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 f5e5cc591e0c9dd7e0b1248a08c50babebcc228b..8a1c8a475af09f8f5a19fcdcc5c3cf8dba124550 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.26
+8.27

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b2e9c0bd0f424a8b4d12203967897c396814d260..db7a78966b3d4d310dd190dc3b86070b6afa298f 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.27 (2017-03-08) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index efc7db71216b2bf45bd87f7aa22a900b2eec7953..7e0795abcf4f11d04b74e3e5ac4fde6d66b373cd 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 48f0493682b6062af615abd4fb8c356f
+old_NEWS_hash = a78a5278f1a32d221eded802ba7cd5bb
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_prog/ && !/dynamic-dep/'