Post release twiddle.

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index f56575277170731f91098d91bfb6e73da00b64e5..36673ae809185967835bdb24c9db513b01a1597f 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL      0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION             "2.6.8"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.6.8+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cdd3cf5d2c7f9bfc375bc03984a457086026f30c..3e84155b25083f0c818dc4b0b946d8735be92398 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 Python News
 +++++++++++
 
+What's New in Python 2.6.9 rc 1?
+================================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.6.8?
 ===========================