preparing release 4.2.0

ttl-octave · ttl-octave · commit 4d6a1d75ef18 · 2026-01-15T06:55:46.000+01:00
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: control
-Version: 4.1.99+
-Date: XXXX-XX-XX
+Version: 4.2.0
+Date: 2026-01-16
 Author: Lukas Reichlin <lukas.reichlin@gmail.com>
 Maintainer: Doug Stewart <doug.dastew@gmail.com>, Torsten Lilge <ttl-octave@mailbox.org>
 Title: Control Package
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Summary of important user-visible changes for releases of the control package
 
 ===============================================================================
-control-4.1.99+  Upcoming version 4.2.0, not yet released
+control-4.2.0  Release date 2026-01-16
 ===============================================================================
 
 ** from Octave 11 on, the control package documentation is included
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.71])
-AC_INIT([control],[4.1.99+])
+AC_INIT([control],[4.2.0])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([sl_ab01od.cc])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
