towards beta 2

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 7f8324c99df6d541836e57f0dc439babaf5d7e84..7227d8d309b473bc2964ce81e56e7abe1511f2d3 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL      1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION             "2.7b1"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.7b1+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7ddeff07d260898ab26c85c699b4391bd608ee44..549d1b0401aed659eaa23a504a9ce67a4fa32c1e 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 beta 2?
+============================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.7 beta 1?
 ================================