Merge pull request #5154 from bwbarrett/v3.1.x-VERSION

dist: Prep for 3.1.1 release

Author: bwbarrett

NEWS

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ included in the vX.Y.Z section and be denoted as:
 
    (** also appeared: A.B.C)  -- indicating that this item was previously
                                  included in release version vA.B.C.
+3.1.1 -- June, 2018
+-------------------
 
 3.1.0 -- May, 2018
 ------------------

VERSION

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 major=3
 minor=1
-release=0
+release=1
 
 # greek is generally used for alpha or beta release tags.  If it is
 # non-empty, it will be appended to the version number.  It does not
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ release=0
 # requirement is that it must be entirely printable ASCII characters
 # and have no white space.
 
-greek=rc7
+greek=a1
 
 # If repo_rev is empty, then the repository version number will be
 # obtained during "make dist" via the "git describe --tags --always"