start release/2.8 development cycle

this commit starts work on "master" after branching off "release/2.7" -> version.m4 set to "2.8_git", ChangeLog emptied, Changes.rst prepared for notable news in Release 2.8 Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
2026-02-18 18:19:42 -05:00 · 2026-02-13 13:10:24 +01:00 · 2026-02-13 13:10:24 +01:00 · 0f4e9de2ad
commit 0f4e9de2ad
parent ee1577744f
3 changed files with 11 additions and 1395 deletions
--- a/1396
+++ b/1396
--- a/Changes.rst
+++ b/Changes.rst
@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Overview of changes in 2.8
+==========================
+
+
 Overview of changes in 2.7
 ==========================
 New features
--- a/version.m4
+++ b/version.m4
@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ dnl define the OpenVPN version
 define([PRODUCT_NAME], [OpenVPN])
 define([PRODUCT_TARNAME], [openvpn])
 define([PRODUCT_VERSION_MAJOR], [2])
-define([PRODUCT_VERSION_MINOR], [7])
-define([PRODUCT_VERSION_PATCH], [.0])
+define([PRODUCT_VERSION_MINOR], [8])
+define([PRODUCT_VERSION_PATCH], [_git])
 m4_append([PRODUCT_VERSION], [PRODUCT_VERSION_MAJOR])
 m4_append([PRODUCT_VERSION], [PRODUCT_VERSION_MINOR], [[.]])
 m4_append([PRODUCT_VERSION], [PRODUCT_VERSION_PATCH], [[]])
 define([PRODUCT_BUGREPORT], [openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net])
-define([PRODUCT_VERSION_RESOURCE], [2,7,0,0])
+define([PRODUCT_VERSION_RESOURCE], [2,8,0,0])
 dnl define the TAP version
 define([PRODUCT_TAP_WIN_COMPONENT_ID], [tap0901])
 define([PRODUCT_TAP_WIN_MIN_MAJOR], [9])