post release updates

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 9edddf696f1e4e14c060c2c082f0f0daaa81c43d..70fb53063d12ae8346265a81e625add6daebca0c 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL      3
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION             "2.7a3"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.7a3+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 620013654e9876f4a7d2f84c5338937d1e01c0a7..1f0fa73064c6ede86b29b8b14a049fc2b6ae11c5 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 4?
+=================================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 3?
 =================================