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 48c26da..0ff41bf 100644 (file)
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.6
+8.7

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c6dcff5..a40a0aa 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 8.7 (2010-11-13) [stable]
 
 ** Bug fixes

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 6d9c75a..244358c 100644 (file)
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ bootstrap-tools = autoconf,automake,gnulib,bison
 # Now that we have better tests, make this the default.
 export VERBOSE = yes
 
-old_NEWS_hash = 594c508078596fb65a3db2c0f4437386
+old_NEWS_hash = 24f3cbd2c625a297dc4cfb1b076eeaae
 
 # Add an exemption for sc_makefile_at_at_check.
 _makefile_at_at_check_exceptions = ' && !/^cu_install_program =/'