From b400bc3735513a7b980f670785cfc44854c868fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zack Weinberg <zack@owlfolio.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:15:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] maint: post-release administrivia

* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.
---
 .prev-version | 2 +-
 NEWS          | 3 +++
 cfg.mk        | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index 80bf4d0f8..21d5b2e8a 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.72
+2.73
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d48a63d29..efa21f9d3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU Autoconf NEWS - User visible changes.
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 2.73 (2026-03-20) [release]
 
 ** New features
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 7e21bc904..b1fd769f9 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ update-release-year:
 .PHONY: update-release-year
 
 # Prevent incorrect NEWS edits.
-old_NEWS_hash = c296de7779bb03a02df56964aaff051f
+old_NEWS_hash = c3e3a7eaf5d3aefe96c8fec5574eccab
 
 # Update autoconf-latest.tar.* symlinks during 'make stable/beta'.
 GNUPLOADFLAGS = --symlink-regex
-- 
2.47.3