Sync NEWS.md from 1.9 branch

Makefile.am

@@ -89,6 +89,19 @@ release: update-test-dist
 	  gpg -b $(top_builddir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz \
 	)
 
+sync-branch:
+	last=$$(awk '/## Version/ { print($$3); exit }' $(top_srcdir)/NEWS.md); \
+	branch=origin/v$$(echo $$last | sed 's/.[0-9]$$//')-branch; \
+	echo "last version was $$last, branch $$branch"; \
+	git show $$branch:NEWS.md >/tmp/NEWS.md; \
+	awk '/Version '$$last'/ { exit; } /Version/ { x=1 } x==1,/./ { print($$0); }' \
+	  /tmp/NEWS.md > /tmp/trimmed.md; \
+	sed -i -e '/Version/,$$ b;' -e '/^$$/ r /tmp/trimmed.md' $(top_srcdir)/NEWS.md; \
+	git checkout $$branch $(top_srcdir)/www/defs.m4; \
+	sed -i 's/1.9.1/1.9.2/g' $(top_srcdir)/README.md
+
 clean-local: clean-test clean-libs
 
-.PHONY: bootstrap cov-reset cov-report clean-libs clean-test compile-commands release
+.PHONY: bootstrap cov-reset cov-report clean-libs clean-test compile-commands
+.PHONY: release sync-branch
+

NEWS.md

@@ -6,6 +6,21 @@
   install the Python infrastructure.
 - Updated to OSVVM 2023.04 and UVVM 2023.03.21 for `nvc --install`.
 
+## Version 1.9.2 - 2023-05-01
+- Fix elaboration errors with recursive entity instantiation (#668).
+- Updated to latest GtkWave FST writer library.
+- Fix crash when an external name is used in a wait expression (#674).
+- Fix stack corruption when passing large numbers of arguments (#665).
+- Protected procedure calls with `out` or `inout` signal arguments now
+  create drivers (#675).
+- Fixed a crash when a `next` or `exit` statement appears inside
+  `process (all)` (#676).
+- The `--jit` elaboration options now works on Intel Macs (#680).
+- Fixed a corner case where a forced signal with no drivers had the
+  wrong effective value after `release` (#681).
+- Fixed a crash when a signal assignment statement contains only
+  `unaffected` (#677).
+
 ## Version 1.9.1 - 2023-04-15
 - Fix build errors and warnings on MSYS2 Clang x64 environment.
 - Fix build failure due to missing `SHT_X86_64_UNWIND` on Alpine and

README.md

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ NVC has both a release branch and a development master branch. The
 master branch should be stable enough for day-to-day use and has
 comprehensive regression tests, but the release branch is more suitable
 for third party packaging.  The latest released version is
-[1.9.1](https://github.com/nickg/nvc/releases/download/r1.9.1/nvc-1.9.1.tar.gz).
+[1.9.2](https://github.com/nickg/nvc/releases/download/r1.9.2/nvc-1.9.2.tar.gz).
 Significant changes since the last release are detailed in
 [NEWS.md](NEWS.md).
 

www/defs.m4

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-define(__version, `1.9.1')dnl/
-define(__release_date, `15th April 2023')dnl/
-define(__release_date_short, `2023-04-15')dnl/
+define(__version, `1.9.2')dnl/
+define(__release_date, `1st May 2023')dnl/
+define(__release_date_short, `2023-05-01')dnl/
 define(__release_notes, `news.html#version-'__version`---'__release_date_short)dnl
 define(__github_url, `https://github.com/nickg/nvc')dnl
 define(__sourcehut_url, `https://git.sr.ht/~nickg/nvc')dnl