From d62dc0a8e9da729f066a251ad47c1387df7268b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: IAlibay <IAlibay@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:56:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Start 2.9.0-dev0

---
 package/CHANGELOG                     | 13 +++++++++++++
 package/MDAnalysis/version.py         |  2 +-
 package/setup.py                      |  2 +-
 testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py |  2 +-
 testsuite/setup.py                    |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package/CHANGELOG b/package/CHANGELOG
index 9a6026971d..5bce69eaec 100644
--- a/package/CHANGELOG
+++ b/package/CHANGELOG
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ The rules for this file:
 
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+??/??/?? IAlibay
+
+ * 2.9.0
+
+Fixes
+
+Enhancements
+
+Changes
+
+Deprecations
+
+
 11/11/24 IAlibay, HeetVekariya, marinegor, lilyminium, RMeli,
          ljwoods2, aditya292002, pstaerk, PicoCentauri, BFedder,
          tyler.je.reddy, SampurnaM, leonwehrhan, kainszs, orionarcher, 
diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/version.py b/package/MDAnalysis/version.py
index 66476ef9b3..e8384ed347 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/version.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/version.py
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@
 # e.g. with lib.log
 
 #: Release of MDAnalysis as a string, using `semantic versioning`_.
-__version__ = "2.8.0"  # NOTE: keep in sync with RELEASE in setup.py
+__version__ = "2.9.0-dev0"  # NOTE: keep in sync with RELEASE in setup.py
diff --git a/package/setup.py b/package/setup.py
index b19a4c0fbd..1158330e7a 100755
--- a/package/setup.py
+++ b/package/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 from subprocess import getoutput
 
 # NOTE: keep in sync with MDAnalysis.__version__ in version.py
-RELEASE = "2.8.0"
+RELEASE = "2.9.0-dev0"
 
 is_release = "dev" not in RELEASE
 
diff --git a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py
index 5752ec9858..ea7b2d5570 100644
--- a/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py
+++ b/testsuite/MDAnalysisTests/__init__.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger("MDAnalysisTests.__init__")
 
 # keep in sync with RELEASE in setup.py
-__version__ = "2.8.0"
+__version__ = "2.9.0-dev0"
 
 
 # Do NOT import MDAnalysis at this level. Tests should do it themselves.
diff --git a/testsuite/setup.py b/testsuite/setup.py
index 5f786f94d9..228bfd1fd0 100755
--- a/testsuite/setup.py
+++ b/testsuite/setup.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # this must be in-sync with MDAnalysis
-    RELEASE = "2.8.0"
+    RELEASE = "2.9.0-dev0"
 
     setup(
         version=RELEASE,