[monitoring-plugins] Pre release 3.0.0-rc1

[Lorenz Kästle]

 Module: monitoring-plugins
 Branch: 3.0.0-rc1
 Commit: c38ac0d7d8e7c2b571585f5fe53445253623d149
 Author: Lorenz Kästle <12514511+RincewindsHat at users.noreply.github.com>
   Date: Tue Dec  2 15:03:33 2025 +0100
    URL: https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/repositories/monitoring-plugins/commit/?id=c38ac0d7

Pre release 3.0.0-rc1

---

 NEWS           | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 NP-VERSION-GEN |  2 +-
 THANKS.in      |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fd43fd3a..6969ce87 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,33 @@
 This file documents the major additions and syntax changes between releases.
 
+3.0.0-rc1 2025-12-02
+
+	GENERAL
+	* Uniform formatting for the C part of the project
+	* General refactoring to avoid global variabes and attempt to make the code "simler"
+	* Centralised output generation for some plugins
+	* Sync with the latest Gnulib code (d4ec02b3cc) (gnulib v1.0)
+
+	CHANGES
+	* check_snmp: links not directly agains net-snmp, no `snmpget`(next) anymore
+
+	FIXES
+	* check_curl: some bug fixes regarding different scenarios
+	* check_mysql: adapt to different naming schemes in MySQL in newer versions for replica check
+	* check_ssh: fix a buffer overflow
+	* check_ntp_peer and check_ntp_time should now be able to handle Unix sockets instead of network addresses, too
+
+	ENHANCEMENTS
+	* check_dig: New options to require or forbid specific DNS flags
+	* check_ifstatus: New option to exclude specific ports
+	* Add dontfrag / random options to fping check
+
+	REMOVALS
+	* check_nwstat was removed, since there is no use case anymore
+
+	DEPRECATIONS
+	* check_http is now considered deprecated and will receive no further maintenance
+
 2.4.0 25th Jul 2024
 	FIXES
 	* check_dbi: Compiler warning for uninitialized variable
diff --git a/NP-VERSION-GEN b/NP-VERSION-GEN
index e16f37da..aab88212 100755
--- a/NP-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/NP-VERSION-GEN
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 SRC_ROOT=`dirname $0`
 
 NPVF=NP-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=2.4git
+DEF_VER=3.0.0-rc1
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/THANKS.in b/THANKS.in
index 5dbb1b39..a4f9a766 100644
--- a/THANKS.in
+++ b/THANKS.in
@@ -427,3 +427,9 @@ Louis Sautier
 Sven Hartge
 Alvar Penning
 Michael Jeanson
+Alexandre Anriot
+Andre Klaerner
+Andre Klärner
+Michael Orlitzky
+Richard Laager
+Yannick Martin