towards final release

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 400f4f1a32115f8d77eee4cdafa0a7bc2e164b0c..8e2f31d7e4065f29868c5221e46fc42f0bc4907b 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL      2
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION             "2.7rc2"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.7rc2+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0f0f837c590f9e11d3632801a9b6f35ee045ff3d..5926603b117d069281cfacff5b2d3835f0a9c1f3 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?
+=========================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.7 release candidate 2?
 =============================================