postgis/postgis) | 3.3.7 | a spatial extension for PostgreSQL.|
+| [PostgreSQL Commons](https://salsa.debian.org/postgresql/postgresql-common)| 266 | PostgreSQL database-cluster manager. It provides a structure under which multiple versions of PostgreSQL may be installed and/or multiple clusters maintained at one time.|
+| [wal2json](https://github.com/eulerto/wal2json)  |2.6       | a PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin|
+
+For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 and compatible derivatives, Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL also includes the  supplemental `python3-etcd` 0.4.5 packages, which are used for setting up Patroni clusters. 
+
+Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is also shipped with the [libpq](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/libpq.html) library. It contains "a set of
+library functions that allow client programs to pass queries to the PostgreSQL
+backend server and to receive the results of these queries." 

docs/release-notes.md

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 # Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL release notes 
 
+* [Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 16.6](release-notes-v16.6.md) ({{date.16_6}})
+
 * [Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 16.4](release-notes-v16.4.md) ({{date.16_4}})
 
 * [Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 16.3](release-notes-v16.3.md) (2024-06-06)

docs/third-party.md

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 | [pg_repack](https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack) | Required | Rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects |
 | [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor) | Required | Collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information |
 | [PostGIS](http://postgis.net/) | Required | Allows storing and manipulating spacial data in PostgreSQL |
+|[pgvector :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector)| Required | An  extension that enables you to use PostgreSQL as a vector database|
 |[wal2json](https://github.com/eulerto/wal2json)|Required| A PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin.|

mkdocs-base.yml

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           output_path: '_pdf/PerconaDistributionPostgreSQL-16.pdf'
           cover_title: 'Distribution for PostgreSQL Documentation'
 
-          cover_subtitle: 16.4 (September 10, 2024)
+          cover_subtitle: 16.6 (December 3, 2024)
           author: 'Percona Technical Documentation Team'
           cover_logo: docs/_images/Percona_Logo_Color.png
           debug_html: false
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ nav:
   - Uninstall: uninstalling.md
   - Release Notes:
       - "Release notes index": "release-notes.md"
+      - release-notes-v16.6.md
       - release-notes-v16.4.md
       - release-notes-v16.3.md
       - release-notes-v16.2.md

variables.yml

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 # PG Variables set for HTML output
 # See also mkdocs.yml plugins.with-pdf.cover_subtitle and output_path
 
-release: 'release-notes-v16.4'
-dockertag: '16.4'
+release: 'release-notes-v16.6'
+dockertag: '16.6'
 pgversion: '16'
 pgsmversion: '2.1.0'
 
 
 
 date:
+  16_6: 2024-12-03
   16_4: 2024-09-10