post release update

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 301bfbe0283e603ad28ceb054414612957644e76..ba11e186d9b0a28dcc9ba59c1ea4ae2f75401963 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL      4
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION             "2.7a4"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.7a4+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 69bee641fe38199f034713558ed47c43e0b458ed..8e982cbdcdafaeb8ebdd65ad10f5c7147f61361c 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 beta 1?
+================================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 4?
 =================================