Bump VERSION for a release build

Change-Id: Ieb98ffb6faedac1ab4593c995a731f993ecb7cb2
diff --git a/makefiles/release/onf-publish.mk b/makefiles/release/onf-publish.mk
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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+onf-publish-args := $(null)
+onf-publish-args += --draft
+onf-publish-args += --gen-version
+onf-publish-args += --repo-org opencord
+
+# args+=('--repo' 'github.com/opencord/bbsim')
+args+=('--title' 'bbsim - v9876.543.21')
+
+onf-publish-args += --repo-name bbsim
+onf-publish-args += --git-hostname github.com
+onf-publish-args += --pac $(HOME)/.ssh/github.com/pacs/onf-voltha
+# onf-publish-args += --notes-file "$(PWD)/release-notes"
+
+onf-publish-files += release/bbsimctl-windows-amd64
+onf-publish-files += release/bbr-linux-amd64
+onf-publish-files += release/bbr-windows-amd64
+onf-publish-files += release/bbr-darwin-amd64
+onf-publish-files += release/bbr-linux-arm64
+onf-publish-files += release/bbsim-linux-arm64
+onf-publish-files += release/bbsimctl-darwin-amd64
+onf-publish-files += release/checksum.SHA256
+onf-publish-files += release/bbsimctl-linux-amd64
+onf-publish-files += release/bbsim-darwin-amd64
+onf-publish-files += release/bbsim-windows-amd64
+onf-publish-files += release/bbsim-linux-amd64
+onf-publish-files += release/bbsimctl-linux-arm64
+
+onf-publish:
+	../ci-management/jjb/shell/github-release.sh $(onf-publish-args) 2>&1 | tee $@.log
+
+# [EOF]