From d87b2ece37417280d20b99ba528c4fc0d29310ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zack Weinberg <zack@owlfolio.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:45:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] maint: post-release administrivia

* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
---
 .prev-version | 2 +-
 NEWS          | 3 +++
 cfg.mk        | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index b93b4f20b..80bf4d0f8 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.71
+2.72
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3d63fd2d5..2c75928dd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes.
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 2.72 (2023-12-22) [release]
 
 ** Backward incompatibilities
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index aef751a64..697f8be12 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ update-release-year:
 .PHONY: update-release-year
 
 # Prevent incorrect NEWS edits.
-old_NEWS_hash = 18aef204e16f6fe9487ab79ca2556ab4
+old_NEWS_hash = 20f602e498b46edc50ce5bc31aeb58fc
 
 # Update autoconf-latest.tar.* symlinks during 'make stable/beta'.
 GNUPLOADFLAGS = --symlink-regex
-- 
2.47.3