start working towards 3.1.2 final

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 016cf548803b3ca099ba1d81885cb7ecb2fadb0f..4b92ce096f4247447369dd2d4100e4fc74c84b48 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL      1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION             "3.1.2rc1"
+#define PY_VERSION             "3.1.2rc1+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 26b8a87d846fc480d9b0d06009e9db9a2a2f6abb..30234edf467a8ed65940533da9d8e5fc1d62e7c6 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 3.1.2?
+===========================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 3.1.2 release candidate 1?
 ===============================================