From d0a34abfd93f0e8a8158483b0683782faa46d9eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@fb.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:55:51 -0700
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 d3bdbdf..6259340 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7
+1.8
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ce0daad..104c950 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU gzip NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 1.8 (2016-04-26) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 0fd675e..6f75c0f 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,gnulib
 # Now that we have better tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = a0dd634b3c42fe877ba42dcc5a9b31f8
+old_NEWS_hash = 8856cfaaa524d2f64231c21b004a5c1a
 
 sc_obs_header_regex = \
   \<(STDC_HEADERS|HAVE_(LIMITS|STRING|UNISTD|STDLIB)_H)\>
-- 
2.30.2