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 0359f24328340afaa278b30776c09b462a121c85..592f36ef3a918f5e1a189156a0671e73fc408fdd 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.4
+9.5

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8c23858b079da550c8474991989325983fde90f9..0d380a8ae404cf09464802bebe5543290310f1c9 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 9.5 (2024-03-28) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 7da1a4b4ac8b681801143af041b3be50c2156723..6141cc1edbbb9d472176686cc2c2cb0c2023a35c 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export VERBOSE = yes
 # 4914152 9e
 export XZ_OPT = -8e
 
-old_NEWS_hash = d66ee7a9fdb974017a4a17cf358d047d
+old_NEWS_hash = e4007bb11862c8509c974bff2cccdeac
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = \