version 2.6.2

* NEWS: Record release date.

NEWS

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 NEWS - list of user-visible changes between releases of GNU Libtool
 
-* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.2 (2026-07-16) [stable]
 
   Please see beta release 2.6.1 and alpha release 2.6.0 for a list of
   release changes.