From 6d86a48a6ae45ee9fc96b598c3d74b03db583cbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Wojtulewicz <tim@corelight.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:51:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Start of 7.0.0 development

---
 NEWS                                         | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 VERSION                                      |  2 +-
 testing/btest/scripts/site/local-compat.test |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d4c0afd43e..d23275ac78 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ This document summarizes the most important changes in the current Zeek
 release. For an exhaustive list of changes, see the ``CHANGES`` file
 (note that submodules, such as Broker, come with their own ``CHANGES``.)
 
+Zeek 7.0.0
+==========
+
+Breaking Changes
+----------------
+
+New Functionality
+-----------------
+
+Changed Functionality
+---------------------
+
+Removed Functionality
+---------------------
+
+Deprecated Functionality
+------------------------
+
 Zeek 6.2.0
 ==========
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 01ea22c1c6..0cd2226b2b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.2.0-dev.545
+7.0.0-dev.0
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/site/local-compat.test b/testing/btest/scripts/site/local-compat.test
index 28466e33ae..0c5483b810 100644
--- a/testing/btest/scripts/site/local-compat.test
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/site/local-compat.test
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # # simply update this test's TEST-START-FILE with the latest contents
 # site/local.zeek.
 
-@TEST-START-FILE local-6.2.zeek
+@TEST-START-FILE local-7.0.zeek
 ##! Local site policy. Customize as appropriate.
 ##!
 ##! This file will not be overwritten when upgrading or reinstalling!