Version 9.3.0 released.

* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Set version to 9.3.0.
(OCTAVE_MINOR_VERSION): Now 3.
(OCTAVE_PATCH_VERSION): Now 0.
(OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE): Set to "2024-12-12".
* org.octave.Octave.appdata.xml: Add release info for version 9.3.0.
* CITATION: Update for 9.3.0.
* NEWS.9.md: Update release date.

CITATION

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 To cite GNU Octave in publications use:
 
   John W. Eaton, David Bateman, Søren Hauberg, Rik Wehbring (2024).
-  GNU Octave version 9.2.0 manual: a high-level interactive language for
+  GNU Octave version 9.3.0 manual: a high-level interactive language for
   numerical computations.
-  URL https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v9.2.0/
+  URL https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v9.3.0/
 
 A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is:
 
   @manual{,
-    title     = {{GNU Octave} version 9.2.0 manual: a high-level interactive language for numerical computations},
+    title     = {{GNU Octave} version 9.3.0 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      = {2024},
-    url       = {https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v9.2.0/},
+    url       = {https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v9.3.0/},
   }
 
 We have invested a lot of time and effort in creating GNU Octave, please

configure.ac

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dnl
 
 ### Initialize Autoconf
 AC_PREREQ([2.65])
-AC_INIT([GNU Octave], [9.2.1], [https://octave.org/bugs.html], [octave],
+AC_INIT([GNU Octave], [9.3.0], [https://octave.org/bugs.html], [octave],
         [https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/])
 
 ### Declare version numbers
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ dnl AC_INIT requires it to be static, not computed from shell variables.
 ## versions.
 
 OCTAVE_MAJOR_VERSION=9
-OCTAVE_MINOR_VERSION=2
-OCTAVE_PATCH_VERSION=1
+OCTAVE_MINOR_VERSION=3
+OCTAVE_PATCH_VERSION=0
 
 dnl PACKAGE_VERSION is set by the AC_INIT VERSION argument.
 OCTAVE_VERSION="$PACKAGE_VERSION"
 
 OCTAVE_COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) 1993-2024 The Octave Project Developers."
 
-OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE="2024-06-01"
+OCTAVE_RELEASE_DATE="2024-12-12"
 
 ## The "API version" is used as a way of checking that interfaces in the
 ## liboctave and libinterp libraries haven't changed in a backwardly

etc/NEWS.9.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 For (bug #XXXXX) see https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?XXXXX
 
-Summary of bugs fixed for version 9.3.0 (tbd):
+Summary of bugs fixed for version 9.3.0 (2024-12-12):
 -----------------------------------------------------
 
 ### Improvements and fixes

etc/icons/org.octave.Octave.metainfo.xml

@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
   </developer>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.0"/>
   <releases>
+    <release date="2024-12-12" version="9.3.0"/>
     <release date="2024-06-01" version="9.2.0"/>
     <release date="2024-03-14" version="9.1.0"/>
     <release date="2023-11-05" version="8.4.0"/>

libgui/module.mk

@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ nodist_%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_la_SOURCES = \
 ## Increment the following version numbers as needed and according
 ## to the rules in the etc/HACKING.md file:
 
-%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_current = 12
+%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_current = 13
 %canon_reldir%_liboctgui_revision = 0
-%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_age = 0
+%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_age = 1
 
 %canon_reldir%_liboctgui_version_info = $(%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_current):$(%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_revision):$(%canon_reldir%_liboctgui_age)
 

libinterp/module.mk

@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ endif
 ## Increment the following version numbers as needed and according
 ## to the rules in the etc/HACKING.md file:
 
-%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_current = 12
-%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_revision = 1
-%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_age = 0
+%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_current = 13
+%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_revision = 0
+%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_age = 1
 
 %canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_version_info = $(%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_current):$(%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_revision):$(%canon_reldir%_liboctinterp_age)
 

liboctave/module.mk

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ nodist_%canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_la_SOURCES = \
 ## to the rules in the etc/HACKING.md file:
 
 %canon_reldir%_%canon_reldir%_current = 11
-%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)