Bump to 2.7a0

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 287904802cfae529c24d31a69c35ae9ceb4054cc..2c4a69ade57a60bd505bfb1f5fa21aff600f986f 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
 /* Version parsed out into numeric values */
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION       2
-#define PY_MINOR_VERSION       6
+#define PY_MINOR_VERSION       7
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION       0
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL       PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL       PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL      0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION             "2.6"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.7a0"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2d1e09993c32358ef1dce1ac0e5caa44d62bb526..e5d24b229ef3e63104c004b48c75c93525357c3c 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ Python News
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
+What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 1
+================================
+
+*Release date: XX-XXX-20XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.6 final
 ==============================