Version bump to begin work on 1.9

CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.9 (xx.xx.xxxx) - IN DEVELOPMENT
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+
 1.8 (xx.xx.xxxx) - IN DEVELOPMENT
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

docs/releases/1.9.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+==========================================
+Wagtail 1.9 release notes - IN DEVELOPMENT
+==========================================
+
+.. contents::
+    :local:
+    :depth: 1
+
+
+What's new
+==========
+
+
+
+Minor features
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+
+
+Upgrade considerations
+======================
+

docs/releases/index.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Release notes
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   1.9
    1.8
    1.7
    1.6.3

wagtail/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from wagtail.utils.version import get_semver_version, get_version
 
 # major.minor.patch.release.number
 # release must be one of alpha, beta, rc, or final
-VERSION = (1, 8, 0, 'rc', 1)
+VERSION = (1, 9, 0, 'alpha', 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)
 

wagtail/project_template/requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Django>=1.10,<1.11
-wagtail==1.8rc1
+wagtail==1.9a0