Post 2.5.5.

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 975069903a1a913545ce4180a9d47ff878aeb143..80e765de54a622dfebc67e0a01e055cbdcbc14e8 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 /* Version parsed out into numeric values */
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION       2
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION       5
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION       5
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL       PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION       6
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL       PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL      0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION             "2.5.5"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.5.5+"
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
 #define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION  "$Revision$"

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ffb5fae17c8bc21b8caa2585f84b4c8e4178b9ec..d5de2c0c546a59dfac2e342b1d379e6179a502a9 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Python News
 
 (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
 
+What's New in Python 2.5.6c1?
+=============================
+
+*Release date: XX-XXX-2010*
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.5.5?
 ===========================