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<sect1 id="release-proee-9-6-5-3">

<title>&productname; 9.6.5.2</title>

<title>&productname; 9.6.5.3</title>

<formalpara>

<title>Release date:</title>

<para>2017-10-31</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Several bugfixes in multimaster extension. Added separate

extension referee.

Improved <application>multimaster</application> extension. In particular, the

following changes were introduced:

<itemizedlist>

<listitem>

<para>

In two-node clusters, you can now set up a major node that

continues working even if there is no quorum.

For details, see <xref linkend="configuring-the-major-node">.

</para>

</listitem>

<listitem>

<para>

Using a separate <application>referee</application> extension,

you can set up a standalone referee node for your cluster to

assign the quorum status to a subset of nodes that constitutes

half of the cluster.

For details, see <xref linkend="setting-up-a-referee">.

</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

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</sect1>

<sect1 id="release-proee-9-6-5-2">

<title>&productname; 9.6.5.2</title>