From 65475fdba70d5a47b070ac4449262f67bee26fa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 17:11:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Set things up for 2.6a2.

---
 Include/patchlevel.h | 2 +-
 Misc/NEWS            | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 8c1af78ae1a..e5b8a2f4fd0 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL	1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION		"2.6a1"
+#define PY_VERSION		"2.6a1+"
 
 /* Subversion Revision number of this file (not of the repository) */
 #define PY_PATCHLEVEL_REVISION  "$Revision$"
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ddf0cae195f..9186498f3c4 100644
--- 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 2.6 alpha 2?
+=================================
+
+*Release date: XX-XXX-2008*
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 1?
 =================================