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 810ee4e91e2485e86c4a208c58f6488930922969..d3bdbdf1fdaecae544df2a889f92ae49320ee31b 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6
+1.7

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index eda922e7ad9be2e8f38e06c4835cd87009db1ea8..d2bf9763e3d23d0626c48183eacaa2f961c1fd45 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU gzip NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 1.7 (2016-03-27) [stable]
 
 ** Changes in behavior

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 8ba07dbaba0b219b8f6c106a6826e32c094892b6..0fd675e545655562bbe35f6a4a4e23bf7bfd4d0d 100644 (file)
--- 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 = dada3abad00e555713d6e99738224904
+old_NEWS_hash = a0dd634b3c42fe877ba42dcc5a9b31f8
 
 sc_obs_header_regex = \
   \<(STDC_HEADERS|HAVE_(LIMITS|STRING|UNISTD|STDLIB)_H)\>