post release version bump

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 4c9b0d0a9176d76741c4b7350ee28216591e12c9..a982d8ec68b5361a6b99d2f704e0b9111acedb95 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             "2.7a1"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.7a1+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3fa76b458eea6b7d70bba70ea4908bf420adee6e..03647b90406c17d19af11486fa6be6eb2ba027d8 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 2?
+=================================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 1
 ================================