Pre release 3.0.0-rc1v3.0.0-rc13.0.0-rc1

4 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions

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
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 705183a2..a6b6b025 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
-AC_INIT([monitoring-plugins],[2.4git])
+AC_INIT([monitoring-plugins],[3.0.0-rc1])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(NPTest.pm)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([gl/Makefile])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)