Bump version (and explain how)

configure.ac

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson
 dnl Copyright (c) 2007-2015, The Tor Project, Inc.
 dnl See LICENSE for licensing information
 
-AC_INIT([tor],[0.2.7.1-alpha-dev])
+AC_INIT([tor],[0.2.7.2-alpha])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/or/main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE

contrib/win32build/tor-mingw.nsi.in

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 !include "LogicLib.nsh"
 !include "FileFunc.nsh"
 !insertmacro GetParameters
-!define VERSION "0.2.7.1-alpha-dev"
+!define VERSION "0.2.7.2-alpha"
 !define INSTALLER "tor-${VERSION}-win32.exe"
 !define WEBSITE "https://www.torproject.org/"
 !define LICENSE "LICENSE"

doc/HACKING

@@ -572,6 +572,10 @@ git branches too.
    scripts/maint/updateVersions.pl to update version numbers in other
    places, and commit.  Then merge maint-0.2.x into release-0.2.x.
 
+   (NOTE: TO bump the version number, edit configure.ac, and then run
+   either make, or 'perl scripts/maint/updateVersions.pl', depending on
+   your version.)
+
 5) Make dist, put the tarball up somewhere, and tell #tor about it. Wait
 a while to see if anybody has problems building it. Try to get Sebastian
 or somebody to try building it on Windows.

src/win32/orconfig.h

@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 #define USING_TWOS_COMPLEMENT
 
 /* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "0.2.7.1-alpha-dev"
+#define VERSION "0.2.7.2-alpha"