Prepare for release mc-4.8.31

[zaytsev]

TODO:

../../../lib/tty/color-internal.c: In function 'tty_color_get_name_by_index':
../../../lib/tty/color-internal.c:187:34: warning: '%d' directive writing between 1 and 11 bytes into a region of size 4 [-Wformat-overflow=]
  187 |             sprintf (name, "color%d", idx);
      |                                  ^~
../../../lib/tty/color-internal.c:187:28: note: directive argument in the range [-2147483648, 255]
  187 |             sprintf (name, "color%d", idx);
      |                            ^~~~~~~~~
../../../lib/tty/color-internal.c:187:13: note: 'sprintf' output between 7 and 17 bytes into a destination of size 9
  187 |             sprintf (name, "color%d", idx);
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[andrew_b]

Branch: 4490_cleanup
Initial changeset:4dfb8f2564eca52ea7b7fb6b18cb3afb70d97141

[and]

mhh,
posted Wformat-overflow still occur in branch 4490_cleanup

[andrew_b]

mc-4490-color-internal.c-fix-format-overflow.patch​: not applied. Another way is used.
mc-4490-background.c-leak--file-descriptor-fix.patch​: applied.
mc-4490-tar.c-remove-unused-function.patch​: applied.
Thanks!

[andrew_b]

mc-4490-tar-sparse.c-fix-conditional-uninitialized-warning.patch​: applied.

[gstalnak]

Submitting per Yury V. Zaytsev <yury@…> request (in email) 20231008 - patch to mc.ext.ini file to enable .webp image file viewing

[andrew_b]

Merged to master: [1d5931a90d6cb45da3ea6dc08664f280e12c604d].

git log --oneline cf7846cd6..1d5931a90

[andrew_b]

Branch: 4490_cleanup
Initial changeset:c98019ffa20c3d6c09bc16d2da35358883138cbb

[eugenesan]

Slightly improved .WEBP support along AVIF

[eugenesan]

Attached slightly improved .WEBP support along AVIF.

I couldn't figure how to "generalize" image support which would make more sense since new image formats do no require special treatment. Same view and open functions like jpeg, png etc...

[andrew_b]

Merged to master: [e850db370c2e13fa9120d8d0384ffa23ebfea4fb].

git log --oneline 6abea9976..e850db370

[zaytsev]

prepare repository for release
download PO-translations from Transifex
store translations in git repo
download the hint translations from Transifex
store translations in git repo
create new NEWS wiki page for next version with empty template

NEWS-4.8.32

add content of current NEWS wiki page to the doc/NEWS file in git repo
new version in Trac
new milestone in Trac
create new tag in git
create tar.(bz2|xz) package files
make checksums for archives
upload source packages and checksums to the special upload area
developers should download tarballs, verify checksums, compile and install locally
run ssh
update Wiki start page with latest release number
write an announcement: list user visible changes (bugs and features)
create new ticket (type=task, component=adm) for the next release

#4524

close ticket for release
close current milestone