post-release administrivia

* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/.prev-version b/.prev-version
index fe16b348..5154b3f6 100644
--- a/.prev-version
+++ b/.prev-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.4
+2.6
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1274accc..437a93ac 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 GNU grep NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
+* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+
+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 2.6 (2010-03-23) [stable]
 
 ** Speed improvements
diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 5ccaf5e4..542ad4a9 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 = a332622733366ac037afb059b59f546f
+old_NEWS_hash = fcce9b215d241900af10f379da5c128e
 
 # Many m4 macros names once began with `jm_'.
 # Make sure that none are inadvertently reintroduced.