From dd6d92a560463c0d5730a4a08bf2a6d7f5d45f03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 17:30:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] post release version adjustment

---
 Include/patchlevel.h |  2 +-
 Misc/NEWS            | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 2495273a37a..a6e89f0eda9 100644
--- 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 2ad6d49adcd..978422fafcc 100644
--- 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?
 =================================