base-files (9.8) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Release candidate for stretch as stable:
  - Use "9" as version in /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net.
    (never expected to change after stretch is released)
  - Use 9.0 as version in /etc/debian_version.
    (expected to change at every point release)
  - Change PRETTY_NAME in /usr/lib/os-release, adding 9 as version number
    and "(stretch)" as codename. Add also VERSION_ID and VERSION.
    (never expected to change)
  - Update README (stretch -> buster).
  * Standards-Version: 3.9.8 (no special changes for this).