# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1699207294 18000
# Node ID 4fe09c1b41480bfc81c9b5992d6511f1382fc823
# Parent  713c819e8b142f78cbaae1bed406a740ee7aca89# Parent  39a11fb58ae2372104aa3e97cc1adf7a4bdc13f2
maint: Merge stable to default.

diff -r 713c819e8b14 -r 4fe09c1b4148 .hgtags
--- a/.hgtags	Sat Nov 04 22:53:41 2023 +0100
+++ b/.hgtags	Sun Nov 05 13:01:34 2023 -0500
@@ -138,3 +138,4 @@
 75b1efe727d495ae579b9e27a620219dc72d9205 release-8-1-0
 fdadf31961bb5b089f5a2b7cd660351434b31de0 release-8-2-0
 6fc591af58baccd1f9be398245eda017374d3283 release-8-3-0
+78c13a2594f359474f28a93e43b288c9b40afa2c release-8-4-0
diff -r 713c819e8b14 -r 4fe09c1b4148 CITATION
--- a/CITATION	Sat Nov 04 22:53:41 2023 +0100
+++ b/CITATION	Sun Nov 05 13:01:34 2023 -0500
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 To cite GNU Octave in publications use:
 
   John W. Eaton, David Bateman, Søren Hauberg, Rik Wehbring (2023).
-  GNU Octave version 8.3.0 manual: a high-level interactive language for
+  GNU Octave version 8.4.0 manual: a high-level interactive language for
   numerical computations.
-  URL https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v8.3.0/
+  URL https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v8.4.0/
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is:
 
   @manual{,
-    title     = {{GNU Octave} version 8.3.0 manual: a high-level interactive language for numerical computations},
+    title     = {{GNU Octave} version 8.4.0 manual: a high-level interactive language for numerical computations},
     author    = {John W. Eaton and David Bateman and S{\o}ren Hauberg and Rik Wehbring},
     year      = {2023},
-    url       = {https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v8.3.0/},
+    url       = {https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v8.4.0/},
   }
 
 We have invested a lot of time and effort in creating GNU Octave, please
diff -r 713c819e8b14 -r 4fe09c1b4148 configure.ac
diff -r 713c819e8b14 -r 4fe09c1b4148 etc/NEWS.8.md
--- a/etc/NEWS.8.md	Sat Nov 04 22:53:41 2023 +0100
+++ b/etc/NEWS.8.md	Sun Nov 05 13:01:34 2023 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
-Summary of bugs fixed for version 8.4.0 (tbd):
+Summary of bugs fixed for version 8.5.0 (tbd):
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+For (bug #XXXXX) see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?XXXXX
+
+### Improvements and fixes
+
+### GUI
+
+### Build system / Tests
+
+### Documentation
+
+
+Summary of bugs fixed for version 8.4.0 (2023-11-05):
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
 For (bug #XXXXX) see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?XXXXX
diff -r 713c819e8b14 -r 4fe09c1b4148 etc/icons/org.octave.Octave.metainfo.xml
--- a/etc/icons/org.octave.Octave.metainfo.xml	Sat Nov 04 22:53:41 2023 +0100
+++ b/etc/icons/org.octave.Octave.metainfo.xml	Sun Nov 05 13:01:34 2023 -0500
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
   <developer_name>John W. Eaton and others</developer_name>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.0"/>
   <releases>
+    <release date="2023-11-05" version="8.4.0"/>
     <release date="2023-08-08" version="8.3.0"/>
     <release date="2023-04-13" version="8.2.0"/>
     <release date="2023-03-07" version="8.1.0"/>
diff -r 713c819e8b14 -r 4fe09c1b4148 libinterp/module.mk
diff -r 713c819e8b14 -r 4fe09c1b4148 liboctave/module.mk