Update for release

13 files changed, 25 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index 5a37cd519..c02d22e34 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Apache FOP
-Copyright 1999-2022 The Apache Software Foundation
+Copyright 1999-2023 The Apache Software Foundation
 
 This product includes software developed at
 The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
diff --git a/README b/README
index 351ddd97d..60b9a9cdd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -107,6 +107,18 @@ under the ./fop sub-directory.
   RELEASE NOTES
 ==============================================================================
 
+Version 2.9
+===========
+
+Major Changes in Version 2.9
+----------------------------
+
+* Add support for font-selection-strategy=character-by-character
+* Allow XMP at PDF page level
+* Allow use of page position only on redo of layout
+
+This release also contains a number of bug fixes.
+
 Version 2.8
 ===========
 
diff --git a/fop-core/pom.xml b/fop-core/pom.xml
index c1be1bb49..69d55e74b 100644
--- a/fop-core/pom.xml
+++ b/fop-core/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
     <artifactId>fop-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/fop-events/pom.xml b/fop-events/pom.xml
index 7d7aa2466..ac0df8625 100644
--- a/fop-events/pom.xml
+++ b/fop-events/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
     <artifactId>fop-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/fop-sandbox/pom.xml b/fop-sandbox/pom.xml
index 20ee4a9a4..9fefca9b6 100644
--- a/fop-sandbox/pom.xml
+++ b/fop-sandbox/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
     <artifactId>fop-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/fop-servlet/pom.xml b/fop-servlet/pom.xml
index 12c12df35..67caf220e 100644
--- a/fop-servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/fop-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
     <artifactId>fop-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/fop-transcoder-allinone/pom.xml b/fop-transcoder-allinone/pom.xml
index 3e5d0d0b8..92dd67541 100644
--- a/fop-transcoder-allinone/pom.xml
+++ b/fop-transcoder-allinone/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
     <artifactId>fop-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/fop-transcoder/pom.xml b/fop-transcoder/pom.xml
index 565be6bca..2ef6f7fc7 100644
--- a/fop-transcoder/pom.xml
+++ b/fop-transcoder/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
     <artifactId>fop-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/fop-util/pom.xml b/fop-util/pom.xml
index 9ddabc935..020d97fef 100644
--- a/fop-util/pom.xml
+++ b/fop-util/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
     <artifactId>fop-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/fop/build.xml b/fop/build.xml
index b891f1ec0..ad3b55b45 100644
--- a/fop/build.xml
+++ b/fop/build.xml
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ list of possible build targets.
   <property name="Name" value="Apache FOP"/>
   <property name="name" value="fop"/>
   <property name="NAME" value="FOP"/>
-  <property name="version" value="2.8.0-SNAPSHOT"/>
-  <property name="year" value="1999-2022"/>
+  <property name="version" value="2.9.0-SNAPSHOT"/>
+  <property name="year" value="1999-2023"/>
   <property name="javac.debug" value="on"/>
   <property name="javac.optimize" value="off"/>
   <property name="javac.deprecation" value="on"/>
diff --git a/fop/pom.xml b/fop/pom.xml
index 81c444c67..de896f2ba 100644
--- a/fop/pom.xml
+++ b/fop/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
     <artifactId>fop-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/fop/releasedist.xml b/fop/releasedist.xml
index 1592aacbb..d8c4f5e33 100644
--- a/fop/releasedist.xml
+++ b/fop/releasedist.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 <project basedir="." name="fop">
 
   <property name="name" value="fop"/>
-  <property name="version" value="2.8.0-SNAPSHOT"/>
+  <property name="version" value="2.9.0-SNAPSHOT"/>
   <property name="dist.bin.dir" value="${basedir}/dist-bin"/>
   <property name="dist.src.dir" value="${basedir}/dist-src"/>
   <property name="dist.bin.result.dir" value="${dist.bin.dir}/${name}-${version}"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 78bbab6e2..637bafc80 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.apache.xmlgraphics</groupId>
   <artifactId>fop-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache FOP Parent</name>
   <description>XML Graphics Format Object Processor</description>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>