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maint: Bump version number for 4.2.0-rc3. * configure.ac: Bump version to 4.2.0-rc3.
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:48:37 -0400
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Things to do before making a release:

  * Update the version number and release date in configure.ac.

  * Update version number and release year in CITATION.

  * Update the NEWS file.

  * Update the NEWS-<VERSION>.html, index.in, news.in, and download.in
    files for the web site.

  * Copy tarballs to ftp.gnu.org.

  * Post a release announcement to the help@octave.org and
    info-gnu@gnu.org lists.