From 86a5b455b2fc160d25f7e26bc05a63275323390e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Brady <4265913+mikebrady@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:26:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] 5.3-dev is essentially 5.2.

---
 configure.ac | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 50bd9fdf..3d2146fe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.50])
-AC_INIT([shairport-sync], [5.2-dev], [4265913+mikebrady@users.noreply.github.com])
+AC_INIT([shairport-sync], [5.3-dev], [4265913+mikebrady@users.noreply.github.com])
 : ${CFLAGS="-O3"}
 : ${CXXFLAGS="-O3"}
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])

From 39ad5118beb55acec64225011b098e4e326b3ae6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Brady <4265913+mikebrady@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:29:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update release notes for Version 5.3-dev [skip ci]

Added details for Version 5.3-dev and metadata feature restoration.
---
 RELEASENOTES-DEVELOPMENT.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/RELEASENOTES-DEVELOPMENT.md b/RELEASENOTES-DEVELOPMENT.md
index 4567b503..7bf449d1 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES-DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES-DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 5.3-dev
+==
+This is essentially Version 5.2, which is essentially Version 5.2-dev-46.
+
 Version 5.2-dev-46-g6ba8e310
 ==
 **Metadata Feature Restoration**

From 7bfe78603e8f53f224bef825c7d5dd321ca3e781 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daeho Ro <40587651+daeho-ro@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:30:28 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Comment out the last remaining call to log_to_syslog()

Its definition in common.c and its declaration in common.h are commented
out, but the call in the libdaemon daemonise path was left behind, so
building with --with-libdaemon fails: clang reports "use of undeclared
identifier 'log_to_syslog'" and gcc fails to link with "undefined
reference to `log_to_syslog'".
---
 shairport.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/shairport.c b/shairport.c
index 3c3b0ab5..d64538dd 100644
--- a/shairport.c
+++ b/shairport.c
@@ -2627,8 +2627,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     } else { /* pid == 0 means we are the daemon */
 
       this_is_the_daemon_process = 1;
+/*
       if (log_to_default != 0) // if a specific logging mode has not been selected
         log_to_syslog();       // automatically send logs to the daemon_log
+*/
 
       /* Close FDs */
       if (daemon_close_all(-1) < 0) {