Release version 4

* NEWS: Record release date.
maint: post-release administrivia.

* configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump revision to 5.
* NEWS: Add header line for next release.
* .prev-version: Record previous version.
* local.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update.

Signed-off-by: Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>