[gobject-introspection/ebassi/release-1-72: 3/4] Release GObject-Introspection 1.72.0

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi src gnome org>]

commit c1ce7d179cfce327162bd206cdf2808bd9bd0cc7
Author: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gnome org>
Date:   Fri Mar 18 11:53:54 2022 +0000

    Release GObject-Introspection 1.72.0

 NEWS        | 7 +++++++
 meson.build | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6c21a502..d82fd938 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1.72.0 - 2022-03-18
+-------------------
+
+* Add new utility API to libgirepository for bindings implementing an argument
+  cache [Philip Chimento]
+* Update the GIR data for GLib, GObject, GModule, and GIO
+
 1.71.0 - 2022-02-14
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7a7704b1..e15f6f99 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gobject-introspection', 'c',
-  version: '1.71.1',
+  version: '1.72.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.2',
   default_options: [
     'warning_level=2',