--- ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes	2025/06/19 22:36:53	1.492
+++ ray/doc/notes/ReleaseNotes	2025/09/26 04:01:43	1.500
@@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ Added -u option to gendaymtx to elide data columns (ti
 the sun is not visible above the horizon.
 
 =========================
-Version 5.4
+Version 5.4 (Released November 5, 2023)
 
 Added rcollate -c option to force operation to continue even if it
 seems unnecessary.  Made tool more robust.
@@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ Made reciprocity averaging default to "off" in bsdf2tt
 to create more problems than it solves.
 
 ====================
-Version 6.0
+Version 6.0 (Released July 23, 2025)
 
 Extensive changes to enable spectral rendering, which defaults to "off"
 to maintain backwards-compatibility with previous versions, with the
@@ -2672,9 +2672,11 @@ put out as many color channels as specified in any -cs
 
 Added ability of mgf2rad to convert spectral data at least
 for light, glow, plastic, and metal primitive types.  Need
-to use new '-s' option to get new output.
+to use new '-s' option to get new output.  Added support for
+new WGMDfunc type as well, which is considerably more flexible
+at supporting different spectral components.
 
-Added handling of spectral images to rcode2bmp script.
+Added handling of spectral pictures (HSR) to rcode2bmp script.
 
 Minor change to rcollate to allow explicit byte records to
 be any specified length without checks against header input.
@@ -2718,7 +2720,7 @@ Wrote rxpiece tool that will render pictures using til
 can handle different output formats and hyperspectral pictures.
 Only runs on a single machine, however -- no NFS locking on
 shared volumes.  Mainly a demonstration tool for RpictSimulManager
-C++ class, but may have its uses.
+C++ class, but later added to standard Rmakefile targets.
 
 Fixed a bug in BSDF sampling of sources pointed out by
 David Geisler-Moroder, which tended to overestimate specular
@@ -2740,7 +2742,7 @@ results are still reported in RGB.
 Added accurate conversion of hyperspectral pictures to ra_xyze.
 
 Added hyperspectral picture conversion to ra_tiff, with accurate
-color when targeting 16-bit/comp., LogLuv, and float utput,
+color when targeting 16-bit/comp., LogLuv, and float output,
 and the approximate method for 24-bit RGB.
 
 Taoning added genssky -L option to specify global and diffuse
@@ -2825,6 +2827,36 @@ Fixed problem with "mirror" primitive, which was not p
 indirect rays to transmit through alternate material type.
 Thanks to Jon Sargent for finding problem and help resolving it.
 
-Added experimental C++ based rxpiece tool to default installation.
+Added experimental C++ based rxpiece tool to default installation
+in makeall/Rmakefile.
 
 Added rcomb -mt option to transpose concatenation matrix.
+
+====================
+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.