--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes	2025/07/24 18:25:46	1.494
+++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes	2025/10/29 02:48:50	1.502
@@ -2833,4 +2833,37 @@ in makeall/Rmakefile.
 Added rcomb -mt option to transpose concatenation matrix.
 
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-Version 6.1
+Version 6.1 (Released July 24, 2025)
+
+Fixed array limit bug in EPW file loader.
+
+Fixed bug in rcomb, rmtxop -c and -C option not accepting file paths
+starting with '.'
+
+Fixed ordering of spectral data in gensdaymtx output.
+
+Fixed crash in new Poisson sampling routines for large settings of -ad.
+
+Fixed reversal of direct and diffuse values in EPW files.  (Thanks to
+Taoning Wang for spotting the error.)
+
+Fixed issue with zero radiation values in gensdaymtx (TW).
+
+(The above fixes were released as official patch 6.0.1)
+
+Fixed issues with rtpict running under Windows.  Thanks to Mehlika
+Inanici for help finding problems and testing.
+
+Added metadata i/o to ra_bmp in both directions, preserving
+color space, gamma, and typical Radiance header settings.
+
+Updated evalglare with new 3.0x version from Jan Wienold.
+
+Fixed issue with genBSDF -t3 option under Windows.
+
+Created rxfluxmtx tool that avoids unnecessary interprocess
+communication by supporting direct calls to RcontribSimulManager
+class and provides view rendering as well as surface sampling
+and pass-through modes.
+
+Added -m option to pvsum to optimize memory cache performance.