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 80bf4d0f85695989cef9688ddae9925648d6f3bb..21d5b2e8a257803f7ae30928e951b0912bf42491 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.72
+2.73

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d48a63d298718ba8337f6d78cfacad905c0e58db..efa21f9d33d25759331b4e666421aae7c2c7df9f 100644 (file)
--- 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 7e21bc904a43aa9a2e42e83153f4016cbcda3030..b1fd769f99937d56067ae83cb901a7996ba0d6d6 100644 (file)
--- 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