maint: post-release administrivia

* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.

diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 8b61d0732467639422a48b5e9a18f3fcbca3adfd..3e182fbe00adc3f20722eb6771810627ce2a73a9 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.28
+8.29

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4c00e7aca495d97836a30b33acc5716d21147e1a..4bf838783669d2b7ac628eecba569e5783ccb39d 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.29 (2017-12-27) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index eb04fd830b94cc769fd44bc6277b6cdc687ac769..04d33c779da787f7f7c6e086642fdc70820980e0 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 8c2a749f657a6bd541e8b9c5227fe26f
+old_NEWS_hash = d895736ac0f0502739532aa70340f044
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_prog/ && !/dynamic-dep/'