# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1699206340 18000
# Node ID 78c13a2594f359474f28a93e43b288c9b40afa2c
# Parent  c8b6830cde6fb5546ceb2afce7de2a3c01ed3f4c
Version 8.4.0 released.

* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Set version to 8.4.0.
(OCTAVE_MINOR_VERSION): Now 4.
(OCTAVE_PATCH_VERSION): Now 0.
(OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE): Set to "2023-11-05".
* org.octave.Octave.appdata.xml: Add release info for version 8.4.0.
* CITATION: Update for 8.4.0.
* NEWS.8.md: Update release date.
* liboctave/module.mk (%canon_reldir%_liboctave_revision): Increment.
* libinterp/module.mk (%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_revision): Increment.

diff -r c8b6830cde6f -r 78c13a2594f3 CITATION
--- a/CITATION	Tue Oct 31 13:12:47 2023 +0100
+++ b/CITATION	Sun Nov 05 12:45:40 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 c8b6830cde6f -r 78c13a2594f3 configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	Tue Oct 31 13:12:47 2023 +0100
+++ b/configure.ac	Sun Nov 05 12:45:40 2023 -0500
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 ### Initialize Autoconf
 AC_PREREQ([2.65])
-AC_INIT([GNU Octave], [8.3.1], [https://octave.org/bugs.html], [octave],
+AC_INIT([GNU Octave], [8.4.0], [https://octave.org/bugs.html], [octave],
         [https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/])
 
 ### Declare version numbers
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@
 ## versions.
 
 OCTAVE_MAJOR_VERSION=8
-OCTAVE_MINOR_VERSION=3
-OCTAVE_PATCH_VERSION=1
+OCTAVE_MINOR_VERSION=4
+OCTAVE_PATCH_VERSION=0
 
 dnl PACKAGE_VERSION is set by the AC_INIT VERSION argument.
 OCTAVE_VERSION="$PACKAGE_VERSION"
 
 OCTAVE_COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) 1993-2023 The Octave Project Developers."
 
-OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE="2023-08-08"
+OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE="2023-11-05"
 
 ## The "API version" is used as a way of checking that interfaces in the
 ## liboctave and libinterp libraries haven't changed in a backwardly
diff -r c8b6830cde6f -r 78c13a2594f3 etc/NEWS.8.md
--- a/etc/NEWS.8.md	Tue Oct 31 13:12:47 2023 +0100
+++ b/etc/NEWS.8.md	Sun Nov 05 12:45:40 2023 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Summary of bugs fixed for version 8.4.0 (tbd):
+Summary of bugs fixed for version 8.4.0 (2023-11-05):
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
 For (bug #XXXXX) see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?XXXXX
diff -r c8b6830cde6f -r 78c13a2594f3 etc/icons/org.octave.Octave.appdata.xml
--- a/etc/icons/org.octave.Octave.appdata.xml	Tue Oct 31 13:12:47 2023 +0100
+++ b/etc/icons/org.octave.Octave.appdata.xml	Sun Nov 05 12:45:40 2023 -0500
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
   <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 c8b6830cde6f -r 78c13a2594f3 libinterp/module.mk
--- a/libinterp/module.mk	Tue Oct 31 13:12:47 2023 +0100
+++ b/libinterp/module.mk	Sun Nov 05 12:45:40 2023 -0500
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 ## to the rules in the etc/HACKING.md file:
 
 %canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_current = 11
-%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_revision = 1
+%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_revision = 2
 %canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_age = 0
 
 %canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_version_info = $(%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_current):$(%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_revision):$(%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_age)
diff -r c8b6830cde6f -r 78c13a2594f3 liboctave/module.mk
--- a/liboctave/module.mk	Tue Oct 31 13:12:47 2023 +0100
+++ b/liboctave/module.mk	Sun Nov 05 12:45:40 2023 -0500
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 ## to the rules in the etc/HACKING.md file:
 
 %canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_current = 10
-%canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_revision = 1
+%canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_revision = 2
 %canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_age = 0
 
 %canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_version_info = $(%canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_current):$(%canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_revision):$(%canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_age)