From e5d709889200571b62a611e0f44a410591983f8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:42:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] 1.7.0

---
 NEWS         | 12 ++++++++++++
 configure.ac |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 094094043..f3b7768b7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.7.0
+Monday, November 13, 2017
+====================================
+
+- Minor Indic fixes.
+- Implement kerning and glyph names in hb-ot-font.
+- Various DSO optimization re .data and .bss sizes.
+- Make C++11 optional; build fixes.
+- Mark all other backends "unsafe-to-break".
+- Graphite fix.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.6.3
 Thursday, October 26th, 2017
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b4c79a39b..8faf3410f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.6.3],
+        [1.7.0],
         [https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])