post release version adjustment

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 2495273a37aa04e659cef66bea98911109af0824..a6e89f0eda9b770a72ef6bfff32283bbd69e31a6 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL      2
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION             "2.7a2"
+#define PY_VERSION             "2.7a2+"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2ad6d49adcd198169e87b76122b75a0b7193de80..978422fafcc7ca96bff03f0def14e41b4fa2d9d8 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 alpha 3?
+=================================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 2?
 =================================