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 592f36ef3a918f5e1a189156a0671e73fc408fdd..c026ac828d085bb96917f9390169bf833f83a83e 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.5
+9.6

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3799f75053ef219b64199ea623d3930ec6d6e9fb..9be61e4c430f4404e65e0e22994fd72e213b0460 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 9.6 (2025-01-17) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 737361b491b562ab8201742ddec7f3bfe30f6ed1..bafee5990ac92bfc90cd45cdff962a0c753f80ce 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 853a6f5bc2e9d25346d494bef9eaf8a3
+old_NEWS_hash = be5016485c56f34b60ba4e6d3b407489
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = \