careening towards 2.7rc2 we go

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 3081c940dd749770cdadfe1a3965fb045940002e..d911a39f3b4c23d035a1f0175719077e2bc6b264 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             "2.7rc1"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.7rc1+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 446e4cbdb36f53cc754736e02117717275d2884d..00865fcf1426256f132b49b4307b046516ca3119 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 release candidate 2?
+=========================================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.7 Release Candidate 1?
 =============================================