Prepare for 3.7.0.

Acked-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>

Author: igsilya

Documentation/faq/releases.rst

@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ Q: What DPDK version does each Open vSwitch release work with?
     3.4.x        23.11.5
     3.5.x        24.11.3
     3.6.x        24.11.3
+    3.7.x        25.11
     ============ ========
 
 Q: Are all the DPDK releases that OVS versions work with maintained?

NEWS

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Post-v3.6.0
+v3.7.0 - xx xxx xxxx
 --------------------
    - AF_XDP:
      * AF_XDP support now requires Linux kernel v5.4+ or a nominally older

configure.ac

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
-AC_INIT(openvswitch, 3.6.90, bugs@openvswitch.org)
+AC_INIT(openvswitch, 3.7.0, bugs@openvswitch.org)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.c])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])

debian/changelog

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-openvswitch (3.6.90-1) unstable; urgency=low
+openvswitch (3.7.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
    * New upstream version
 
- -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org>  Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:10:11 +0200
+ -- Open vSwitch team <dev@openvswitch.org>  Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0100
 
 openvswitch (3.6.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
 

debian/rules

@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ override_dh_python3:
 # Helper target for creating snapshots from upstream git
 DATE=$(shell date +%Y%m%d)
 # Upstream branch to track
-BRANCH=branch-3.6
-VERSION=3.6.0
+BRANCH=branch-3.7
+VERSION=3.7.0
 
 get-orig-snapshot:
 	rm -Rf openvswitch-upstream