Post 2.5.3.

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 61826a9bac374943f76dfad062ccf7067b72b1a1..552cf02649b2bf5113319f747c1dea572bddb82d 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       3
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL       PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION       4
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL       PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL      0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION             "2.5.3"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.5.3+"
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
 #define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION  "$Revision$"

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index dccb4e63f51e852956902b21543fce0b0a2d74db..f7ff496ca2f239e373269dcac35dbdfeb86ef149 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 2.5.4?
+===========================
+
+*Release date: XX-XXX-2009*
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.5.3?
 ===========================