starting to work on release v1.9

docs/conf.py

@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ author = 'Wenzel Jakob'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.8'
+version = '1.9'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.8'
+release = '1.9.dev0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

docs/release.rst

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ To release a new version of pybind11:
     - update checksum to match the one computed by pypi
 - Get back to work
     - Update ``_version.py`` (add 'dev' and increment minor).
+    - Update version in ``docs/conf.py``
     - Update version macros in ``include/pybind11/common.h``
     - ``git add`` and ``git commit``.
       ``git push``

include/pybind11/common.h

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR 1
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 8
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 9
 
 /// Include Python header, disable linking to pythonX_d.lib on Windows in debug mode
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)

pybind11/_version.py

-version_info = (1, 8, 'dev0')
+version_info = (1, 9, 'dev0')
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))