post release updates

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index e1bca72e63612378a7a503a85aa94eee2c9108de..ff767a95f72e28db5dfe8537d2fc2d1515861697 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             "2.6rc1"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.6rc1+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1f2a7919c789d0eb52325dae8157b47101d66bf5..2d4b21b20778315775c28b096dc2d8339d752b57 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 2.6 release candidate 2?
+=============================================
+
+*Release date: XX-XXXX-2008*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.6 release candidate 1?
 =============================================