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 c026ac828d085bb96917f9390169bf833f83a83e..9d5e716c0559c0e7826fd342538bbbf1071a2330 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.6
+9.7

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 26c2780d01000646917ff7baa5476db23f08ef2e..4423d955ba520c18b78b95dc088d00c2cd65b0da 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 9.7 (2025-04-09) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 2b24355ad4b267db77b719bbf62412291a19ecf1..2032fcdfa23c4b7dce954fbaa27f7d5e1f07f4c8 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = be5016485c56f34b60ba4e6d3b407489
+old_NEWS_hash = e846927f631201c953d1eb0774c23005
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = \