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maint: Merge stable to default.
author Nicholas R. Jankowski <jankowski.nicholas@gmail.com>
date Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:05:27 -0400
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Things to do before making a release:

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

  * Update the OCTAVE_API_VERSION number in configure.ac.

  * Update version number and release year in CITATION.

  * Update the etc/NEWS.N.md file corresponding to the major release
    number N.  Include release date in Summary header.

  * 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.

  * Update https://wiki.octave.org/Release_History page.